NUR 352 Exam 1 ASU Exam
NUR 352 EXAM 1 ASU EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 COMPLETE
ALL 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+||ALREADY GRADED A+
What is a portal of exit?
The means by which the infectious agent can leave the reservoir.
What is an example of a portal of exit?
A human sneezing, coughing, or vomiting
What is mode of transmission?
The mode by which infectious agents can travel. The mode can be
airborne, contact, droplet, or vehicle (water, food, insects).
What are common modes of transmission in a health care setting?
Hands of health care workers and equipment such as stethoscope,
thermometer, BP cuff, badge, and cell phone
What is the portal of entry?
Can be any orifice or breaks in the skin that allow infectious agent to
enter the host and replicate.
What is a susceptible host?
The susceptibility of a host depends on the individual's degree of
resistance to the pathogen. Susceptibility can vary depending on the
strength and number of invading microorganisms and the body's
natural defense to infection.
What certain risk factors affect susceptibility?
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1) Poor sleep, hygeine, nutritional intake, and overall health
2) Age (Children and the elderly)
3) Underlying disease (HIV, AIDS)
4) Malignancy (Cancers)
5) Transplants
6) Medications (Immunosuppressants, antimicrobials)
7) Surgical procedures
8) Radiation therapy
9) Indwelling devices (Catheters)
What measures can be taken to break the chain of infection?
Standard precautions: Safety procedures when handling ALL patients,
regardless of health. Standard precautions include hand hygiene,
donning appropriate PPE when necessary, using the sharps container,
and conducting respirator etiquette.
Transmission-based precautions: Applying more PPE when dealing with
patients with certain infections.
What is an affective way to remove spores like C. difficile?
Non-antimicrobial soap and warm water. Alochol sanitizers,
antimicrobials, and antiseptics have not been affective with removing
spores.
What are the stages of infection?
Incubation, prodromal, acute illness, decline, convalescence
What are the different locations of infection?
Local: Confined to one area of the body. Can be treated with oral or
topical antibiotics.
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Systemic: May start as local infections and then can get into the
bloodstream to infect the entire body.
What are the four major types of HAIs?
1) Central line associated bloodstream infections
2) Surgical site infections
3) Catheter associated urinary tract infections
4) Ventilator associated pneumonia
What's the difference between endemic, epidemic, and pandemic
infection?
Endemic infections occur within a certain geographic location or
population. Epidemic infections occur when there are more cases than
normal within a certain geographic location or population. Pandemic
infections occur worldwide.
What are the three different types of immunity?
1) Innate- Natural immunity, general protection
2) Adaptive- Developing immunity, specific protection
3) Passive- Short-lived, borrowed immunity
What are some examples of innate, adaptive, and passive immunity?
1) Innate- Natural killer cells, skin barries, mucous membranes,
phagocytes
2) Adaptive- T cells, B cells, antibodies
3) Passive- Breast milk and immunity therapy
What are some nonspecific immune cells?
Neutrophils, macrophages, phagocytes
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NUR 352 EXAM 1 ASU EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 COMPLETE
ALL 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+||ALREADY GRADED A+
What is a portal of exit?
The means by which the infectious agent can leave the reservoir.
What is an example of a portal of exit?
A human sneezing, coughing, or vomiting
What is mode of transmission?
The mode by which infectious agents can travel. The mode can be
airborne, contact, droplet, or vehicle (water, food, insects).
What are common modes of transmission in a health care setting?
Hands of health care workers and equipment such as stethoscope,
thermometer, BP cuff, badge, and cell phone
What is the portal of entry?
Can be any orifice or breaks in the skin that allow infectious agent to
enter the host and replicate.
What is a susceptible host?
The susceptibility of a host depends on the individual's degree of
resistance to the pathogen. Susceptibility can vary depending on the
strength and number of invading microorganisms and the body's
natural defense to infection.
What certain risk factors affect susceptibility?
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, NUR 352 Exam 1 ASU Exam
1) Poor sleep, hygeine, nutritional intake, and overall health
2) Age (Children and the elderly)
3) Underlying disease (HIV, AIDS)
4) Malignancy (Cancers)
5) Transplants
6) Medications (Immunosuppressants, antimicrobials)
7) Surgical procedures
8) Radiation therapy
9) Indwelling devices (Catheters)
What measures can be taken to break the chain of infection?
Standard precautions: Safety procedures when handling ALL patients,
regardless of health. Standard precautions include hand hygiene,
donning appropriate PPE when necessary, using the sharps container,
and conducting respirator etiquette.
Transmission-based precautions: Applying more PPE when dealing with
patients with certain infections.
What is an affective way to remove spores like C. difficile?
Non-antimicrobial soap and warm water. Alochol sanitizers,
antimicrobials, and antiseptics have not been affective with removing
spores.
What are the stages of infection?
Incubation, prodromal, acute illness, decline, convalescence
What are the different locations of infection?
Local: Confined to one area of the body. Can be treated with oral or
topical antibiotics.
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, NUR 352 Exam 1 ASU Exam
Systemic: May start as local infections and then can get into the
bloodstream to infect the entire body.
What are the four major types of HAIs?
1) Central line associated bloodstream infections
2) Surgical site infections
3) Catheter associated urinary tract infections
4) Ventilator associated pneumonia
What's the difference between endemic, epidemic, and pandemic
infection?
Endemic infections occur within a certain geographic location or
population. Epidemic infections occur when there are more cases than
normal within a certain geographic location or population. Pandemic
infections occur worldwide.
What are the three different types of immunity?
1) Innate- Natural immunity, general protection
2) Adaptive- Developing immunity, specific protection
3) Passive- Short-lived, borrowed immunity
What are some examples of innate, adaptive, and passive immunity?
1) Innate- Natural killer cells, skin barries, mucous membranes,
phagocytes
2) Adaptive- T cells, B cells, antibodies
3) Passive- Breast milk and immunity therapy
What are some nonspecific immune cells?
Neutrophils, macrophages, phagocytes
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