Author Question: The nurse has had a nasal culture performed and has been found to be MRSA positive. Because the ... (Read 5 times)

rlane42 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse has had a nasal culture performed and has been found to be MRSA positive. Because the nurse has not been ill from the bacteria, the nurse's nasal cavity can best be described as a:

a. susceptible host.
b. reservoir.
c. portal of entry.
d. mode of transmission.

Question 2

Using the health promotion model while rendering care enables a nurse to do which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

a. Help the patient pursue health.
b. Detect the presence of illness.
c. Promote health behaviors in a patient.
d. Assess a family's response to illness.
e. Plan interventions to achieve self-actualization.

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

Answer to Question 1

B
A place in which microorganisms survive, multiply, and wait to transfer to a susceptible host is called a reservoir. Common reservoirs are humans and animals (hosts), insects, food, water, and organic matter on inanimate surfaces (fomites). Frequent reservoirs for health careacquired infections (HAIs) include health care workers (especially their hands), patients' body excretions and secretions, equipment, and the health care environment. A susceptible host is one who will get an infection. Susceptibility to an infection depends on the individual's degree of resistance to pathogens. The fact that the nurse has not become ill indicates that he or she is not very susceptible. Portal of entry describes how the organism entered the body. Although the MRSA may have used the nasal cavity as the portal of entry, it now resides there so the nasal cavity is now the reservoir. Mode of transmission refers to how the organism is passed from one person to another. This can be from touch, sneezing, coughing, and so on. The nasal cavity is a place, not a mode of transmission.

Answer to Question 2

A, C
The purpose of the health promotion model is to explain the reasons that individuals engage in health activities and is not for use with families or communities. You will use this model to help your patients carry out healthy behaviors in their daily lives. This model helps the patient pursue health. Self-actualization is the final stage in Maslow's hierarchy and does not relate to the health promotion model. This model does not focus on illness.