Pathophysiology
What are the 3 stages that occur in TB?
Primary
Latent
Active
A nurse is assessing a client with a suspected diagnosis of Tuberculosis. Which finding does the nurse expect to note during data collection?
A) Chills and night sweats
B) Weight gain
C) Hearing loss
D) Constipation
A) Chills and night sweats
What is the most commonly used test for a TB diagnosis?
Tuberculin test
How long is the initial phase of drug therapy for TB?
8 weeks
True or False:
Can TB attack other parts of the body other than the lungs?
True
How fast are results available with the NAAT test?
2 hours
What tool can be used to promote airway clearance?
Incentive spirometer
How is TB spread?
Invisible particles found in respiratory secretions and spread by means of coughing, sneezing, and talking
What other forms of testings are done to detect a positive diagnosis of TB?
Chest X-Ray
Sputum Culture
Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT)
QuantiFERON
A nurse caring for a hospitalized patient with TB. What isolation precaution would need to be implemented?
A) Droplet
B) Contact
C) Droplet and Contact
D) Airborne
D) Airborne
True or False:
You can be infected with latent TB and won't get sick or spread it to others?
True
True or False:
The initial phase of treatment is 6 weeks
False - 8 weeks
What does the Latent stage of TB mean?
Person has TB bacteria in body
No signs and symptoms
Positive skin test but normal chest X-Ray