NSL 212 Exam 1 Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) what are examples of infectious agents? - Correct Answers ✅(can be anything) Bacteria, Fungi, Virus, Protozoa what are examples of reservoirs? - Correct Answers ✅People, Equipment, Water how should you do care? - Correct Answers ✅as if everyone is infected what are the different portals of exit? - Correct Answers ✅Excretions, Secretions, Skin, Droplet what are the different means of transmission? - Correct Answers ✅direct contact, ingestion, airborne what are the different portals of entry? - Correct Answers ✅Mucous Membrane, GI tract, Respiratory, Broken Skin describe a susceptible host - Correct Answers ✅someone who is unvaccinated, immunosuppression, has diabetes, had surgery, has burns, or cardiopulmonary what are the stages of infection? - Correct Answers ✅incubation, prodromal, illness, decline, convalescence 1 / 4
NSL 212 Exam 1 Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) the stage of infection from time of infection until manifestation of symptoms; can infect others - Correct Answers ✅incubation the stage of infection where there is appearance of vague symptoms; not all diseases have this stage - Correct Answers ✅prodromal the stage of infection where signs and symptoms present - Correct Answers ✅illness the stage of infection where number of pathogens decline - Correct Answers ✅decline the stage of infection where there is tissue repair, return to health - Correct Answers ✅convalescence what stages of infection are we most concerned with spread of infection? - Correct Answers ✅icubation-illness which stage of infection is most likely to cause problems? - Correct Answers ✅incubation 2 / 4
NSL 212 Exam 1 Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) how do we classify infections? - Correct Answers ✅by location type of infection that occurs in a limited region in the body (e.g., urinary tract infection) - Correct Answers ✅local infection type of infection that spreads via blood or lymph, affects many regions (e.g., septicemia) - Correct Answers ✅systemic infection is a local or systemic infection worse? - Correct Answers ✅systemic (worse fever, chills) what are the infections by duration? - Correct Answers ✅acute, chronic, and latent which type of infection has rapid onset, short duration (e.g., common cold) - Correct Answers ✅acute which type of infection has slow development, long duration (e.g., osteomyelitis) - Correct Answers ✅chronic 3 / 4
NSL 212 Exam 1 Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) which type of infection is an infection present with no discernible symptoms (e.g., HIV/AIDS) - Correct Answers ✅latent an infection acquired as a result of healthcare - Correct Answers ✅healthcare-related infection describe healthcare-related infections - Correct Answers ✅$4.5 billion/year, leading cause of death, preventable with the use of aseptic principles/techniques what are the two types of healthcare-related infections? - Correct Answers ✅exogenous and endogenous pathogen acquired from healthcare environment - Correct Answers ✅exogenous healthcare-related infection normal flora multiply and cause infection as a result of treatment - Correct Answers ✅endogenous healthcare- related infection what is an example of endogenous healthcare-related infection - Correct Answers ✅chemo knocks out your immune system and your mouth flora are now susceptible to yeast growth
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