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Zulu123 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A registered nurse works in a small rural health clinic. During a routine well baby visit, a new mother questions the need to have her infant immunized.

Which of the following is the best ex-planation for why it is recommended that her child receive immunizations? a. Immunization increases resistance to an infectious disease.
b. It provides a small amount of a live, strong organism to protect against dis-ease.
c. Immunization will definitely keep your child well.
d. It will provide active immunity by pro-viding antibodies to your child.

Question 2

All hospital employees are concerned about the safety of patients in the hospital, especially regarding the transmission of pathogens. What is the most common means of transmission of pathogens in this environment?

a. Contaminated blood products
b. Enteric transmission
c. Insufficient hand hygiene
d. Aerosols

Melissahxx · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Immunization is the process by which resistance to an infectious disease is produced or increased. A weakened or dead organism and modified toxins from the organism is injected into the body, not a live, strong organism. Immunizations do not definitely keep a child well. Passive immunity occurs when antibodies produced by other people or animals are introduced into a person's bloodstream, whereas active immunity is from a weakened or dead organisms or modified toxins from the organism.

Answer to Question 2

C
A pathogen is any microorganism capable of producing an illness. The most common means of transmission of pathogens is by the hands. Pathogens are also transmitted through a human's blood and body fluids and by insects (e.g., mosquitoes carrying malaria) and rodents. Although the other responses could spread pathogens, the most correct answer and most common method is insufficient hand hygiene.