LVN – Exam 1 Study Guide, 2026 – Comprehensive review and practice
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illness - correct answer ✔✔ an abnormal process in which aspects of the social, emotional, or
intellectual condition and function of a person are diminished or impaired
Negligence - correct answer ✔✔ careless neglect, often resulting in injury, the absence of due
care
liable - correct answer ✔✔ legally responsible
Malpractice (professional negligence) - correct answer ✔✔ Failure of a person with professional
training to act in a reasonable and prudent manner.
Assault - correct answer ✔✔ Intentional threat to cause bodily harm to another, doesn't have to
include actual body contact
Advance Directives - correct answer ✔✔ Signed and witnessed document that provides specific
instructions for health care treatment if person is unable to decisions
Slander - correct answer ✔✔ spoken defamation
Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) - correct answer ✔✔ System that classifies patients by age,
diagnosis, surgical procedure and other to predict resources including length of stay
Standard precautions - correct answer ✔✔ Promote hand hygiene and use of gloves, masks, eye
protection, and gowns when appropriate for patient contact
, Assessment - correct answer ✔✔ The evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability
of someone or something
diagnose - correct answer ✔✔ To recognize a disease by signs and symptoms.
Fungi - correct answer ✔✔ Is the most common diseases found in humans are:
disinfect - correct answer ✔✔ the use of chemicals to kill pathogens that are present on
nonliving objects
antiseptic - correct answer ✔✔ A substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease
without harming body tissues (can be used on humans)
Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) - correct answer ✔✔ an infection acquired within a
healthcare setting during the delivery of medical care ex: central line associated blood
infections, catheter -associated UtI infections, surgical site infections, ventilator associated
pneumonia
Signs of inflammation - correct answer ✔✔ redness, heat, swelling, pain, loss of function
Stages of infectious process - correct answer ✔✔ Incubation period
Prodromal stage ( signs and symptoms)
Acute stage ( highest peak)
Convalescence
hand hygiene - correct answer ✔✔ Single most important and basic preventive technique that
healthcare workers can use to interrupt the infectious diseases (20 secs)
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illness - correct answer ✔✔ an abnormal process in which aspects of the social, emotional, or
intellectual condition and function of a person are diminished or impaired
Negligence - correct answer ✔✔ careless neglect, often resulting in injury, the absence of due
care
liable - correct answer ✔✔ legally responsible
Malpractice (professional negligence) - correct answer ✔✔ Failure of a person with professional
training to act in a reasonable and prudent manner.
Assault - correct answer ✔✔ Intentional threat to cause bodily harm to another, doesn't have to
include actual body contact
Advance Directives - correct answer ✔✔ Signed and witnessed document that provides specific
instructions for health care treatment if person is unable to decisions
Slander - correct answer ✔✔ spoken defamation
Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) - correct answer ✔✔ System that classifies patients by age,
diagnosis, surgical procedure and other to predict resources including length of stay
Standard precautions - correct answer ✔✔ Promote hand hygiene and use of gloves, masks, eye
protection, and gowns when appropriate for patient contact
, Assessment - correct answer ✔✔ The evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability
of someone or something
diagnose - correct answer ✔✔ To recognize a disease by signs and symptoms.
Fungi - correct answer ✔✔ Is the most common diseases found in humans are:
disinfect - correct answer ✔✔ the use of chemicals to kill pathogens that are present on
nonliving objects
antiseptic - correct answer ✔✔ A substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease
without harming body tissues (can be used on humans)
Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) - correct answer ✔✔ an infection acquired within a
healthcare setting during the delivery of medical care ex: central line associated blood
infections, catheter -associated UtI infections, surgical site infections, ventilator associated
pneumonia
Signs of inflammation - correct answer ✔✔ redness, heat, swelling, pain, loss of function
Stages of infectious process - correct answer ✔✔ Incubation period
Prodromal stage ( signs and symptoms)
Acute stage ( highest peak)
Convalescence
hand hygiene - correct answer ✔✔ Single most important and basic preventive technique that
healthcare workers can use to interrupt the infectious diseases (20 secs)
