Exam 1: Introduction to Microbes and Their Building Blocks

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format. Ms. Smith is a 29-year-old patient at the outpatient psychiatric clinic. While completing her assessment you notice her hands are red, raw, and bleeding. She explains that she washes all her clothes in bleach, and uses the chemical to clean her hands several times a day. She expresses the need to rid herself of all germs. While detailing her plan of care, you inform her of the importance of bacteria to the health and well-being of not only humans but our planet as well. -Scientists use microbes to produce drugs,hormones,and enzymes.This type of biotechnology involves the transfer of foreign genetic material into a microbe,a process called

The microorganisms that recycle nutrients by breaking down dead matter and wastes are called

The most prevalent worldwide infectious diseases are

A scientist studying the sequence of nucleotides in the rRNA of a bacterial species is working on