Deck 2 Flashcards
What agency supports Healthy People objectives?
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHD)
What is the responsibility of case management services?
Arrange home services for client, resources, reviewing acute care delivery
What are some initial symptoms of an HIV infection?
Flu-like symptoms
What type of precausions should one be placed on if they have C. difficile?
Contact precautions
What would be considered TB, if there is a positive tuberculin skin test?
15 mms of duration (a hardened area)
What besides hand hygiene, what else can a person use if they are immunosuppressed?
Chlorhexidine wash. The CDC recommends health care workers use chlorhexadine for hand washing when providing care to a client that is immunosuppressed.
What is indirect contact?
Touching an infected towel that a sick person touched (keyword is towel in exam). Transmission through an inanimate object
What diseases are transmitted via airborne transmission?
(MTV) measles (rubella), tuberculosis, and varicella
What is the communicability period?
The time when disease is contagious and can be transferred to others
What should the nurse use if the client is on droplet precautions due to influenza?
Wear a mask
If a person is having seizures, what should the nurse evaluate?
Assessment of cranial nerves
What type of mask should be worn if the client requires airborne precautions?
N95
The nurse is initiating airborne precautions, which client should be placed in airborne precautions?
(MTV) measles (rubella), tuberculosis, and varicella
What should a school nurse implement to improve an outbreak of an infectious disease?
Keep providing testing to detect infected students (secondary)
What information should the nurse provide to reflect Healthy People 2030 framework?
Establish health objectives for Americans
What are some overarching goals of Healthy People 2030?
Social and physical. Focuses on 26 reas of objectives for Americans over a 10-year span. These objectives/goals are created to promote health and prevent disease. Healthy= less illness, less disease.
What type of precaution should be initiated if someone is infected with fleas?
Contact precautions
Describe community!
think of it as a group of persons who share common interests or beliefs. For example, neighbors interested in enhancing their property to maintain the unique qualities of a neighborhood have a common interest but not necessarily a formal organizational structure, whereas members of a church congregation do have a formal structure and interests that bind them together.
Understand patient’s level of education
It is important to determine the client’s level of fluency in her primary language and he nurses language to provide teaching that the client can understand
Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention?
Primary: Education
Secondary: Screening
Tertiary: Treatment
You are working in the ED and a patient come in who has pertussis (mumps and strep pertain to this as well). What transmission based precautions should be initiated?
Droplet
What would prevent the transmission of Hepatitis A? (If it starts with a vowel, it comes from the bowel)
Hand hygiene, immunization, sewer sanitation, and safe water supply.
What should be taught to people to prevent an outbreak of salmonellosis?
Educate food workers about safe food preparation
What are the requirements to define a disease as communicatable?
Entrance, means of transmission, and portal of exit
