The emergency department nurse is assessing a puncture wound of the foot. What is the most likely type of infection in this wound?
a. Aerobic bacterial infection
b. Anaerobic bacterial infection
c. Viral infection
d. Fungal infection
Question 2The nurse is instructing a bioterrorism class regarding anthrax. How can anthrax be transmitted?
a. From person to person
b. Through microscopic skin punctures
c. Through inhalation of the spores
d. By exposure to animals that have anthrax
Question 3The nurse is providing teaching to elementary students regarding vectors. What example will the nurse provide as an example of a vector?
a. Child with measles giving it to his sister
b. Tick whose bite causes Lyme disease
c. Woman with syphilis infecting her partner
d. Dog whose bite causes rabies
Question 4The nurse is providing instruction to an anxious mother of a child with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. When discussing this diagnosis what information will the nurse relay about this disease?
a. It is extremely contagious among humans.
b. It is contracted from handling unvaccinated animals.
c. It is a hemolytic B Streptococcus infection spread by droplet transmission.
d. It is a serious disease contracted from the bite of a tick.
Question 5What type of organism causes malaria?
a. Bacterium
b. Virus
c. Protozoan
d. Fungus
Question 6A nurse is performing an admission assessment on a patient with suspected tuberculosis. What assessment findings by the nurse are consistent with tuberculosis?
a. Hemoptysis
b. Weight gain
c. Night terrors
d. Hypothermia
Question 7A nurse is performing an admission assessment on a patient with suspected tuberculosis. What is the greatest risk of exposure to tuberculosis?
a. After a diagnosis is made
b. Before a diagnosis is made
c. After the patient has begun medication therapy
d. After implementation of isolation precautions
Question 8A patient is distressed that an antibiotic has not been effective for the control of the infection. The nurse explains that some bacteria are capable of defending against antibiotics by the formation of a _______.
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