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Chapter 29 Infection Control - Answer 
 
Infection - Answer The invasion of a susceptible host by pathogens or microorganisms; results in disease. 
 
Colonization - Answer Presence and growth of microorganisms within a host without tissue invasion or damage. 
 
Communicable Disease - Answer The infectious process transmitted from one person to another. 
 
Symptomatic - Answer Clinical signs and symptoms are present. 
 
Asymptomatic - Answer Clinical signs and symptoms are not ...
What would the nurse instruct nursing assistive personnel (NAP) to report while feeding any patient on aspiration precautions? 
 
a. Amount of food ingested 
b. Coughing 
c. Poor appetite 
d. Food preferences - Answer b. Coughing 
 
What is the most effective way of preventing aspiration? 
 
a. Observe the patient closely for coughing, gagging, choking, and voice alteration. 
b. Monitor oxygen saturation with pulse oximetry. 
c. Put any at-risk patient on NPO status until a dysphagia evaluati...
Which step to protect the patient from infection is of special concern when preparing a mini-infusion pump to deliver an analgesic? 
 
a. Ensure that the syringe is secure within the mini-infusion pump. 
b. Identify any history of allergic reaction to the prescribed analgesic. 
c. Use an antiseptic swab to wipe the proximal injection port on the primary tubing. 
d. Carefully depress the syringe plunger to fill the tubing with medication. - Answer c. Use an antiseptic swab to wipe the proximal...
mouth digestion - Answer mechanical: teeth 
chemical: saliva; helps soften food 
 
esophagus - Answer UES: prevents air from entering the esophagus and stomach, protects against reflux of food into the airway 
LES (cardiac) sphincter: prevents chyme from refluxing back into the esophagus, gastric reflux if problems with cardiac sphincter 
 
epiglottis - Answer closes over the trachea 
-prevents food from entering the trachea when swallowing 
-with dysphagia...epiglottis not properly clo...
A patient who started smoking in adolescence and continue to smoke 40 years later comes to the clinic. The nurse understands that this patient has an increased risk for being diagnosed with which disorder? 
 
1. Alcoholism and hypertension 
2. Obesity and diabetes 
3. Stress-related illnesses 
4. Cardiopulmonary disease and lung cancer - Answer 4. Cardiopulmonary disease and lung cancer 
 
A patient has been diagnosed with severe iron deficiency anemia. During physical assessment for which of...
normal WBC count - Answer 
 
normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate - Answer 15mm/hr for men 
30mm/hr for women 
 
normal iron level - Answer 80-180 mcg/L for men 
60-160 mcg/L for women 
 
neutrophils percent - Answer 55-70% 
increased in acute suppurative (pus-forming) infection, decreased in overwhelming bacterial infection 
 
lymphocytes percent - Answer 20-40% 
increased in chronic bacterial and viral infection, decreased in sepsis 
 
monocytes percent - Answer 2-8% 
incr...
Activity tolerance - Answer is the type and amount of exercise or work that a person is able to perform without undue exertion or possible injury. 
 
anthropometric measurements - Answer measures of height, weight, and skinfold thickness to evaluate muscle atrophy. 
 
atelectasis - Answer collapse of alveoli 
 
chest physiotherapy - Answer percussion and postural drainage 
 
embolus - Answer dislodged venous thrombus that can travel through the circulatory system to the lungs and ...