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What assessment does the nurse recognize as an infection in a surgical wound on the leg of a patient?
What is extreme erythema, edema, foul smelling drainage
This test determines if there is bacteria growing in the blood
What is blood culture?
This type of immunity occurs through the active production of antibodies when the body is invaded by pathogens or through an immunization that causes antibodies to a specific pathogen.
What is Active Acquired Immunity?
The extended family
What are parents, children, grandparents, cousins?
A ring of redness on the skin surrounding a wound would need to be reported.
What is an indication of underlying infection?
A patient with a respiratory infection reports that he is not yet on an antibiotic. The nurse explains that the health care provider is waiting on the results of this test.
What is a culture and sensitivity test?
C&S are done to determine which antibiotics will stop growth.
Your patient has contact dermatitis from goat milk soap. You know this will help with itching.
What is cool, wet cloths or dressings?
This type of Acquired immunity is transmitted from mother to baby.
What is Passive (Natural) Immunity
The blended family
What are parents, stepchildren?
A barrier for the impoverished/uninsured to receive needed treatment and medications
What is the cost of medications?
Gown, Mask, Goggles, Gloves
What is the correct order to put on PPE?
When on this medication, a patient may need blood sugar levels checked even if not a diabetic.
What is a steroid?
The most common type of exaggerated immune response, involving IgE antibodies and the release of histamine, leading to symptoms such as itching and swelling.
What is type 1?
"Just do what I say"
What is the authoritarian parenting style?
S/Sx of an infection
What is fever, chills, erythema, malaise, purulent drainage, foul odor?
When assessing a patient for signs of an infection, the nurse recognizes which laboratory result is indicative of an infection?
What is increased white blood cells?
The ability to ward off diseases
What is immunity?
Nursing priority for a patient with angioedema/anaphylaxis with wheezing, dyspnea?
What is support airway as needed? Give oxygen. Nonrebreather mask
Remodeling
What is the phase of wound healing that shows a scar?
4,500-10,000
What is a normal WBC count?
The remodeling phase of healing
What is a wound scar?
Considered the #1 way to prevent the transfer of microorganisms.
What is hand washing?
Your patient is a nursing instructor who has strep throat. She is ordered a 21 day supply of Penicillin. She contacts you on day 18 and says she has an itchy rash all over her body. You know this is probably what type of reaction?
What is type IV?
A patient with nephritis has this type of infection.
What is an example of a localized infection?
Examples of health care-acquired infections (HAI's)
What is central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary infections (CAUTI), surgical site infections (SSI's), methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), clostridioides difficile infection (C Diff), ventilator-associated events (VAE)?
Signs and symptoms of cellulitis.
What is erythema, pain, warmth, edema, drainage and irregular shape well-defined borders?
Edema
What is leakage of plasma from capillaries?
A patient with reoccurring UTI's should drink this.
What is low-sugar cranberry juice and/or lots of water?
Clinical manifestations of a UTI
What are dysuria, frequency, nocturia, pyuria, hematuria?
An 88 year old is admitted from a nursing home with UTI. The nurse would expect to find?
What is altered mental status.
What is a good diet for a pressure ulcer patient?
Bacteremia
What is bacteria in the blood?
Your patient is on an IV vancomycin and tells you he has some slight flank pain and pain on urination. What is the priority nursing intervention?
What is stop the antibiotic?
Mycin's are ototoxic and nephrotoxic
Your patient has an allergy to nafcillin. You would be concerned if the doctor ordered what other category of antibiotics?
What are cephalosporins?
The 88-year-old admitted from a nursing home with confusion would be ordered this.
What is a urinalysis?