Exam 1/Unit 1 Nursing (LVN) questions
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direct contact transmission - correct answer ✔✔ person to person transmission
indirect contact transmission - correct answer ✔✔ Example: Client's drainage gets on bed rail or
side table and then other's touch it and get ill
droplet transmission - correct answer ✔✔ Respiratory or salivary secretions are expelled from
infected individual (sneezing, coughing, singing, and talking can disperse droplets into the air)
Influenza virus, Bordetella pertusis
airborne transmission - correct answer ✔✔ When small particles move into the airspace of
another person
Tuberculosis, Rubeola (measles), & varicella
vehicle transmission - correct answer ✔✔ spread of pathogens via air, drinking water, and food,
as well as bodily fluids being handled outside the body
vector-borne transmission - correct answer ✔✔ the spread of certain disease due to the bite of
an animal, insect, or rodent
health-acquired infections (HAIs) - correct answer ✔✔ Infections that are acquired in a health
care facility (hospital, nursing home, ambulatory care facility)
,central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) - correct answer ✔✔ A serious infection
that occurs when germs (usually bacteria or viruses) enter the bloodstream through the central
line
catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) - correct answer ✔✔ an infection that occurs
in the urethra, bladder, ureter, or kidney when bacteria travels up a catheter
Surgical site infection (SSI) - correct answer ✔✔ an infection that occurs after a surgical
procedure at the site of surgery
ventilator assisted pneumonia (VAP) - correct answer ✔✔ due to ventilator passing many of
lungs normal defense mechanisms
Standard Precautions - correct answer ✔✔ Gloves, gown, masks, eye protection, and face
shields are used alone, or in various combinations to protect nurses from being exposed to
these contaminated elements, and to guard against transmitting these elements to other
surfaces
Contact precautions - correct answer ✔✔ Precautions used when a client has an infectious
agent that can be transmitted by direct or indirect contact with body secretions
**Requires a minimum of gown and gloves, as well as hand hygiene prior to client interactions
(Single client only if possible)
Droplet precautions - correct answer ✔✔ Don, a mask, gloves, gown, and use a hand hygiene
when entering the room or coming in to close contact with a client
When clients leave their room, they should wear a mask to prevent transmission of the
infectious agent to others
, Airborne precautions - correct answer ✔✔ Used when a client has an infectious agent that can
be transmitted through the air
Don a N95 mask or a high-level respirator as well as hand hygiene when entering the room with
a client
When clients leave the room, whether it is an AIIR or a room in a facility without an AIIR, they
should continue to wear a mask, her event transmission of the infectious agent to others
Protective isolation (Neutropenic Precautions) - correct answer ✔✔ Are used during
approximately the first 100 days after the transplant, specific engineering at hospital designs
that decrease the risk of environmental fun, go to the client who had HSCT
Positive-pressure room with a HEPA filtration system
***A mask for anyone entering the room, or for the patient if leaving the room, meticulous
handwashing, patient must be assessed carefully for infection, NO live plants, fresh flowers,
fresh raw fruit or vegetables, sushi, or blue cheese, may be brought into the room because they
may harbor bacteria and fungi
skin and mucous membranes - correct answer ✔✔ Mechanical barrier- intact skin and mucous
membranes provide a protective covering for the more delicate invulnerable, underlying tissues
and organs
Serve as portal of exit and entry
Chemical barriers- acids, lysozymes, cilia
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direct contact transmission - correct answer ✔✔ person to person transmission
indirect contact transmission - correct answer ✔✔ Example: Client's drainage gets on bed rail or
side table and then other's touch it and get ill
droplet transmission - correct answer ✔✔ Respiratory or salivary secretions are expelled from
infected individual (sneezing, coughing, singing, and talking can disperse droplets into the air)
Influenza virus, Bordetella pertusis
airborne transmission - correct answer ✔✔ When small particles move into the airspace of
another person
Tuberculosis, Rubeola (measles), & varicella
vehicle transmission - correct answer ✔✔ spread of pathogens via air, drinking water, and food,
as well as bodily fluids being handled outside the body
vector-borne transmission - correct answer ✔✔ the spread of certain disease due to the bite of
an animal, insect, or rodent
health-acquired infections (HAIs) - correct answer ✔✔ Infections that are acquired in a health
care facility (hospital, nursing home, ambulatory care facility)
,central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) - correct answer ✔✔ A serious infection
that occurs when germs (usually bacteria or viruses) enter the bloodstream through the central
line
catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) - correct answer ✔✔ an infection that occurs
in the urethra, bladder, ureter, or kidney when bacteria travels up a catheter
Surgical site infection (SSI) - correct answer ✔✔ an infection that occurs after a surgical
procedure at the site of surgery
ventilator assisted pneumonia (VAP) - correct answer ✔✔ due to ventilator passing many of
lungs normal defense mechanisms
Standard Precautions - correct answer ✔✔ Gloves, gown, masks, eye protection, and face
shields are used alone, or in various combinations to protect nurses from being exposed to
these contaminated elements, and to guard against transmitting these elements to other
surfaces
Contact precautions - correct answer ✔✔ Precautions used when a client has an infectious
agent that can be transmitted by direct or indirect contact with body secretions
**Requires a minimum of gown and gloves, as well as hand hygiene prior to client interactions
(Single client only if possible)
Droplet precautions - correct answer ✔✔ Don, a mask, gloves, gown, and use a hand hygiene
when entering the room or coming in to close contact with a client
When clients leave their room, they should wear a mask to prevent transmission of the
infectious agent to others
, Airborne precautions - correct answer ✔✔ Used when a client has an infectious agent that can
be transmitted through the air
Don a N95 mask or a high-level respirator as well as hand hygiene when entering the room with
a client
When clients leave the room, whether it is an AIIR or a room in a facility without an AIIR, they
should continue to wear a mask, her event transmission of the infectious agent to others
Protective isolation (Neutropenic Precautions) - correct answer ✔✔ Are used during
approximately the first 100 days after the transplant, specific engineering at hospital designs
that decrease the risk of environmental fun, go to the client who had HSCT
Positive-pressure room with a HEPA filtration system
***A mask for anyone entering the room, or for the patient if leaving the room, meticulous
handwashing, patient must be assessed carefully for infection, NO live plants, fresh flowers,
fresh raw fruit or vegetables, sushi, or blue cheese, may be brought into the room because they
may harbor bacteria and fungi
skin and mucous membranes - correct answer ✔✔ Mechanical barrier- intact skin and mucous
membranes provide a protective covering for the more delicate invulnerable, underlying tissues
and organs
Serve as portal of exit and entry
Chemical barriers- acids, lysozymes, cilia
