NURA 1301 Ch 16 Exam Questions with Answers
Rickettsiae - Answer-found in fleas, lice, ticks, and other insects. They are spread to humans by insect bites.
reservoir - Answer-microbes need a ___ to live and grow
attention is given to perineal care - Answer-Escherichia coli (E. coli) is cons...
NURA 1301 Ch 16 Exam Questions
with Answers
Rickettsiae - Answer-found in fleas, lice, ticks, and other insects. They are spread to
humans by insect bites.
reservoir - Answer-microbes need a ___ to live and grow
attention is given to perineal care - Answer-Escherichia coli (E. coli) is considered
normal flora in the colon but is a pathogen if it enters the urinary system. How does this
knowledge impact the nursing assistants duties?
infections caused by MDROs are hard to treat - Answer-why are multidrug-resistant
organisms (MDROs) a concern?
is a sign or symptom of infection - Answer-fever; increased pulse and respirations;
chills; confusion; muscle aches; headache; heat or warmth in a body part; redness or
swelling of a body part; discharge or drainage from the infected area; loss of appetite;
pain, tenderness, or limited se of a body part; fatigue and loss of energy; nausea and
vomiting; diarrhea; rash; sore on mucous membranes; joint pain
infection control - Answer-the practices and procedures that protect patients, residents,
visitors, and staff from infection
bacteria, fungi, protozoa, rickettsiae, viruses - Answer-what are the 5 types of microbes
requirements of microbes - Answer-need water and nourishment from the reservoir;
most need oxygen to live; a warm and dark environment is needed; most grow best at
body temperature; they are destroyed by heat and light
non-pathogens - Answer-normal flora are ___ when in or on a natural reservoir
pathogen - Answer-when a non-pathogen is transmitted from its natural site to another
site or host, it becomes a pathogen
multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) - Answer-are microbes that can resist the
effects of antibiotics
antibiotics - Answer-are drugs that kill certain microbes that cause infections
MDROs - Answer-are caused by: prescribing antibiotics when they are not needed
(over-prescribing); not taking antibiotics for the length of time prescribed
, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant
enterococci (VRE) - Answer-2 common types of MDROs are resistant to many
antibiotics
local - Answer-a __ infection is in a body part
systemic - Answer-a __ infection involves the whole body
chain of infection - Answer-a process that involves a:
source; reservoir; portal of exit; method of transmission ; portal of entry; susceptible
host
source - Answer-a pathogen
reservoir - Answer-where a pathogen can grow and multiply
portal of exit - Answer-allows pathogen to leave the reservoir
method of transmission - Answer-where the pathogen enters the body
susceptible host - Answer-needed for the microbe to grow and multiply
nosocomial infection - Answer-HAIs are also called
normal flora, microbes transmitted to the person from other sources - Answer-HAIs are
caused by
urinary system, respiratory system, wounds, the bloodstream - Answer-common sites
for HAIs
cross-contamination - Answer-is passing microbes from person to person by
contaminated hands, equipment, or supplies
microorganism - Answer-is a small living plant or animal seen only with a microscope; a
microbe.
immunity - Answer-protection against a certain disease is ____
medical asepsis - Answer-are the practices used to remove or reduce pathogens and to
prevent their spread from one person or place to another person or place; clean
technique
antibiotic - Answer-is a drug that kills microbes that cause infections
surgical asepsis - Answer-is the practices that keep equipment and supplies free of all
microbes; sterile technique
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