Nrsg 201 Midterm With Complete Solutions
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What are the 2 purposes of infection control? ANS✔✔ 1. Protecting clients
from acquiring infections
2. protecting health care workers from becoming infected.
HAI ANS✔✔ hospital acquired infection
ARO ANS✔✔ antibiotic resistant organism
AGMP ANS✔✔ aerosol generating medical procedure
PPE ANS✔✔ personal protective equipment
What are the 6 links in the chain of infection? ANS✔✔ - Infectious agent
(pathogen)
- Reservoir (source for pathogen growth)
- Portal of exit
- Mode of transmission
- Portal of entry to host
- Susceptible host
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What are some nursing interventions that break the chain of infection?
ANS✔✔ hand hygiene, cleaning equipment, PPE
What are the 4 moments for hand hygiene? ANS✔✔ 1. Before initial patient
environment contact
2. Before aseptic procedure
3. After body fluid exposure risk
4. After patient environment contact
What are routine precautions? ANS✔✔ infection prevention and control
activities used in the care of all clients regardless of diagnosis or possible
infection status
What do routine precautions apply to? ANS✔✔ blood, all bodily fluids,
excretions (except sweat), non-intact skin, and mucous membranes
Airborne Precautions ANS✔✔ - Particles smaller than 5 microns
- Private room, door closed (negative pressure)
- N95/respirator
- Use airborne precautions during AGMP in suspected/confirmed COVID 19
pts.
Examples of AGMPS ANS✔✔ - CPR
- Intubation
- Nebulizer meds
- BIPAP/CPAP
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- High flow O2
- Tracheostomy/trach care
Droplet Precautions ANS✔✔ - Particles larger than 5 microns
- Deposited on mucous membranes of eyes, nose, mouth of susceptible host
- Deposited on surfaces
- PPE: mask and eye protection
Contact Precautions ANS✔✔ - Practices used to prevent spread of disease
by direct or indirect contact
- PPE: gloves and gown
Cytotoxic Precautions ANS✔✔ -when patient is on cytotoxic medications,
body fluids are contaminated for 48 hrs after last admin of cytotoxic med
-double nitrile glove, long sleeve moisture resistant gown, eye/face
protection
Order of Donning PPE ANS✔✔ hand hygiene, gown, mask, eye protection,
gloves
Order of Doffing PPE ANS✔✔ gloves, hand hygiene, gown, hand hygiene,
goggles, mask, hand hygiene
Normal RR ANS✔✔ 12-20
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