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It is an illness due to a specific agent transmitted by an agent from a reservoir to a susceptible host through different modes of transmission:

Communicable disease

Aclinically manifest disease of a man or animal resulting from an infection:

Infectious disease

An infection that is completely manifested by signs and symptoms is termed as:

Communicable infection

The parent of a child asks the nurse what the term "local infection" means. the nurse's appropriate response is, "a local infection

is limited to one area of the body."

Should an outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness resulting from a food-borne pathogen occur, the nurse would likely consider that this is a/an.

Point epidemic

Which of the following denotes the resistance of an entire community to an infectious agent as a result of the immunity of a large proportion of individuals to the agent. ?

Herd immunity

Presence of classical signs and symptoms that are highly specific to a certain disease is known as::

pathognomonic sign

When wil you consider that an infection is acquired in the hospital and called as nosocomial?

When the patient is within, 14 days of hospital stay

What is the primary purpose of disease surveillance ni the context of infectious diseases?

To monitor and control the spread of diseases

The public health nurse is specifically assigned to talk individually with community leaders like the primary grade teacher and the barangay official in charge of the health committee. Which data collection method wil the nurse use?

Key information interview

What si the main goal of conducting research on infectious diseases ni nursing practice?

To improve patient outcomes and public health

The factors, exposures, characteristics, and behaviors that determine patterns of disease are described using:

Determinants

To understand the causes of health and disease, epidemiology studies:

Populations

When anurse examines birth and death certificates during an epidemiologic investigation, what data category is being used?

Routinely collected data

An epidemiologist wanting to know what caused severe diarrhea and vomiting in several people at a local banquet would be using

Analytic epidemiology

Which would be considered a serious epidemic fo influenza?

Unable to determine

John Snow si called the father of epidemiology because of his work with:

Cholera

The interaction between an agent, a host, and the environment is called:

The epidemiologic triangle

Public health professionals refer to three levels of prevention as tied to specific stages in the:

Natural history of disease

When studying chronic disease, the multifactorial etiology of illness is considered. What does this imply?

Focus should be on the factors or combinations and levels of factors contributing to disease.

The probability an event will occur within a specified period of time is called:

Risk

Which statement is true about mortality rates? Mortality rates:

Are informative only for fatal diseases

Ascreening for diabetes revealed 20 previously diagnosed diabetics and 10 probable new cases, which were later confirmed, for a total of 30 cases. This is called:

Prevalence

An example of an attack rate is the:

Proportion of people becoming il after eating at a fast-food restaurant

The ability to stimulate antibody response refers to;

Antigenicity

Which of the following statement is not true about Virulence of an agent?

the shorter the incubation period the less virulent the agent is.

Which of the following diseases is not an endemic disease?

Rabies

HIV is considered to be what classification of occurrence in the Philippines?

Epidemic

Which specific disease hit the Philippines and became epidemic last July 2015?

MERS-CoV

The nurse teaches food handlers to wash utensils after contact with raw meat. This prevention focuses on the

Environment

An example of an agent is

Fungi

Least common type of infectious agent which can be beneficial and harmful?

Fungi

Which of the following is not a kind of External Parasite?

ringworm

Characterized as rod shape bacteria?

bacillus

PERTUSSIS is caused by which kind of agent?

Bacteria

The ability of an agent to produce a severe pathologic reaction is known as:

Virulence

When one case of smallpox occurs ni a population ni which it was considered ot be previously eliminated, ti si caled:

An epidemic

The nurse provides footwear and gloves ot leprosy clients to prevent trauma to their insensitive and deformed hands and feet. This is an example of _ prevention.

tertiary

Rabiespost-exposure immunization is an example of which of the following levels of prevention with regard to infectious disease interventions?

Secondary prevention

Which situation describes the role of anurse being involved in surveillance?

Collecting information about occurrence of measles

Anurse is working ni a health department when a patient arrives who has been traveling to Palawan and has been diagnosed with malaria. The nurse knows:

This is a disease that must be reported to the local health department.

Apublic health nurse understands that the emergence of new infectious diseases si influenced by the:

Globalization of food supplies

Food intoxication is caused by

Bacterial, viral, or parasitic invasion of food

Which of the following statements is not correct about Nosocomial Infection?

can be present during the time of admission

Which of the following is not an indicator of Mortality?

Prevalence

The stage on the chain of infection that makes and infection communicable?

Mode of transmission

Which elements of surveillance does a nurse use? Select all that apply .1 Mortality registration 2. Epidemic field investigation 3. Laboratory reporting 4. Individual c a s e investigation

1 2, 3, 4

Anurse si presenting information ot the local health department about potential bioterrorism threats. Which of the agents would the nurse discuss ni this presentation?

Smallpox

It is said to be the most comman mode of transmission?

Contact

Which is the most likely means of transmitting infection between patients?

Contact with a health care worker's hands

Beds in the hospital are arranged in such a way that droplet transmission of microorganism can be prevented. This is done by:

Positioning the bed 1meter away from each other

Which of the following is considered a fomite?

Urinals

A vector that transmits a microorganism by harboring it to its system and serves as its reservoir.

Biological vector

A nurse cares for a hospitalized client and inspects the client's bedside table. Which of the items on the table pose a potential risk of infection for the client and should be removed? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. 1 The menu from the last meal 2A half-full cup of water without a cover 3An empty urinal that was rinsed out with water after being used 4Asealed package of soda crackers 5Abox of paper tissues 6 A pitcher of water covered with a lid

2 and 3

1, 3 , 5

Which aspect fo handwashingsi most effective to loosen dirt and transient bacteria?

