Staphylococcus Aureus Is a Common Cause of ____________ That Are

question 47

Multiple Choice

Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of ____________ that are acquired in the hospital (Select all that apply)

• A) surgical site infections
• B) infections of the respiratory system
• C) sepsis
• D) skin infections

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut used in decision making, where an individual relies on the similarity between the item in question and a category prototype.

Divergent Thinking

Expanding the number of possible problem solutions; creative thinking that diverges in different directions.

Fixation

(1) in thinking, the inability to see a problem from a new perspective; an obstacle to problemsolving. (2) in personality theory, according to Freud, a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the secondmonth