SOOLUTIONS
Acute illness Correct Answer Third stage of infection where
manifestations of a specific infectious disease process are
obvious. This is also the stage where it is severe.
Adolescent pulse (12-20) Correct Answer 50-100/min
Adolescent respiratory (12-20 years) Correct Answer
16-20/min
Adult pulse (20+) Correct Answer 60-100/min
Adult respiratory (20+) Correct Answer 12-20/min
Airborne infection isolation room Correct Answer negative air
pressure isolation room in which air enters and leaves the room
through a special exhaust system to the outside
Airborne precautions Correct Answer Don an N95 mask or
high-level respirator when entering the room of a client
Airborne Transmission Correct Answer Occurs when small
particulates move into the airspace of another person
Apical pulse Correct Answer heart rate that's heard or felt at
the apex of the heart, which is located medially to the
midclavicular line at the fifth intercostal space
Apnea Correct Answer absence of spontaneous respiration
, Basophils (mast cells) Correct Answer 0.5%-1%
Release histamine, serotonin, and heparin
- can perform phagocytosis
Blood pressure Correct Answer Measurement of the force
circulating blood exerts on the interior walls of blood vessels
Brachial pulse Correct Answer beating or throbbing felt over
the brachial artery, usually palpated in the antecubital space
Bradycardia Correct Answer heart rate less than 60 bpm
Cardiac Output Correct Answer Volume of blood ejected by
the heart ventricles in one minute; SV x HR
Chain of infection Correct Answer How bacteria, viruses,
fungi, parasites, and prions move from place to place. Contact,
droplet, and airborne
Chain of infection cycle Correct Answer - Infectious Agent
- Reservoir (table, bed)
- Portal of Exit (wound drainage, GI tract)
- Mode of transmission (contact)
- Portal of Entry (mouth)
- Susceptible Host (client with suppressed immune system)
Cheyne-stokes Correct Answer Breathing pattern of cycles that
begin with rapid shallow breaths, increase to deep breaths,
ending with apnea