cna chapter 7 and 10
An organism that causes disease
Pathogen
where the pathogen lives and grows example people water food
reservoir
point of escape for the organism
portal of exit
Indirect transmission and direct transmission
Method of transmission
Leaving one person going to another person
portal of entry
an uninfected person who could get sick
susceptible host
Universal precautions are precaution that healthcare workers take with each person to protect themselves (example-Washing hands changing gloves breaking chain of infection)
Standard Precautions
Primary care provider suspects or confirms that the person is infected
transmission-based precautions
Placing the person in a private room and keeping the door closed wear a N95 mask (example tuberculosis coughing sneezing)
Airborne precautions
Used when caring for a person who is known or thought to have an illness that are transmitted in the air
Droplets precautions
contact precautions
contact precautions
temperature taken in the mouth
oral temperature
temperature taken in the rectum(behind)
rectal temperature
Temperature taken at the armpit
axillary temperature
the number of heartbeats or pulses felt in 1 minute
pulse rate
number of breaths per minute
respiratory rate
pulse taken with a stethoscope and near the apex of the heart
apical pulse
Pulse on the inside of the wrist on the same side as the thumb
radial pulse
The pulse rate obtained on the top of the foot
pedal pulse
120/80
good blood pressure
139/90
Bad blood pressure