NSG 100 Final Study Guide Study
Questions With Correct Answers
sentinel event - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an unexpected occurrence involving death
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or serious physical or psychological injury
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Nursing Interventions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Activities that the nurse plans and
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implements to help the patient achieve identified outcomes
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never events - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Serious but preventable errors that should
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never occur |
Joint Commission - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a not-for-profit organization that
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evaluates and accredits different types of healthcare facilities
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deliruim - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Confusion and inappropriate reactions to
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stimuli
Alzheimer's disease - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a progressive and irreversible brain
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disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language,
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and, finally, physical functioning
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vehicles of transmission - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-contaminated blood, food,
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water
, reservoir - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-natural habitat for the growth and
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multiplication of microorganisms | |
Vector - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-nonhuman carriers—such as mosquitoes, ticks,
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and lice—that transmit organisms from one host to another
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portal of entry - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a way for the causative agent to enter a
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new reservoir or host
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portal of exit - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-any body opening on an infected person
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that allows pathogens to leave
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incubation period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-interval between initial infection and
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first signs and symptoms
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prodromal period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-short period after incubation; early,
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mild symptoms
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covalescent period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-as person begins to respond to the
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infection, symptoms decline | |
Airborne Precaution Diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Tuberculosis, Varicella
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(Chicken Pox), and Rubeola
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Questions With Correct Answers
sentinel event - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an unexpected occurrence involving death
| | | | | | | |
or serious physical or psychological injury
| | | | | |
Nursing Interventions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Activities that the nurse plans and
| | | | | | | | | |
implements to help the patient achieve identified outcomes
| | | | | | |
never events - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Serious but preventable errors that should
| | | | | | | | | |
never occur |
Joint Commission - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a not-for-profit organization that
| | | | | | | |
evaluates and accredits different types of healthcare facilities
| | | | | | |
deliruim - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Confusion and inappropriate reactions to
| | | | | | | |
stimuli
Alzheimer's disease - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a progressive and irreversible brain
| | | | | | | | |
disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language,
| | | | | | | | |
and, finally, physical functioning
| | |
vehicles of transmission - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-contaminated blood, food,
| | | | | | | |
water
, reservoir - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-natural habitat for the growth and
| | | | | | | | |
multiplication of microorganisms | |
Vector - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-nonhuman carriers—such as mosquitoes, ticks,
| | | | | | | |
and lice—that transmit organisms from one host to another
| | | | | | | |
portal of entry - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a way for the causative agent to enter a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
new reservoir or host
| | |
portal of exit - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-any body opening on an infected person
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that allows pathogens to leave
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incubation period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-interval between initial infection and
| | | | | | | | |
first signs and symptoms
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prodromal period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-short period after incubation; early,
| | | | | | | | |
mild symptoms
|
covalescent period - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-as person begins to respond to the
| | | | | | | | | | |
infection, symptoms decline | |
Airborne Precaution Diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Tuberculosis, Varicella
| | | | | | |
(Chicken Pox), and Rubeola
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