PTA 110 Module 3 Pre-Class Assignment

PTA 110 Module 3 Pre-Class Assignment

By Rhonda White

​INFECTIOUS DISEASE

​Goodman

Chapter 5

Professor Rhonda C. White

PTA Program​

Multiple Choice

"Originating in a hospital."

• Bullae

• Dysuria

• Emesis

• Nosocomial

Multiple Choice

Fever, a sustained temperature above normal, can be caused by abnormalities of the hypothalamus, brain tumors, dehydration, or toxic substances affecting the temperature-regulating center of the hypothalamus.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Fever in older people may not be high enough to cause concern because the basal body temperature is high.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The period between the pathogen entering the host and the appearance of clinical symptoms is called the_______

• sequelae

• prophylaxis

• incubation period.

• virulence

Open Ended

What is the period of communicability?

Multiple Choice

A communicable disease can be defined as any disease whereby the causative agent may pass or be carried from one person to another directly or indirectly.

• TRUE

• FASLE

Open Ended

Share a comment on how you feel we are being affected by covid-19 as it relates to your new knowledge of communicable diseases.

Open Ended

List ONE microorganism responsible for infectious disease.

​The Chain of Transmission

• Pathogens

• Reservoir

• Portal of Exit

• Mode of Transmission

• Portal of Entry

• Host Susceptibility

• ​

• • Lines of Defense

  • Control of Transmission​

​The Chain of Transmission Continued

Clostridium Difficile "C-Diff"

Multiple Choice

In some cases, cancer may be staged as II or III depending on the spread of the specific type of cancer.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Staging is more predictive than grading.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Open Ended

List ONE commonly diagnosed cancer.

Poll

Which of the following risk factors do you feel you have the most experience with?

• Aging

• Diet and Nutrition

• Stress

• Ethnicity

Environmental or External

​Exogenous

Genetic Origin

​Endogenous

Etiology-The cause of cancer varies and can be subdivided into two categories:

​What is Cancer Pain?

Multiple Choice

Anorexia has been attributed to tumor production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), which is a protein also called cachectin.

• TRUE

• FALSE