Exam 11: Interactions Between Microbes and Humans

The principal government agency responsible for tracking infectious diseases in the United States is the ________.

As an RN with the infectious disease team, you are providing an education course to new graduate nurses regarding the process of infection control and prevention. -The infectious disease RN discusses scenarios that require hand washing with germicidal soap and water instead of alcohol-based hand cleanser.Which of the following statements by a new nurse is most accurate regarding when hands should be washed with soap and water?  

The initial,brief period of early,general symptoms such as fatigue and muscle aches is the ________.

Most of the skin's resident biota are found in the uppermost,superficial layers of the epidermis.

The number of persons afflicted with an infectious disease is the ________ rate.

Which of the following pairs is mismatched?

A 36-year-old female is bit by a raccoon and presents to the emergency department with mild trauma to her right lower extremity. Following a triage assessment, the patient's wound is cleaned and dressed. The physician verbalizes concern that the patient may have been exposed to rabies from the bite. One role of the RN is to provide education to the patient regarding rabies infection and its transmission. -If the patient develops rabies infection,the time from the bite to the appearance of symptoms is referred to as the ________.

Each of the following bring about inoculation of normal biota to a newborn except ________.

Which of the following is not a factor that weakens host defenses against infections?

Once a microbe has entered a host,what process performed by certain white blood cells will attempt to destroy the microbes?

Which of the following is not an antiphagocytic factor?

Which of the following is not a universal precaution used for handling patients and body substances?

Which of the following is a direct contact method of microbe transmission?

As an RN with the infectious disease team, you are providing an education course to new graduate nurses regarding the process of infection control and prevention. -As the infectious disease RN,you are familiar with the concept of normal biota.A positive Escherichia coli culture would be unremarkable for which of the following samples? 

A 78-year-old male presents to the emergency department reporting a 2-day history of difficulty breathing, cough, and chest pain. Upon triage assessment, the patient is found to have a fever, rapid rate of breathing, low oxygen saturation, and crackles upon auscultation of the lungs. A chest X-ray reveals consolidation in the right upper lung field. The patient is diagnosed with pneumonia, initiated on oxygen therapy, and admitted for observation and treatment. -You are diligent to prevent the spread of disease to other patients.Which of the following is the most appropriate type of isolation for this patient,considering the portal of exit for the pathogen in this case?  

Koch's postulates are easily satisfied for viral diseases.

Which of the following is not a normal portal of exit for an infectious disease?

Which of the following is the endotoxin?

Local edema,swollen lymph nodes,fever,soreness,and abscesses are indications of ________.

A 36-year-old female is bit by a raccoon and presents to the emergency department with mild trauma to her right lower extremity. Following a triage assessment, the patient's wound is cleaned and dressed. The physician verbalizes concern that the patient may have been exposed to rabies from the bite. One role of the RN is to provide education to the patient regarding rabies infection and its transmission. -Rabies is an example of this type of infection,which is indigenous to animals but naturally transmissible to humans ________.