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Chapter 43. Nursing Care of The Child With An Infectious Disorder Terms

This document defines 19 key terms related to infectious diseases and nursing care of children with infections. The terms describe various stages of infection like incubation period and convalescent period. They also explain concepts like the chain of infection, means of transmission, portals of entry and exit, and factors that make some individuals more susceptible than others. The terms provide important context for understanding infectious disease processes and nursing interventions.

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Chapter 43. Nursing Care of The Child With An Infectious Disorder Terms

This document defines 19 key terms related to infectious diseases and nursing care of children with infections. The terms describe various stages of infection like incubation period and convalescent period. They also explain concepts like the chain of infection, means of transmission, portals of entry and exit, and factors that make some individuals more susceptible than others. The terms provide important context for understanding infectious disease processes and nursing interventions.

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Chapter 43.

Nursing Care of the Child with an Infectious Disorder


Terms
1. Catarrhal Stage - inflammation of the nose and throat during infectious diseases
2. Chain of infection - method by which organisms are spread and enter a new individual to cause disease
3. Complement - a special body protein that is capable of lysing cells; compromised of 20 different proteins that are normally
nonfunctional molecules but become active with the immune response
4. Convalescent period - interval between when infectious symptoms begin to fade and the child returns to full wellness
5. Enanthem - rash on the mucous membrane
6. Exanthem - a skin rash
7. Exotoxin - poison produced by some bacteria
8. Fomites - inanimate objects, such as soil, food, water, bedding, towels, combs, or drinking glasses that provide a means of infection
transmission
9. Incubation period - time between the invasion of an organism and the onset of symptoms of infection
10. Interferon - a protein that protects against viruses
11. Koplik’s spots -small irregular bright red spots with a blue-white center point, appearing on the buccal membrane with measles
12. Means of transmission - method of spread of pathogens that cause infectious disease
13. Portal of entry - means by which a pathogen can enter a person’s body
14. Portal of exit - method by which organisms leave an infected person’s body to be spread to others
15. Prodromal period - a time between the beginning of non-specific symptoms and specific infectious symptoms
16. Reservoir - container or place in which organisms grow and reproduce
17. Septicemia - pathogenic organisms in the blood stream
18. Susceptible host - individuals more prone to infection than others
19. Toxoid - extract of a toxin with reduced virulence

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