7/1/25, 8:22
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Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care: The Basics 6th Edition Exam
Questions and answers with complete solutions verified latest update
2025/2026
Sample some practice questions
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What are anti-embolic stockings?
Choose matching definition
A type of bandage for treating open
Aid in circulation and prevention of blood
1wounds.
2clots (thrombus, emboli).
Used to enhance muscle strength during
3 4A device used for monitoring heart rates.
workouts.
Don't know?
Terms in this set (220)
PPE equipment that helps protect employees from
serious workplace injuries or illnesses resulting
from contact with workplace hazards
Sterilization cleaning measure that destroys all microorganisms,
including pathogens
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Disinfection a process that destroys most, but not all,
pathogens; it reduces the pathogen count to a
level that is considered not infectious
Blood borne pathogens microorganisms found in human blood, body
fluid, draining wounds, and mucous membranes
that cause infection and disease in humans
MRSA (methicillin- bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus) that have
resistant Staphylococcus developed resistance to the antibiotic
aureus) methicillin
myocardial infarction (MI) a condition that occurs when the heart muscle
does not receive enough oxygen because
blood vessels are blocked; also called a
heart attack
Cyanotic pertaining to a blue or purple discoloration due to
deoxygenated blood
emesis the act of vomiting
Dyspnea difficulty breathing
causative agent a pathogenic microorganism that causes disease
susceptible host an uninfected person who could get sick
reservoir a place where a pathogen lives and multiplies
portal of entry any body opening on an uninfected person that allows
pathogens to enter
portal of exit any body opening on an infected person that allows
pathogens to leave
mode of transmission how a pathogen travels
long term care care given in long-term care facilities for people who
need 24-hour, skilled care
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Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care: The Basics 6th Edition Exam
Questions and answers with complete solutions verified latest update
2025/2026
Sample some practice questions
Learn 1/7 Study with Learn
What are anti-embolic stockings?
Choose matching definition
A type of bandage for treating open
Aid in circulation and prevention of blood
1wounds.
2clots (thrombus, emboli).
Used to enhance muscle strength during
3 4A device used for monitoring heart rates.
workouts.
Don't know?
Terms in this set (220)
PPE equipment that helps protect employees from
serious workplace injuries or illnesses resulting
from contact with workplace hazards
Sterilization cleaning measure that destroys all microorganisms,
including pathogens
1/
10
, 7/1/25, 8:22
AM
Disinfection a process that destroys most, but not all,
pathogens; it reduces the pathogen count to a
level that is considered not infectious
Blood borne pathogens microorganisms found in human blood, body
fluid, draining wounds, and mucous membranes
that cause infection and disease in humans
MRSA (methicillin- bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus) that have
resistant Staphylococcus developed resistance to the antibiotic
aureus) methicillin
myocardial infarction (MI) a condition that occurs when the heart muscle
does not receive enough oxygen because
blood vessels are blocked; also called a
heart attack
Cyanotic pertaining to a blue or purple discoloration due to
deoxygenated blood
emesis the act of vomiting
Dyspnea difficulty breathing
causative agent a pathogenic microorganism that causes disease
susceptible host an uninfected person who could get sick
reservoir a place where a pathogen lives and multiplies
portal of entry any body opening on an uninfected person that allows
pathogens to enter
portal of exit any body opening on an infected person that allows
pathogens to leave
mode of transmission how a pathogen travels
long term care care given in long-term care facilities for people who
need 24-hour, skilled care
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