EXAM 1 2026 STUDY BUNDLE FINAL REVIEW
COMPLETE SOLUTION PACKAGE
◉ inability to control bladder and/or bowels. Answer: incontinence
◉ Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety
or ________________________. Answer: TeamSTEPPS
◉ SBAR stands for __________________. It is a consistent, clear,
structured, and easy-to-use method of communication between health
care personnel. Answer: situation, background, assessment,
recommendation
◉ any method, device, material, or equipment that restricts a person's
freedom of movement,. Answer: physical restraint
◉ any drug that is used for discipline or convenience and not required to
treat medical symptoms. Answer: chemical restraint
◉ The practice of following good sleep habits to sleep soundly and be
alert during the day. Answer: sleep hygiene
,◉ A procedure to maintain an accurate and up-to-date list of medications
for all patients between all phases of health care delivery. Nurses
responsibility. Answer: medication reconciliation
◉ toxic inflammatory condition arising from the spread of microbes,
especially bacteria or their toxins, from a focus of infection. Answer:
Sepsis
◉ growth of bacteria in the blood. Answer: septicemia
◉ Infectious proteins that cause several brain disease (ex: mad cow
disease). Answer: prions
◉ infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal
of entry, susceptible host. Answer: chain of infection
◉ vomiting or _____________--. Answer: emesis
◉ A strict form of infection control that is based on the assumption that
all blood and other body fluids are infectious.. Answer: Standard
Precautions
◉ special precautions implemented on the basis of how the disease
spreads. Answer: transmission-based precautions
, ◉ Methods of infection control that must be used for patients known or
suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted through fine
particles suspended in air. Special air handing ad cantillation system
needed to contain and remove infection agents. Answer: Airborne
precautions
◉ Methods of infection control that must be used for patients known or
suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by secretions
expelled during coughing, sneezing, talking, or laughing.. Answer:
Droplet precautions
◉ measures taken to prevent the spread of diseases transmitted by the
physical transfer of pathogens to a susceptible host's body surface.
Answer: contact precautions
◉ spread of pathogens through a vehicle such as air, drinking water, and
food, as well as bodily fluids being handled outside the body. Answer:
vehicle transmission
◉ measures taken to keep pathogens from coming into contact with an
immunocompromised or otherwise susceptible patient. . No plants or
fresh fruits/vegatables. Answer: protective isolation
◉ estimated 1:10 will contract while hospitalized. Answer: Healthcare-
associated infection (HAI)