NURS 142 MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!

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What should one include in a professional introduction?: 1. Your title (student nurse) 2. Your name 3. Your pronouns (depending on the situation) 2. What are ADL's and examples?: Daily activ... ities that are necessary skills to take care of oneself. This may include ambulating, dressing, toileting, hygiene and eating. 3. What are IADL's and examples?: They are instrumental activities of daily living. These activities are necessary to be part of society. Examples include taking medications, preparing meals, shopping, using a phone and doing laundry. 4. What is involved in a risk assessment?: One must assess the client and environment for safety concerns BEFORE working with the client. This may include making sure the bed rails are appropriate, the bed is at its lowest setting, and positive patient ID. 5. What qualities do positive patient-nurse experiences possess?: 1. Consent 2. Truth 3. Empathy 4. Communication 5. Confidence 6. Boundaries 7. Privacy 6. What are the three dimensions of nursing care?: 1. Establishing a relationship 2. Integrating care 3. Context of care 7. What are the five steps within nursing care?: 1. Sequence 2. Rationale 3. Assessments 4. Evaluation 5. Documentation 8. What is asepsis?: The process of keeping away disease-causing microorgan- isms 9. What is asepsis technique?: Practices designed to render an area or tool free of pathogens. 10. What is medical asepsis?: Using procedures to reduce the spread of pathogens. 11. What are the differences between cleaning, disinfection and sterilization?- : 1. Cleaning is the physical removal of foreign material (dust, dirt, etc.) 2. Disinfection is the elimination of all pathogens EXCEPT bacterial spores (cannot disinfect anthrax, tetanus, etc.) 1 / 9 NURS 142 MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!! 3. Sterilization is the destruction of ALL microorganisms. Study online at https://quizlet.com/_dzqbip 2 / 9 NURS 142 MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!! Study online at https://quizlet.com/_dzqbip 12. What does HAI stand for?: healthcare associated infections 13. What is epidemiology?: The study of occurrence, determinants and distribu- tion of health and disease in a defined population. 14. What is the incubation period?: The period between exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms 15. What is the prodromal stage?: early signs and symptoms malaise- not feeling well, headache, fever, upset stomach 16. What is convalescence?: stage of recovery after a disease, injury, or surgical procedure 17. What are the four stages of illness?: 1. Incubation period 2. Prodromal stage 3. Illness stage 4. Convalescenchat is meant by normal flora?: Microorganisms that reside in the skin and the body, normally good for your body. the layers of 18. What is a vector borne illness?: An illness transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected animal or insect Ex: rabies, malaria, yellow fever 19. What are the six steps of transmitting infection?: 1. Pathogen 2. Reservoir 3. Portal of exit 4. Mode of transmission 5. Portal of entry 6. Host 20. What are the three defences against infection?: 1. Normal flora 2. Body system defences 3. Inflammation 21. What are the steps to clean equipment?: 1. Rinse object 2. Wash object with soap 3. Use brush to remove dirt in cracks or seams 4. Rinse object 5. Dry object 6. Clean the cleaning equipment 22. What are some ways a nurse can prevent infection in an environment/unit?- : 1. Educate staff 2. Review infection prevention procedures 3. Recommend proper isolation procedures [Show More]

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