NURS 110 Final Exam Questions And
Correct Answers (Revised).
RACE - Answer Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Extinguish
PASS - Answer Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
Serous - Answer Clear, plasma drainage
Serosanguineous - Answer Light pink/red drainage
Sanguineous - Answer Red, contains RBC's
Purulent - Answer Contains WBC and bacteria, is a sign of infection
Airborne precautions - Answer If pt has tuberculosis, measles, varicella
Private room with NEGATIVE pressure airflow, N95 mask
Droplet precautions - Answer If pt has influenza, pneumonia, pertussis, scarlet fever, mumps,
streptococcus pharyngitis, rubella
Private room, gown, gloves, and mask if within 3 ft of pt
Contact precautions - Answer If your pt has wound infections (MRSA), C diff, herpes simplex, enteric
diseases, scabies, impetigo, respiratory syncytial virus
Private room, gown, gloves
Protective precautions - Answer If pt is immunosuppressed (HIV, AIDS), transplants, chemotherapy, or
gene therapy
Private room, POSITIVE airflow, no flowers or plants allowed in room, no standing water, no carpet, no
fresh fruits or veggies
, Which precaution is used to protect the patient? - Answer Protective
Which precautions are used to protect the nurse? - Answer Contact, droplet, airborne
What are the 6 links in the spread of infection? - Answer Infectious agents
Reservoir
Portal of exit
Mode of transmission
Portal of entry
Susceptible host
Infectious agents - Answer Pathogens, normal flora that become pathogenic
reservoir - Answer Where pathogens live and multiply.
Can be living (humans, animals) or non living (food, floors)
Portal of exit - Answer Via bodily fluids, coughing, sneezing, diarrhea, wounds, tubes, IV
Mode of transmission - Answer Contact (direct - touching, kissing) or (indirect- contact w vomited),
Droplet: cough, sneeze
Airborne: air conditioning, sweeping
Portal of entry - Answer Eyes, nares, mouth, vagina, cuts, scrapes, bite from vector
Susceptible host - Answer Person with inadequate defense
Stages of infection - Answer Incubation
Prodromal