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Fundamental Nursing Exam 2 IUPUI correctly answered to pass
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Fundamental Nursing Exam 2 IUPUI correctly answered to pass
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Fundamental Nursing Exam 2 IUPUIWhat is the most seen nosocomial infection? - correct answer ✔✔Catheterization associated UTI. (CAUTI)
Common sites of heath care associated infections - correct answer ✔✔- Urinary tract
- Surgical or trauma wounds
- Respiratory tract
- Blood stream
Localized infection - correct answer ✔✔- swelling, redness, heat, pain or tenderness
Systemic infection - correct answer ✔✔- fever, leukocytosis, malaise, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, lymph nodes, enlargement, organ failure
What is the best way to prevent infections spreading? - correct answer ✔✔Hand hygine
5 reasons to wash hands? - correct answer ✔✔- before entering room/exiting
- after touching patient
- after touching patient surronding
- after body fluid
Aspesis - correct answer ✔✔is the absence of pathogenic microorganism
aspetic technique - correct answer ✔✔refers to practices/ procedures that help reduce the risk for infection
Medical Asepsis - correct answer ✔✔(clean technique) - includes procedures for reducing the number of organisms present and preventing the transfer of organisms
Surgical asepsis - correct answer ✔✔or sterile technique, include procedures used to eliminate all microorganisms, including pathogens and spores, from object or area
Natural Defenses - correct answer ✔✔Skin
mouth
eye
Respiratory tract
urinary tract
GI tract
Vagina
Infection - correct answer ✔✔is the invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in body tissues, which
may be unapparent or the results of local cellular injury caused by competitive metabolism, toxins, intracellular replication or anitge-antibody response
Principles of surgical asepsis - correct answer ✔✔1. A sterile object remains sterile only when touched by another sterile object.
2. Only sterile objects may be placed on a sterile field.
3. A sterile object or field out of the range of vision or an object held below a person's waist is contaminated.
4. A sterile object or field becomes contaminated by prolonged exposure to air.
5. When a sterile surface comes in contact with a wet, contaminated surface, the sterile object or field becomes contaminated by capillary action.
6. Fluid flows in the direction of gravity.
7. The edges of a sterile field or container are considered to be contaminated.
Surgical Asepsis - correct answer ✔✔- Principle
- Sterile Field - performing sterile procedure
- Patient preparation
Drainage bottles and bags - correct answer ✔✔- Keep it below the body or next to them. - wear gloves/protect yourself
- empty all drainage system each shift
Normal Saline is good for how long? Hr - correct answer ✔✔24 Hours
- Date, Time, and initial
Bottled solutions - correct answer ✔✔- don't leave bottle solution open
- keep solutions tightly closed
- if it has been opened you should Lipid the top (poor little out)
Surgical wounds - correct answer ✔✔Keep drainage tubes and collection bags patent to prevent accumulation of serous fluid under the skin surface
Disinfection and Sterilization - correct answer ✔✔Disinfection describes a process that eliminates
sterile technique (set up) - correct answer ✔✔- can touch at least 1 inch around the border w/o gloves
- sterile - to - sterile
- keep above waste
- only sterile items on the blue paper not touching the 1inch boarder
- Cannot turn ur back on it
- Do not reach over the paper
- Wear gloves
Standard Precautions - correct answer ✔✔are used to prevent and control infections and its spread
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