Using plenty of lather with friction

The use of a mask when the nurse is closer than 3feet to a patient involves which type of precautions?

droplet

One major way of preventing cross-infection si frequent handwashing. However, today, you just found out there is water interruption. The INITIAL step that you ought to do is to report the problem ot the

Head nurse

What is the BEST initiative that you can do should there be non-availability of supply of alcohol used for hand hygiene that is vital in preventing cross-infection?

Request the patients to provide their own alcohol.

When assessing the following client care situations, which one would require the nurse to wear goggles?

Catheterizing the urinary bladder.

The nurse observes a nursing assistant putting on gloves to deliver a lunch tray to a client with AIDS. The therapeutic intervention would be to

Explain to the nursing assistant that gloves do not need to be worn if there is no client contact

A nurse applies clean gloves when collecting a urine specimen. How does this technique break the chain of infection? (Select al that apply.) 1 Blocks the portal of entry for microorganisms 2Blocks the portal of exit 3Reduces susceptibility of the host 4Controls a reservoir source of organisms

1&2 only

A client si hospitalized with complications of AIDS. The best way to clean up a hazardous waste spill si to use

1:10 bleach solution.

Isolation is used for hospitalized children who

Have chicken pox (varicella).

When caring for a person with AIDS in the home, the best way to dispose of contaminated needles and syringes is to

Place them in a puncture-resistant container in the home.

A nurse is giving an emaciated client an injection. While withdrawing the needle from the site, the needle slips and pierces the nurse's finger. The action most appropriate is to:

Wash the finger with an antiseptic and water solution.

The most frequent mode of transmission of HAI (nosocomial) infections such as vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) ni healthcare facilities is

Hands of health workers

When leaving an isolation room, prioritize the steps to maintain proper protocol. 1 Hand hygiene 2. Taking off your mask. 3. Removing your gloves 4. Untying waist strings of the gown.

3-4-2-1

A patient si isolated for pulmonary tuberculosis. The nurse notes that the patient seems to be angry, but he knows that this si a normal response to isolation. Which is the best intervention?

Explain the reasons for isolation procedures and provide meaningful stimulation.

The nurse has redressed a patient's wound and now plans to administer a medication to the patient. Which is the correct infection control procedure?

Remove gloves and perform hand hygiene before administering the medication

A nurse enters the room of a patient who has been diagnosed with pneumonia. The nurse instructs the patient to cover the mouth when coughing. This reduces transmission of infection by

Small droplets

Describes as a process that destroys or eliminates all forms of microbial life and is carried out in health-care facilities by physical or chemical methods

Sterilization

The most used PPE?

Gloves

The correct sequence of donning is;

Gown, mask, goggles, gloves

The correct sequence of doffing is,

Gloves, googles, gown, mask

A community health nurse investigates an outbreak of pinworm at a local day care center. What suggestions would the nurse give to the day care workers?

Using good hand washing is important to prevent the transmission.

What is the best method for preventing hospital-acquired infections?

Perform good hand washing before and after approaching every patient

The type of immunity which is longest acting is

active immunity

The MOST important function of inflammation and immunity is

providing protection against invading organism

The nurse explains to a mother whose ten-year child just received a tetanus toxoid injection that the toxoid vaccine confers which of the following immunity?

Long-lasting active immunity

Immunity is a characteristic of the:

Host factor

Which of the following is our secondary line of defense?

Inflammation

A nurse is providing education to a mother about the importance of having her infant immunized for measles, mumps, and rubella. This immunization will provide what type of immunity?

Active

An experienced nurse is orienting a new nurse to the care of children in a clinic. Which immunizations should the experienced nurse inform the new nurse to pian to administer to normally healthy children between ages 1 and 5 years, ЕХСЕРТ?

Meningococcal

The nurse administers Hepatitis B immunoglobulin serum (HBIG) to a patient in the health center, which will provide her with passive immunity. One advantage of passive immunity is that it

offers immediate protection

You are assigned as the cold chain officer in the barangay health center. Which of the following vaccine is very sensitive to heat and you should store at -15°C to -25°C at the freezer?

Measles

Which of the following vaccines is introduced intradermally at the right deltoid region?

BCG

Hep B is given for three doses and the first one is given when the child is how many years old?

What will the nurse do FIRST if a child developed convulsion within 24 hours after giving DPT?

Give TSB and paracetamol, as ordered

Which of the following is true about the Tetanus Toxoid?

It is given to mothers for two doses with one month interval with booster doses every next pregnancy.

DPT immunization provides how many years of protection?

10 years

An indication that vaccinia immune globulin (VIG) should be administered is

Eczema vaccinatum.

Which of the following is a Live attenuated Vaccine?

BCG

NINI, 21 years old is about to receive a vaccine for HPV, as a nurse you are aware that nini will received how many dosages?

3 Dosages

Nini is expected to receive how many mL of Cervarix Vaccine on her 1st dose?

.5 ml

Which Flu Vaccine will Nini likely to receive?

Fluarix

Which of the following statements is not correct about Fluarix?

Packaged with needles

For a person to be immunocompetent, which processes need to be functional and interact appropriately with each other? (Select all that apply.) 1. Antibody-mediated immunity 2. Cell-mediated immunity 3. Inflammation 4. Red blood cells 5. White blood cells

1, 2, 3

A nurse is assessing an older client for the presence of infection. The clients temperature is 97.6 F (36.4 C). What response by the nurse is best?

Assess the client for more specific signs.

100

A client is taking prednisone to prevent transplant rejection. What instruction by the nurse is most important?

Avoid large crowds and people who are ill.

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