NUR 3028 Chapter 29 Training Exam
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normal WBC count - Answer 5000-10000
normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate - Answer 15mm/hr for men
30mm/hr for women
normal iron level - Answer 80-180 mcg/L for men
60-160 mcg/L for women
neutrophils percent - Answer 55-70%
increased in acute suppurative (pus-forming) infection, decreased in overwhelming bacterial
infection
lymphocytes percent - Answer 20-40%
increased in chronic bacterial and viral infection, decreased in sepsis
monocytes percent - Answer 2-8%
increased in protozoan, rickettsial, and tuberculosis infection
eosinophils percent - Answer 1-4%
increased in parasitic infection
basophils percent - Answer 0.5-1.5%
normal during infection
Aerobic bacteria - Answer require oxygen for survival and for multiplication sufficient to cause
disease
, symptomatic - Answer If the pathogens multiply and cause clinical signs and symptoms
asymptomatic - Answer If clinical signs and symptoms are not present
bactericidal - Answer A temperature or chemical that destroys bacteria
bacteriostasis - Answer Cold temperatures tend to prevent growth and reproduction of
bacteria
suprainfection - Answer when broad-spectrum antibiotics eliminate a wide range of normal
flora organisms, not just those causing infection
Colonization. - Answer is the presence and growth of microorganisms within a host but
without tissue invasion or damage
a communicable disease - Answer If an infectious disease can be transmitted directly from one
person to another
Disinfection - Answer describes a process that eliminates many or all microorganisms, with the
exception of bacterial spores, from inanimate objects
endogenous infection - Answer occurs when part of the patient's flora becomes altered and an
overgrowth results (e.g., staphylococci, enterococci, yeasts, and streptococci).
epidemiology - Answer cause and effect
exogenous infection - Answer comes from microorganisms found outside the individual, such
as Salmonella, Clostridium tetani, and Aspergillus.
Iatrogenic infections - Answer are a type of HAI caused by an invasive diagnostic or
therapeutic procedure.
purulent - Answer containing WBCs and bacteria
Questions and Already Passed
Answers.
normal WBC count - Answer 5000-10000
normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate - Answer 15mm/hr for men
30mm/hr for women
normal iron level - Answer 80-180 mcg/L for men
60-160 mcg/L for women
neutrophils percent - Answer 55-70%
increased in acute suppurative (pus-forming) infection, decreased in overwhelming bacterial
infection
lymphocytes percent - Answer 20-40%
increased in chronic bacterial and viral infection, decreased in sepsis
monocytes percent - Answer 2-8%
increased in protozoan, rickettsial, and tuberculosis infection
eosinophils percent - Answer 1-4%
increased in parasitic infection
basophils percent - Answer 0.5-1.5%
normal during infection
Aerobic bacteria - Answer require oxygen for survival and for multiplication sufficient to cause
disease
, symptomatic - Answer If the pathogens multiply and cause clinical signs and symptoms
asymptomatic - Answer If clinical signs and symptoms are not present
bactericidal - Answer A temperature or chemical that destroys bacteria
bacteriostasis - Answer Cold temperatures tend to prevent growth and reproduction of
bacteria
suprainfection - Answer when broad-spectrum antibiotics eliminate a wide range of normal
flora organisms, not just those causing infection
Colonization. - Answer is the presence and growth of microorganisms within a host but
without tissue invasion or damage
a communicable disease - Answer If an infectious disease can be transmitted directly from one
person to another
Disinfection - Answer describes a process that eliminates many or all microorganisms, with the
exception of bacterial spores, from inanimate objects
endogenous infection - Answer occurs when part of the patient's flora becomes altered and an
overgrowth results (e.g., staphylococci, enterococci, yeasts, and streptococci).
epidemiology - Answer cause and effect
exogenous infection - Answer comes from microorganisms found outside the individual, such
as Salmonella, Clostridium tetani, and Aspergillus.
Iatrogenic infections - Answer are a type of HAI caused by an invasive diagnostic or
therapeutic procedure.
purulent - Answer containing WBCs and bacteria
