Which of the following host factors increase the risk of a patient for developing a health care–associated infection?1. Extremes of age2. Poorly controlled diabetes3. HIV infection4. Gender

Which of the following is an example of indirect contact transmission?

Which of the following are not common causes of tachypnea?

Which of the following is an example of airborne transmission?

Which of the following are categories of Transmission based Precautions?1. Contact Precautions2. Droplet Precautions3. Standard Precautions4. Airborne Infection Precautions

Which of the following is a common source of patient infections?

During auscultation of a patient’s chest, you hear coarse crackles throughout both inspiration and expiration. These sounds clear when the patient coughs. Which of the following is the most likely cause of these adventitious sounds?

While percussing a patient’s chest wall, you note an area that produces a decreased resonance to percussion. Which of the following are potential causes of this finding?

You observe a patient’s breathing pattern as very irregular and interspersed with long periods of apnea. Which of the following breathing patterns most likely describes this problem?

What is the purpose of an expiratory bacteria filter on a ventilator circuit?