PNR 116 Final Exam Questions And Answers 2024
medical asepsis - ANS-practices designed to reduce the number and transfer of pathogens;
synonym for clean technique
surgical asepsis - ANS-techniques used to destroy all pathogenic organisms, also called sterile
technique
infectious agent - ANS-...
PNR 116 Final Exam Questions And Answers 2024
medical asepsis - ANS-✔✔practices designed to reduce the number and transfer of pathogens;
synonym for clean technique
surgical asepsis - ANS-✔✔techniques used to destroy all pathogenic organisms, also called sterile
technique
infectious agent - ANS-✔✔a pathogen, such as a bacterium or virus that can cause a disease
reservoir - ANS-✔✔a source of the pathogen in the environment
portal of exit - ANS-✔✔any body opening on an infected person that allows pathogens to leave
mode of transmission - ANS-✔✔a way that the causative agent can be transmitted to another reservoir
or host where it can live
susceptible host - ANS-✔✔a person likely to get an infection or disease, usually because body defenses
are weak
localized infection - ANS-✔✔an infection that is limited to a specific location in the body and has local
symptoms
systemic infection - ANS-✔✔an infection throughout the body
physical restraint - ANS-✔✔any manual method or physical or mechanical device, material, or
equipment attached to or near the person's body that he or she cannot remove easily and that restricts
freedom of movement or normal access to one's body
, chemical restraint - ANS-✔✔any drug that is used for discipline or convenience and not required to
treat medical symptoms
environmental restraint - ANS-✔✔used to restrain a client within a specific area
supine - ANS-✔✔lying on the back
prone - ANS-✔✔lying face down
lateral position - ANS-✔✔side lying position
Sims position - ANS-✔✔lying on left side with right knee drawn up and with left arm drawn behind,
parallel to the back
High Fowler's Position - ANS-✔✔A semi-sitting position; the head of the bed is raised 60 to 90 degrees
abduction - ANS-✔✔Movement away from the midline of the body
Adduction - ANS-✔✔Movement toward the midline of the body
extension - ANS-✔✔Straightening of a joint
hyperextension - ANS-✔✔extension beyond anatomical position
flexion - ANS-✔✔bending a joint
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