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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Identify at least 4 activities that promote immune function | -adequate nutrition -good hygiene -rest and exercise -immunizations |
| Discuss the factors that place an individual at an increased risk of infection | -degree of resistance of individual -age & stress -number of medical procedures -stress -immune disorders -certain medications |
| Identify standard precautions to prevent transmission of infections through blood and body fluids | -hand hygiene and clean gloves -PPE -avoid recapping needles -carefully handle used patient care equipment |
| Describe additional precautions that must be taken when there is concern about contact disease transmission | -PPE -private room -avoid sharing patient-care equipment, -limit moving patient from room |
| Describe additional precautions that must be taken when there is concern about droplet disease transmission | -private room if possible -PPE -keep visitors 3 feet from patient |
| Describe additional precautions that must be taken when there is concern about airborne disease transmission | -PPE -private negative air pressure room -respiratory protective equipment -transport only when necessary |
| Discuss methods of preventing infection by breaking the chain of infection | -aseptic techniques -treating underlying diseases -identifying organisms -disinfection and sterilization -good hand hygiene |
| Implement measures to prevent nosocomial infections | -appropriate aseptic technique -follow standard precautions -transmission-based precautions in providing wound care |
| Use medical asepsis when providing care to clients | -good hand hygiene -carry soiled items away from body -no coughing,sneezing, breathing directly on other -avoid raising dust |
| Implement sterile technique when providing care to clients | -hold sterile objects above waist level -never walk away or turn your back on a sterile field -consider the outer 1 inch of a sterile field to be contaminated |
| State at least one nursing diagnosis that might be used to describe a problem for the following vital sign: temperature | dehydration RT hyperpyrexia |
| State at least one nursing diagnosis that might be used to describe a problem for each of the four vital signs: pulse | pulse- ineffective peripheral tissue profusion RT dehydration and reduced blood volume. |
| State at least one nursing diagnosis that might be used to describe a problem for the following vital sign: respiration | respiration- ineffective breathing pattern, RT smoking 1 pack/day cigarettes |
| State at least one nursing diagnosis that might be used to describe a problem for the following vital sign: blood pressure | blood pressure- ineffective health maintenance RT overabundance of calories. |
| virulence | ability to grow and divide |
| pathogenicity | ability to cause disease |
| colonization | growth in numbers without tissue damage, asymptomatic, normally unaware they are a reservoir |
| invasiveness | ability to enter tissues |
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Marshall3
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