Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question

question 34

Multiple Choice

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
Mr. Nowak is a homeless patient who presented to your clinic today with an injury to his left arm. He injured it on an old piece of scrap metal. His wound is red, hot, and tender with purulent drainage. You swab the site and send it to the laboratory for microbial analysis.
-Cultures and specimens pose a potential employee and public health hazard,and require proper handling and disposal via specific medical waste policies.Some facilities,such as the ATCC,are regulated to maintain living catalogs of specimens for research and educational purposes.Such collections are referred to as

• A)live microbes.
• B)stock cultures.
• C)dangerous microbes.
• D)bacteriological reserve.

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Definitions:

Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup

The three smallest bones in the human body, located in the middle ear, that play a key role in transmitting sound vibrations to the inner ear.

Cochlea

A spiral-shaped cavity in the inner ear that plays a key role in hearing by converting sound vibrations into nerve impulses.

Fluid-Filled Tube

A tube that contains fluid, often found in biological systems and mechanical devices, used for various functions such as cushioning or transport.

Pitch

A tone’s experienced highness or lowness; depends on frequency.