nursing test 1

• A: ordinary combustibles; water & foam, dry chem, water mist, cartridge operated dry chem
• B: flammable gasses & liquids; water & foam, CO2, dry chem, halogenated, cartridge operated dry chem
• C: energized electrical equipment; CO2, dry chem, halogenated, cartridge operated dry chem
• D: combustible metals; dry powder
• K: cooking oil & grease; wet chem

• water & foam: heat; AB
• CO2: O2; BC
• dry chemical: chemical rxn; ABC
• wet chemical: O2, fuel, heat; K
• halogenated: chemical rxn; BC
• dry powder: O2, fuel, heat; D
• water mist: heat; A
• cartridge operated dry chemical: chemical rxn; ABC

• rescue
• alarm
• confine
• extinguish/evacute

• o2
• fuel
• heat
• chemical reaction b/w the 3

law as stated in the decisions of the judges from the earliest times to the present

system of laws parallel to the common law

knowingly wrong act or deceitful representation

statutes or acts enacted by parliament or a legislature

legal right to keep limited kinds of communication confidential and exempt from disclosure in civil or criminal law proceedings

subsidiary, dependent legislation enacted by order in council

• constitution - establishes organization of federal govt and power of govt
• legislation - enacts statutary laws

• act committed in violation of public
• fine or imprisonment
• does not have to be intentional
• classified as felony or misdemeanor

• intentional or accidental wrong doing and injury occurring to another
• includes neligence & defamation

• plato
• conform to the form of goodness

• aristotle
• common moral ideas, virtue

• st. thomas aquinas
• promote good, avoid evil

• immanuel kant
• act on the principle that can be applied to all other similar situation

• john rawls
• moral norms derive their normative force from the idea of contract or mutual agreement

• jeremy bentham & john stuart mill
• greatest good for the greatest number, max benefits over harm

• tom regan
• inherent value

communal values, common good, social goals, traditional practices and cooperative virtues

• beneficence
• maleficence
• veracity
• autonomy
• justice

• bacterium
• most common cause of diarrhea & more serious intestinal conditions in hospitals
• watery diarrhea, fever, loss appetite, nausea, abdominal pain
• found in feces, touch precaution, wash hands
• elderly or those who use antibiotics greater risk

• bacterial infection resistant to antibiotic methicillin
• boils, pimples, pneumonia, blood infections
• elderly, immuno-suppressed, antibiotic users greater risk; children low risk
• skin appears red & inflamed around wound, fever, lethargy, headache, urinary tract infections, pneumonia, toxic shock syndrome, death
• spread through physical contact, present in nose, skin, blood, or urine (weeks or years)

• confine microorganisms to an area
• limit the number
• limit growth
• prevent transmission

• potential to cause infections
• bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites

hospital acquired

device that sterilizes with high heat and pressure

• cause viral gastroenteritis aka "winter vomitting disease" or "stomach flu"
• stool & vomit
• spread through touch & air
• virus stays in stool for a few days after getting well

• nails = 30 strokes
• each finger = 20 strokes/side
• back of hand = 20 strokes
• palm of hand = 20 strokes
• wrist to 5 cm above elbow, each third = 20 strokes
• contaminated area during scrub = 10 strokes