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Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format. A 68-year-old male presents to the emergency department with complaints of a 2-day history of difficulty breathing, cough, and chest pain. Upon triage assessment, the patient is found to have a fever, increased work of breathing, decreased oxygen saturation, and crackles upon auscultation of the lungs. A chest X ray reveals consolidation in the right upper lung field. The patient is diagnosed with pneumonia, initiated on oxygen therapy, and admitted for observation and treatment. -You are diligent to prevent the spread of disease to other patients.Which of the following is the most appropriate type of isolation for this patient,considering the portal of exit for the pathogen in this case?


A) standard isolation (gloves)
B) contact isolation (gown and gloves)
C) droplet isolation (gown,gloves,and mask)
D) airborne isolation (gown,gloves,mask,and negative airflow room)

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Reservoirs include


A) humans.
B) animals.
C) soil.
D) water.
E) All of the choices are correct.

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A fetus can get an infection when a pathogen in the mother's blood is capable of crossing the placenta to the fetal circulation and tissues.

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The stage of an infectious disease when specific signs and symptoms are seen and the pathogen is at peak activity is the


A) prodromal stage.
B) convalescent stage.
C) incubation period.
D) period of invasion.
E) None of the choices is correct.

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The greatest number of pathogens enter the body through the


A) respiratory system.
B) gastrointestinal system.
C) urinary system.
D) genital system.
E) skin.

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Mucinase has the greatest effect on the


A) respiratory system.
B) gastrointestinal system.
C) urinary system.
D) genital system.
E) skin.

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Which of the following is the endotoxin?


A) hemolysin
B) hyaluronidase
C) toxinosis
D) collagenase
E) lipopolysaccharide

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The initial,brief period of early,general symptoms such as fatigue and muscle aches is the


A) prodromal stage.
B) convalescent stage.
C) incubation period.
D) period of invasion.
E) None of the choices is correct.

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The effect of "good" microbes against invading microbes is called


A) microbial antagonism.
B) endogenous infection.
C) infectious disease.
D) axenic.
E) gnotobiotism.

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An infectious agent that originates from outside the body is called


A) exogenous.
B) an exotoxin.
C) an enterotoxin.
D) endogenous.
E) axenic.

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Latency is a dormant state of an infectious agent.

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Which of the following is not a method of adhesion?


A) fimbriae
B) surface proteins
C) specialized receptors
D) adhesive slime or capsules
E) cilia

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______ carriers are shedding and transmitting pathogens a long time after they have recovered from an infectious disease.


A) Asymptomatic
B) Passive
C) Incubation
D) Chronic
E) Convalescent

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The principal government agency responsible for tracking infectious diseases in the United States is the


A) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
B) World Health Organization.
C) National Institutes of Health.
D) United States Department of Agriculture.
E) Infection Control Committee.

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The human body typically begins to be colonized by its normal biota


A) before birth,in utero.
B) during and immediately after birth.
C) when a child first goes to school.
D) when an infant gets its first infectious disease.
E) during puberty.

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Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the questions that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format. A 36-year-old female is bit by a raccoon and presents to the emergency department with mild trauma to her right lower extremity. Following a triage assessment, the patient’s wound is dressed. The physician verbalizes concern that the patient may have been exposed to rabies from the bite. As the RN, you provide education to the patient regarding rabies infection and its transmission. -Rabies is an example of this type of infection,which is indigenous to animals but naturally transmissible to humans:


A) mixed infection
B) focal infection
C) zoonotic infection
D) latent infection

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A symptom is


A) an objective indication of disease.
B) a subjective indication of diesease.
C) measurable by health care personnel.
D) temperature.
E) None of the choices is correct.

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TORCH is an acronym that represents the most common


A) genera of resident biota.
B) sexually transmitted diseases.
C) portals of entry.
D) vectors.
E) infections of the fetus and neonate.

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Local edema,swollen lymph nodes,fever,soreness,and abscesses are indications of


A) toxemia.
B) inflammation.
C) sequelae.
D) a syndrome.
E) latency.

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Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format. As an RN with the infectious disease team, you are providing an education course to new graduate nurses. You provide education regarding the process of infection control and prevention. -As the infectious disease RN,you review the concept of normal biota.A positive Escherichia coli culture would be unremarkable for which of the following body fluids?


A) sputum
B) stool
C) blood
D) cerebrospinal fluid

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