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mcmcdaniel

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A health educator is performing a health promotion workshop with the staff of a large, urban homeless shelter, and a component of the teaching centers around tuberculosis.
 
  One of the staff members comments, Anyone who's had contact with tuberculosis in the past can give it to any of the other residents of the shelter, even if they didn't get sick themselves. How could the educator best respond to this comment?
  A)
  Many people do manage to fight off the infection, but you're right: they can still spread it by coughing or sneezing.
  B)
  If someone has been previously exposed to tuberculosis, they are particularly infectious because they are often unaware of the disease.
  C)
  Actually, people who have the latent form of the disease won't be sick and can't spread it either.
  D)
  There isn't any real risk of them spreading it, but we would like to vaccinate everyone who's had any contact with it in the past.

Question 2

A female patient is requiring supplementary oxygen by face mask due to her reduced lung compliance. Which of the following pathophysiological processes is most likely a contributor to her low lung compliance?
 
  A)
  The woman's lungs have more recoil than a healthy person's.
  B)
  Her type II alveolar cells are producing a slight excess of surfactant.
  C)
  Turbulent airflow is taking place in the patient's large airways.
  D)
  Her thoracic cage is less flexible than when she was healthy.



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Answer to Question 1

Ans:
C

Feedback:

Contact with M. tuberculosis without the development of progressive primary tuberculosis results in a latent infection that is not communicable. Vaccination is not a common intervention in the United States.

Answer to Question 2

Ans:
D

Feedback:

Impaired thoracic cage flexibility can be a contributor to reduced lung compliance. Increased recoil and a modest excess of surfactant would increase lung compliance, and turbulent flow in the airways is a normal, not pathological, finding.





 

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