The hospital has instructed its nurses that they must participate in disease surveillance associated with infectious agents. The nurses are warned that which of the following disease(s) are likely to be the weapons of terrorists?
1. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
2. Plague, anthrax, and smallpox
3. Rubella, mumps, and chickenpox
4. Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease
2
1. SARS is a rare infectious disease.
2. Plague, anthrax, and smallpox are choices of terrorists because they are highly contagious, lethal diseases that can kill large numbers of people in a relatively short time.
3. Rubella, mumps, and chickenpox are childhood communicable diseases that are not usually fatal.
4. Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease are caused by ticks endemic to wooded areas.
You might also like to view...
Which of the following outcomes would be the most important for an older adult who recently lost his wife of 50 years after a long history of breast cancer?
1. Ability to recognize behaviors that reduce feelings of hopelessness 2. Ability to focus on specific stimuli 3. Ability to acquire, organize, and use information 4. Ability to dress self and maintain own hygiene
For which patient is the nursing diagnosis Deficient Recall most appropriate?
a. Adolescent with Down syndrome and newly diagnosed with cardiac problem b. Young adult admitted with acute renal failure who requires hemodialysis c. Middle-aged woman with breast cancer receiving the last round of chemotherapy d. Older adult with a long-standing history of type 1 diabetes admitted with a foot ulcer
The substance present in Mycobacterium that protects it from disinfectants, including chlorinated water, is:
1. polysaccharides. 2. mycolic acid. 3. yeast. 4. acetylation.
An infant develops one extremity that is shorter than the other. This occurs with
A) Bone tumors B) Hip fractures C) Loss of calcium D) Hip dislocation