CDN QUESTIONS Flashcards
The patient is suffering from PTB. The nurse is asked by the patient why he had a this kind of disease. The best response of the nurse is.
a. It’s a hereditary disease that have been passed to you by your parents.
b. It’s a communicable disease that you got from being exposed to another person who have PTB.
c. It’s an autoimmune disorder that your body developed.
d. It’s a communicable disease that you got when you were hospitalized for a long time.
B
Contagious disease is a disease that can be easily transmitted from person to person. Infectious disease Are those disease not transmitted by ordinary contact but require a direct inoculation through a break in the previously intact skin or mucous membrane
a. First statement is true, second statement is false
b. First statement is false, second statement is true.
c. Both statements are true
d. Both statements are false
A
Microorganisms that are capable of causing a disease.
a. Virus
b. Bacteria
c. parasites
d. Causative agent
D
It is the ability of the causative agent to invade and multiply within the host.
a. Toxicity
b. Virulence
c. pathogenicity
d. None of the above.
B.
This can be environmental hospital setting, food, water supply, fomites or in a living organism:
a. Reservior
b. Causative agent
c. Portal of exit
d. Portal of Entry
A.
Which of the following is likely to serve as a portal of exit for the causative agent.
a. Feces
b. Urine
c. Sweat
d. Semen
C.
A patient had an unprotected sex with someone infected with HIV. The patient may have contracted the disease via.
a. Direct contact
b. indirect contact
c. Droplets
d. Airborne
A
A patient is asking the nurse on ways how to prevent transmission of infection. What is the best response by the nurse.
a. Avoid kissing with someone whom you do not know.
b. Wear mask at all times
c. Stay away from highly populated areas.
d. Do not eat with your bare hands.
B.
Which among the following patient is most susceptible to contract a disease.
a. A 70 year old woman who had just vaccinated.
b. A 12 year old boy who loves playing outside
c. A women who is 36 weeks pregnant
d. An athlete who had a recent brain surgery due to vehicular accident.
D
numbers of the infectious agents start increasing & the immune system starts reacting & disease symptoms first become apparent.
a. Illness
b. Recovery
c. Incubation
d. prodromal
D
Cases occurs in 5 continents of the world and is continue to rise.
a. Endemic
b. Epidemic
c. Pandemic
d. None of the above
C.
The nurse in the ER is wearing gloves, masks, safety glasses and gown. Th nurse is practicing which of the following precautions
a. Standard
b. Transmission based
c. Protective
d. A&C
You are taking care of patient suffering from measles to avoid contracting the disease, as a nurse, you need to..
a. Avoid the patient
b. Wear PPE wen visiting the patient
c. Wash hands before visiting the patient.
d. Avoid staying with the patient for a long period of time
B
YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF A PATIENT WHO IS NEWLY DIAGNOSED WITH PTB. WHAT IS YOUR PRIMARY CONCERN WHEN IT COMES TO DIET?
a. Provide a Small Frequent Feeding
b. Provide the patient high carbohydrate diet
c. Provide patient a diet rich in vit.c
d. Provide patient a low protein diet
A
You are giving patient ethambutol. As a nurse you know that optic neuritis is one side effect. To avoid this, you should give..
a. NSAIDs
b. thrombolytics
c. vit.c
d. Vit. B12
A
