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NSB132 PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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NSB132 PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
Infection - ANSWER The invasion and reproduction of pathogenic or
disease-causing organisms inside the body
Cohort Nursing - ANSWER Involves one nurse or group of nurses
exclusively caring for the identified infected cases; while other nurses
care the unaffected patients.
Normal flora - ANSWER Microorganisms that reside in or on the body
without causing disease
Pathogens - ANSWER Microorganisms that can cause disease
(bacteria, virus, fungus, parasite)
Vector - ANSWER Agent that carries and transmits infectious pathogens
Chain of infection - ANSWER infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit,
mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
First line of defense - ANSWER Intact skin, mucous membranes and
their secretions, normal microbiota
Second line of defense - ANSWER Inflammatory response and
phagocytosis
Third line of defense - ANSWER Immune Response (B cells and T cells)
Norovirus - ANSWER A contagious gastrointestinal illness that causes
the stomach flu
Influenza - ANSWER Infectious disease caused by a virus spread by
droplet infection (coughing and sneezing)
Chicken pox - ANSWER Highly contagious viral infection causing an
itchy, blister-like rash on the skin
, Shingles - ANSWER Viral disease that affects the peripheral nerves and
causes blisters on the skin that follow the course of the affected nerves
Scabies - ANSWER contagious, parasitic infection of the skin with
intense pruritus (itching)
MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) - ANSWER An
infection caused by specific bacteria that has become resistant to many
antibiotics
VRE (vancomycin-resistant enterococcus) - ANSWER A strain of the
bacterium enterococcus that is resistant to the powerful antibiotic
vancomycin; infections occur when the bacteria enter the bloodstream,
urinary tract, or surgical wounds
Pharmacokinetics - ANSWER How medications enter the body, target a
desired site, are metabolised and excreted
Pharmacodynamics - ANSWER How a drug acts in the body to give the
desired outcome
Polypharmacy - ANSWER The use of multiple medications and/or the
administration of more medications than are clinically indicated
7 rights of drug administration - ANSWER Right medication, dose,
patient, route, time, reason, documentation + consider right to refuse
Drug interactions (synergistically) - ANSWER Drug a is needed for drug
b to work
Drug interactions (antagonistically) - ANSWER Drug a stops the action
of drug b
Mobility - ANSWER Ability to move about freely
Dehydration - ANSWER Loss of water from the body due to poor intake
and/or excessive loss
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