NUR 120 INFECTION EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
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Signs & symptoms of localized infection - ANS ✓- redness
- swelling (inflammation)
- heat
- pain
Signs & symptoms of systemic infection - ANS ✓- one that travels & infiltrates
the bloodstream
- ex. Fever, altered mental status & confusion (first indication of infection in the
elderly), septic (extreme inflammatory response to infection), dizzy, weak, loss of
appetite, nausea & vomiting, enlarged lymph nodes, increases in HR or
respiratory rate
Septicemia - ANS ✓bacterial infection that spreads to the bloodstream
Complete blood count (CBC) - ANS ✓- looks for WBC's (if count goes up can
indicate infection)
- normal WBC's = 4,500 to 10,500
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Culture and sensitivity (C&S) - ANS ✓takes a culture of specimen (blood, urine,
stool, discharge, etc.) To identify the pathogen & which drugs it will respond to
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) - ANS ✓- measures time it takes for
erythrocytes to settle to the bottom of a test tube
- elevated ESR = you have inflammation somewhere (> 20)
- normal ESR: b/w 0 & 20
Stages of systemic infections - ANS ✓- exposure
- incubate (can be hours or days): when pathogens proliferate & produce
- prodromal (pathogens begin to cause damage & appearance of initial
symptoms) --> pts become infectious at this stage
- active infection (symptomatic)
- convalescence (healing from infection & repair damage from infection)
Acute infections - ANS ✓- very quickly, runs its course & leaves (lasts days or
weeks)
- ex. Coughs, colds & ear infections
Chronic infections - ANS ✓- can last for months or years
- ex. Wound & bone infections, infectious mononucleosis, etc.
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