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What is the first line of defense

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Normal flora

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What is normal flora

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“good” baceria and INHIBITS “bad: pathogens

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What is the second line of defense

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The inflammatory response

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Is the inflammatory response local

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Yes

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When does the inflammatory response happen

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Response to injury or ingaction

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What happens biologicaly in the inflammatory response

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Capillaries dilate and WBCs increase

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What effects does the increase in WBCs create

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REDness, SWELLING, WARMTH, PAIN

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What does the inflammatory response activiate

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The immune response

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What initiates the immune response

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Recognition of antigens

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What are antigens

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Bad bacteria, toxins, chemicals, drugs, particles

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What are the types of immune response

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Innate and adaptive

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Which type of immunity is nonspecific

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Innate

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Which type of immunity is specific

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Adaptive

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What is the immediate response to an antigen

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Innate

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Are you born with an innate immunity

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Yes

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How do you auccire adaptive immunity

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After EXPOSURE, WBCs produce ANTIBODIES in response to ANTIGENS

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What are the specific type of cells that learn which bacteria is good or bad

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B and T cells

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18
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How can you gain immunization/ exposure to a certain pathogen

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Vaccinations

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19
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How does passive immunity work

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Babies in UTERO or via BREASTMILK

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20
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How does the skin protect the body

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IMPERMEABLE to most microorganisms, SWEAT has a low pH which INHIBITS bacterial growth

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How does the respiratory tract protect the body

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CILIA and MUCUS trap and move foreign bodies, contain proteins with ANTIMICROBIAL properties

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How does the GI system protect the body

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Gut FLORA and LOW pH

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What is the definition of virulence

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The ablity of a pathogen to invade and injure host

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What 6 component must all be present and intect for an infection to occur

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Infectious AGENT, SOURCE, portal of EXIT, mode of TRANSMISSION, portal of ENTRY, susceptible HOST

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25
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Hand washing interrupts the chain of infection cycle at which step?

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Mode of transmission

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What is the inbuation period

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Time between pathogen ENTERING the body and presentation of first SYMPTOMS

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What is the prodromal stage

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The pathogen MULTIPLIES and changes from GENERAL to more DISTINCT symptoms

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What is the illness stage

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Syptoms specific to infection

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29
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What is the convalescence stage

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Acute symptoms disappear and begin RECOVERY

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How long can recovery from an illness be

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Days to months

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31
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What are the risks for infection

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EVERYTHING, poor HYGIENE, people with COMPROMISED health, living in CROWED places, OLD people, NEEDLES, protected SEX, TRAVEL, SMOKING, STRESS, poor NUTRITION

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Who are the individuals that likely have compromised health and poor defenses

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Young, old, and chemo pts

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Why are homeless people more likely to get TB

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They live in CROWDED shelters

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What does HAI stand for and whats another name for it

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Healthy-care acquired infections or nosocomial infections

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What are the costs of HAIs

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MONEY, LONGER stays, loss of EARNING, DISRUPTION of life, DEATH, PAIN, lack of TRUST

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What are the common culprits of HAIs

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INDWELLING medical devices, TRANSMISSION between pts and healthcare workers, overuse and misuse of ABX (antibiotics), ICU settings

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Why are we worried about the overuse and misuse of antibotics

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It can create drug resistant organisms

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How can HAIs be avoided

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HANDWASHING, PPE, STERILE technique

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39
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What is the most effective method of HAI prevention

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Handwashing

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What is the local signs and symptoms of infection

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ERYTHEMA, WARMTH, PAIN, TENDERNESS, DRAINAGE, EDEMA

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What happens to cause a systemic infection

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The infection has inflitrated with bloodstream

42
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What are the signs and symptoms of a systemic infection

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FEVER, CHILLS, DIAPHORESIS, TACHVARDIA, TACHYPNESA, LETHARGY, LYMPHADENOPATHY

43
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What is the differenc ein the response of a local and systemic infection

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In a systemic response it’s a full body response

44
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What is lymphadenopathy

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Swollen lymphnodes

45
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What is the nursing process

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ADPIE

46
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What is ADPIE

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ASSESSMENT, DIAGNOSIS, PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, EVALUATION

47
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What happens in the assessment part of the nursing process

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You get the info

48
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What happens in the diagnosis part of the nursing process

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What does the nurse need to worry about, PRIORITIZE, CARE PLAN

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What happens in the planning part of the nursing process

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What will you do as the nurse

