[NUR 300] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 54 pages long Study Guide!
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Qsen- quality and safety education for nurses. Patient centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence based practice, quality improvement, safety, informatics. Infection: disease state that results from the presence of pathogens in or on the body (colonization) Potential for disease: number of organisms, virulence, immune system, length and closeness of the contact. Types of pathogens: bacteria, virus, parasites (worm"s malaria), fungi. Community: risk factors: travel, high risk behaviors, heredity, occupation, trauma. Health care associated infection: delivery of services, nosocomial, types: Endogenous: flora becomes altered and over grown (broad antibiotics) Asepsis: absence of pathogenic (disease producing) microorganisms. Medical asepsis: reduces the number, prevents the transfer. Surgical asepsis or sterile technique: prevents contamination. Isolates the area from the unsterile environment: maintains a sterile field. Standard precautions prevent and control infection and its spread: any time there is the potential for contact with blood, body fluid, nonintact skin, and mucous membranes, hand hygiene, caught sneeze etiquette.
