NSE 111 Midterm Review Questions and Answers
patient centered care
a standard of care that places the patient as the focus of the care
DIPPS or DIPPERS
dignity, independence, privacy, preference, and safety; dignity, independence, privacy, preference, empathy, respect, and safety
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NSE 111 Midterm Review Questions and
Answers
patient centered care - answer a standard of care that places the patient as the focus
of the care
DIPPS or DIPPERS - answer dignity, independence, privacy, preference, and safety;
dignity, independence, privacy, preference, empathy, respect, and safety
nursing process - answer a clinical decision making approach to care that assists
nurses with identifying and treating health related concerns and helps the patient reach
their health outcomes/goals
assessment - answer collection of data or cues that are important to the patient's
care to understand the patient's needs
diagnosis - answer analysis of the assessment to determine key issues and create a
diagnosis
creation of outcomes/goals for the patient
planning - answer creation of a plan that identifies strategies to reach patient's health
outcomes
implementation - answer carrying out the plan of care
evaluation - answer determining if the implementation of the plan was successful in
reaching patient outcomes
infections - answer a disease state that results from the entry of a pathogen into the
tissue of the host
pathogen - answer a microorganism that causes disease
local - answer limited to a specific part of the body
systemic - answer spreads throughout the entire body
chain of infection - answer infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of
transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
infectious agent - answer pathogen that causes disease
, reservoir - answer a site where pathogens can survive but may or may not multiple
survival needs of pathogen - answer food, water, pH level (5-8), minimal light,
oxygen, and temperature between 35-37 degrees
portal of exit - answer the path by which the pathogen leaves the reservoir
mode of transmission - answer route of transmission by which the pathogen travel
from the reservoir to host
direct - answer between infected individual and host (to skin)
indirect - answer between the host and contaminated object (intermediate object)
airborne - answer organism travel from respiratory system of infected source to host
propelled through air farther than 1m (chicken pox, measles)
droplet - answer organism travels from respiratory system of infected source to host
through air up to 2m (COVID-19)
vehicle - answer one contaminated source infects multiple hosts (water in Flint, MI)
vectorborne - answer microbes transmitted from insects to humans (West Nile virus)
portal of entry - answer the path by which the pathogen can enter the body (possibly
through the same path used for exiting)
susceptible host - answer a person who gets an infection or disease
defences against infection - answer immune system, normal flora, inflammatory
response, body system defence
factors that affect patient susceptibility - answer age, nutritional intake, stress, and
medication
Health care associated infection - answer An infection that is acquired after
admission that is not present or incubating at the time of admission
medical asepsis - answer reduce and prevent the spread of microorganisms
surgical aspesis - answer Use of precise practices to eliminate all micro-organisms
including pathogens and spores from an object or area
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