50
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What happens in the implementation part of the nursing process

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Actually doing the interventions

51
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What happens in the evaluation part of the nursing process

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Did the interventions work

52
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What do you need to do in the assessment part

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Get the subjective and objective data

53
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What is the subjective data

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What the patient tells youf

54
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How do you get the subjective data

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The chief complaint and health history

55
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What are some questions you can ask to get the subjective data

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What brought you in, medications, immunosupressant, cough, travel, short of breathe, fatiged, appetite change

56
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Why are diabetic people more at risk for infection

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Because the sugar is food for bacteria

57
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What is the objective data

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What you measure

58
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How do you get the objective data

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VITALS, RISK assessment, LABS

59
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What type of labs could you order for infection

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CBC, inflammatory MARKERS, CULTURES

60
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What are the type of inflammatory markers you can test for

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ESR (erythrocyte sed rate) and CRP (C-reactive protein

61
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What do you need to do in the diagnosis part

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Find what you care about

62
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How do you do the disgnosis part

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RISK for infection, impaired SKIN integrity, lack of KNOWLEDGE

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What do you need to do in the planning part

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Evaluate RESOURCES, REALISTIC, PRIORITIZE, SMART goals

64
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What are the two ways you can prioritize your diagnoses

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Maslow’s pryamids or the ABCs

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What does the ABCs stand for

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Airway, breathing, circulation

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What is Maslow’s pryamid

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physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self-actulization

67
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What do you need to do for the implementation part

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EVIDENCE-BASED strategies to break the chain of infection

68
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What do you need to do for the evaluation part

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Evaluate the effectivness of your interventions, NOT did the patient do the interventions

69
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Give an example of how to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention of a fall risk pt

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Not you put the bed alarm on
Did they fall or not

70
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What is medical aspsis

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CLEAN, REDUCED number of microorganisms

71
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What is sterile technique

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A;iminate ALL microorganisms, INDWELLING devices

72
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What should you know baout the sterile field

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DRY, above WAIST, never turn BACK, 1” BORDER, AWAY from body, never reach OVER

73
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What does disinfection mean

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Removal of everything except SPORES

74
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What are germicidal agents

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Disinfect objects ex. bleach

75
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What are antiseptic agents

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Disinfect skin ex. iodine, alcohol, chlorhexidine

76
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What is sterillization

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Destory ALL microorganisms

77
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How do you physically sterilze something

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STEAM, BOIL, RADIATION

78
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What do you use for chemical sterilization

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Gases ex. autoclave

79
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What is the goal of precautions

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To reduce transmission of pathogens

80
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What dictates required PPE

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The type of transmission

81
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What are the five types of transmissions

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Standard contact, droplet, airborn, enteric, neutropenic

82
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Which pts are like on protective isolation

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Immunocompromised pts

83
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When do you use standard precautions

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For EVERYone

84
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What is included in standard precautions

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HAND hygiene, GLOVES, clean EQUIPMENT, discard NEEDLES

85
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When do you use contact precautions

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When it spread either directly or indirectly with contact

86
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What infections are on contact precautions

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MDRO (MRSA, VRE), HEP A, SCABIES, HSV, draining WOUNDS

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What is included in contact precautions

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gloves, gown

88
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When do you use droplet precautions

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Illness spreads by big droplets in the air, sneexing, coughing, talking

89
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What illness are on droplet precaution

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STREP, PNEUMONIA, INFLUENZA, PHARYNGEAL IDPHTHERIA, MUMPS, RUBELLA, PERTUSSIS

90
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What is pertussis

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Whooping chough

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What is included in droplet precautions

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mask and eye protection

92
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When do you use airborn precautions

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Disease spread through small droplets that stay in the air

93
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What diseases are on airborne precautions

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Varicella, measles, TB, COVID

94
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What is the other name for chicken pox

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varicella

95
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What is the other name for measles

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rubeloa

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What is included in airborne precautions

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N-95, closed foor

97
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When is enteric precautions used

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C. diff

98
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What is included in enteric precautions

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gloves, gown, then wash hands with SOAP and water

99
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What is the common cause of pnumonia in the ICU

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Poor oral hygeiene

100
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What is the pulmonary toilet

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TURN, COUGH, deep BREATHEW

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What does the pulmonary toilet and repostioning Q2h do

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It moves everything out and around

102
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How can you advocate for your pt to prevent infection

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ANTIBIOTICS, INDWELLING devices

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