MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING 2023 EXAMS

MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING 2023
EXAMS
Diseases which can be transmitted through droplet nuclei or small particles which are
dispersed into air currents - CORRECT ANSWERS AIRBORNE DISEASES
An acute, highly contagious paramyxovirus infection marked by prodromal fever, cough,
coryza, conjunctivitis, koplik's spot - CORRECT ANSWERS MEASLES
PATHOGNOMONIC SIGN FOR MEASLES - CORRECT ANSWERS KOPLIK'S SPOT
What are the other name for MEASLES? - CORRECT ANSWERS 7- DAY MEASLES
RED MEASLES
MORBILLI
RUBEOLA
CAUSATIVE AGENT OF MEASLES - CORRECT ANSWERS RUBEOLA VIRUS
INCUBATION PERIOD OF MEASLES - CORRECT ANSWERS 10 days after
exposure
10-13 days after appearance of rashes
Mode of transmission of measles - CORRECT ANSWERS Directly thru droplet
infection from cough or sneeze
Period of communicability for measles - CORRECT ANSWERS 9 days after exposure
and lasting 4 days before and 5 days after appearance of rashes
Source of infection for measles - CORRECT ANSWERS eyes, nose, throat secretions.
blood, urine of infected person
Immunity for measles - CORRECT ANSWERS Lifetime immunity
Small red spots on the mucous membrane of the cheek, with a minute bluish-white
specks in the center. Usually appears 1-2 days before the rash develops. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Koplik's Spots
What are the risk factors in the development of measles? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Being unvaccinated
Travelling
Malnutrition
Vitamin A deficiency
Environmental factors
Immunosuppression
It is a stage where measles is highly communicable? - CORRECT ANSWERS Preeruptive stage
Puffiness of the eyelids with red linear congestion of the lower conjunctiva - CORRECT
ANSWERS Stimson's sign
3 C'S IN MEASLES - CORRECT ANSWERS Conjunctivitis
Cough
Coryza
A stage where there is the appearance of rashes in measles - CORRECT ANSWERS
Eruptive stage
What is the appearance of rashes in the measles - CORRECT ANSWERS
MACULOPAPULAR RASH
How is the rashes in measles appear? - CORRECT ANSWERS EXPOSEDUNEXPOSED
(CENTRIPETAL)
T/F: Rashes increases when fever increases and fever falls when rashes disappear -
CORRECT ANSWERS True
OTHER MANIFESTATIONS OF MEASLES - CORRECT ANSWERS Anorexia
Diarrhea
Sore Throat
Severe cough
T/F: rashes fades as the same manner they appeared. - CORRECT ANSWERS True
Quickes mathod of confirming acute measles - CORRECT ANSWERS Antibody assay
test
Highly sensitive in visualizing measles - CORRECT ANSWERS Reverse-transcriptase
polymerase chin reaction
PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN MEASLES - CORRECT ANSWERS Measle vaccine @
9 mos.
MMR vaccine @ 15 mos. second dose is 11-12 y/o
T/F: Measles should not be given with pregnant women and with depresses immune
system. - CORRECT ANSWERS True
POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS FOR MEASLES - CORRECT ANSWERS Pneumoni