WCU Nursing 100 Assessment 1 Questions And Answers Already Passed

WCU Nursing 100 Assessment 1 Questions And Answers Already Passed What is included in the chain of infection? infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host What is an example of infectious agents? Clostridium difficile, staphylococcus aureus What is an example of a reservoir Table and bed What's an example of portal of exit? Wound drainage, gi tract What's an example of portal entry Mouth, nose a person likely to get an infection or disease, usually because body defenses are weak susceptible host Which of the following factors are examples of reservoirs in the chain of infection ? Health care workers clients furniture equipment person to person transmission direct contact transmission Occurs when microorganisms first are transmitted to an object or surface, and then are transferred to another person who touches those objects or surfaces indirect transmission What is an example of a droplet transmission? Coughing, sneezing, singing, and talking What is an example of an airborne transmission Tuberculosis, measles, chickenpox a reaction to tissue damage caused by injury or infection inflammatory response What are the stages of infection? incubation, prodromal, acute illness, period decline, convalescence an infection enters host and begins to mulitply Incubation the client begins having symptoms prodromal manifestations of the specific infectious disease process are obvious and may become severe Acute illness signs and symptoms of the disease subside; patient is vulnerable to secondary infections Period of decline the client returns to a normal or a "new normal" state of health period of convalescence confined to one area of the body, can be treated with topical antibiotics and oral antibiotics Local infections start as local infections and then spread to the bloodstream to infect the entire body Systemic infections