Infection Rejection
infectious agent (pathogen), reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, and susceptible host
What are links in the chain of infection?
sterile gloving, a more stringent technique than medical asepsis
What is surgical asepsis?
While complementary therapies are ones that are used together with conventional treatment, this type of therapy is used instead of conventional treatment
What are alternative therapies?
ancient Indian medical system that takes a natural and holistic approach to promoting physical and mental health
What is Ayurvedic medicine?
signs usually occur on one side of the body at a time, including swelling in the affected leg or arm; warm, cyanotic skin; and pain or tenderness in the affected extremity.
What is venous thromboembolism?
The most effective barrier to infection
What is intact skin?
When infectious particles dispersed in the air enter the host by inhalation
What is airborne transmission?
a mind-body technique that uses instruments to teach self-regulation and voluntary self-control over specific physiological responses
What is biofeedback?
a system of medical treatments based on the theory that certain diseases can be cured by giving small, highly diluted doses of substances that in a healthy person would produce symptoms like those of the disease.
What is Homeopathic medicine?
The effects of immobility on the cardiac system include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
1. Thrombus formation
2. Increased cardiac workload
3. Weak peripheral pulses
4. Irregular heartbeat
5. Orthostatic hypotension
What are 1, 2, and 5?
Two types of contact for Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI)
What are direct contact and indirect contact?
When the droplets from an infected hosted person are projected a short distance to the host's nasal mucosa, mouth or conjunctiva
What is droplet infection?
regulates or realigns the vital energy (qi), which flows like a river through the body in channels that form a system of pathways called meridians
What is acupuncture?
The medical system, Curanderismo includes a humoral model for classifying food, activity, drugs, and illnesses and a series of folk illnesses. The goal is to create a balance between the patient and the environment, thereby sustaining health.
What is Latin American traditional healing?
increased risk of skin breakdown, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE)
What are the risks of immobility?
signs include swelling, redness, pain, and restriction of movement in the affected body part
What is localized infection?
1st: cover gown, 2nd: mask, 3rd: protective eyewear, 4th: clean gloves
What is proper sequence for application of PPE?
elongates the muscle fibers, reduces the neural impulses sent to the brain, and thus decrease the activity of the brain and other body systems
What is the relaxation response?
An ancient healing tradition identified in the first century AD focused on balancing yin/yang energies.
What is Traditional Chinese medicine?
Understanding what a patient can physically do compared with what the patient potentially and realistically can achieve helps you set this for the plan of care.
What are patient-centered outcomes?
used in all patient care activities to prevent patients and health care workers from transmitting infection even in the absence of disease
What are Standard Precautions?
A patient sheds bacteria from his skin onto his sheets. Later, you touch the patient's sheets without gloves. You end up with the bacteria on your hands. This is an example of:
What is Indirect transmission?
way to ensure product safety, quality, and purity when using herbal therapy
What is using natural products that have been verified by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP)?
A system of therapeutics focused on treating the whole person and promoting health and well-being rather than an individual disease.
What is Naturopathic medicine?
early ambulation; leg, foot, and ankle exercises; regularly provided fluids; and frequent position changes.
What are nursing interventions that help reduce the risk of developing DVTs?