Thermoregulation

Question 1

Disease state which results from the presence of pathogens

Answer 1

Infection

Question 2

What are the 6 parts of the infection cycle?

Answer 2

Infectious agent
Reservoir
Portal of Exit
Means of transmission
Portal of entry
Susceptible host

Question 3

Disease producing organisms

Answer 3

Pathogens

Question 4

What are the different types of infectious agents?

Answer 4

Bacteria, fungi, virus, parasites

Question 5

Means of transmission involves?

Answer 5

Direct contact
Indirect contact
Droplet
Airborne

Question 6

Natural habitat for growth and proliferation of microorganisms

Answer 6

Resevior

Question 7

What are examples of reservoirs?

Answer 7

People, animals, soil, food, water, milk and inanimate objects

Question 8

means of escape from the reservior for organism?

Answer 8

Portal of exit

Question 9

What is the common route in humans for portal of exit?

Answer 9

breaks in cutaneous membrane, respiratory, gi, and gu tracts

Question 10

an inanimate object which acts as a means of transmission is?

Answer 10

formite

Question 11

a living creature that transmits infectious agent to humans

Answer 11

vector

Question 12

point at which organisms enter a new host

Answer 12

Portal of entry

Question 13

What are the different stages of infection?

Answer 13

incubation, podromal, full/acute, convalescent

Question 14

interval between invasion and appearance of symptoms

Answer 14

incubation period

Question 15

when a person is most infectious, though person is often unaware they are contagious. early signs and symptoms of disease are present but these are often vague and nonspecific

Answer 15

prodromal stage

Question 16

when infection specific signs and symptoms shows

Answer 16

full/acute stage of illness

Question 17

recovery from infection; signs and symptoms disappear person turns to healthy state

Answer 17

convalescent period

Question 18

clean technique, reduces number and transfer of pathogens

Answer 18

medical asepsis

Question 19

five moments for hand hygiene

Answer 19

before touching a patients
before a clean or aseptic procedure
after a body fluid exposure risk
after touching a patient
after touching patient surroundings

Question 20

steril technique used to keep objects and areas free of all microorganisms

Answer 20

surgical asepsis

Question 21

when causative organism is acquired from other people

Answer 21

exogenous

Question 22

when causative organism comes from microial life harbored in the person

Answer 22

endogenour

Question 23

when it results from treatment or diagnosic procedure

Answer 23

iatrogenic

Question 24

destroys all pathogenic organisms expect spores

Answer 24

disinfection

Question 25

destroys al microorganisms

Answer 25

sterilization

Question 26

difficult or labored breathing

Answer 26

dypnea

Question 27

a condition in which the body temp is elavated

Answer 27

fevrile

Question 28

elevation above the upper limit of normal body temperature

Answer 28

pyrexia

Question 29

the difference between the amount of heat produced by the body and the amount of heat lost to the enviornment measured in degrees

Answer 29

temperature

Question 30

which horomone increases metabolism and heat production but over a much longer time period

Answer 30

thyroid

Question 31

shivering a repsonse that increases the production of heat is initiated by the ______

Answer 31

hypotalmus

Question 32

low body temp

Answer 32

hypothermia

Question 33

high body temp

Answer 33

hyperthermia

Question 34

is an increase above normal in body temperature

Answer 34

pyrexia/fever

Question 35

a person with a fever is said to be ?

Answer 35

febrile

Question 36

How many inches does a nurse have to hold an item above a sterile field?

Answer 36

6 inches

Question 37

What kind of contact is staphylococcus aureus?

Answer 37

direct

Question 38

what type of contact is TB

Answer 38

airborne

Question 39

normothermia

Answer 39

96.4-99.5

Question 40

hyperthermia

Answer 40

104 and above

Question 41

hypothermia

Answer 41

95 and lower