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Basic TB
Prevention
Nursing Diagnosis
Clinical Manifestations
TB Medications
100
Tuberculosis is a chronic, recurrent, infectious disease cause by what organism?
What is Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
100

What does PPD stand for?

What is Purified Protein Derivative?

100
Insufficient energy; impaired ability to maintain usual routines or usual physical activity
Fatigue
100
Name FOUR common signs/symptoms of tuberculosis.

What are Fatigue , Weight loss, Diminished appetite, Low-grade afternoon fever,Night sweats, Dry cough


100
Used a the drug of choice for tuberculosis prophylaxis and a first-line drug for treating active disease.
What is Isonizaid?
200
Tuberculosis is transmitted by _______ and they can remain suspended in air for several hours.  
What is Droplet nuclei?


Page 607 - Droplet nuclei (airborne droplets produces when an infected individual coughs, sneezes, speaks, or sings>

200

The PPD test can be read within _______ hours and recorded ad a diameter of induration in millimeter.

What is 48-72 hours?

200
Evidence by risk factors of inadequate primary defenses, lowered resistance, suppressed inflammatory response, malnutrition, environmental exposure or insufficient knowledge to avoid exposure to pathogens.
Risk for Infection
200
A partial lung collapse caused by air or gas collecting in the lung or pleural space that surrounds the lungs.
What is a pneumothorax?
200
Causes body fluids to turn red-orange.
What is Rifampin?
300
Common EXTRAPULMONARY sites for tuberculosis.
What are the kidney and Genitourinary tracts?
300
In interpreting TB test results, 5-9mm indicates a positive for people who:  (Give me 2 types of people)
1. Are in close contact with a client who has infectious TB.

2.  Have an abnormal CXR.

3. Have HIV infection or are immunocompromised.

4. Have an organ transplant.

300
Client not being able to interact with others.  Example, a child recently diagnosed with TB can't be in school or have a lot of friends visiting while in the hospital.
Social Isolation
300
Purulunt and/or blood-tinged sputum.
What is hemoptysis?
300
A principal adverse effect is hyperuricemia.
What is Pyrazinamide?
400
Results from hematogenous spread of the bacilli throughout the body.
What is Miliary tuberculosis?
400
A cellular, or delayed hypersensitivity, response to M. tuberculosis develops within _____ weeks after the infection.
What are 3-10 weeks?



400
May be related to inability to ingest adequate nutrients, possibly evidenced by weight loss.  
Imbalanced Nutrition: Less than body requirements
400
Children with active TB often have the same signs/symptoms as adults.  They also have two main additional symptoms which include...
What are growth delay and enlarged lymph nodes.
400
Its principal toxic effect is optic neuritis.
What is Ethambutol?
500
Name the appropriate PPE that is needed for the nurse entering a client's room with TB.
Hand Hygiene, Gloves, Gown, N95 mask or Respirator
500
The Mantoux test injects ____ml of PPD intradermally into the dorsal aspect of the forearm.
0.1mL
500
Related to lack of knowledge, complexity of therapeutic regimen, discharge needs, and follow-up care evidence by expressed misconceptions about health status.
Risk for Ineffective Health Management
500
The two most serious complications of pulmonary tuberculosis.
What are tuberculosis empyema and bronchopleural fistula?
500
Must be administered parenterally, because it is not absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract.
What is Streptomycin?