Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow.The hospital infectious disease team is involved with the study of a healthcare-associated infection that has spread to 10% of inpatients. The infected patients are exhibiting symptoms of severe abdominal cramping, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. The RN on the infectious disease team provides education to staff regarding the pattern of bacterial growth and methods of infection control. The most rapid increase in bacterial growth occurs during which of the following stages?

Endospores of certain bacterial species can enter tissues in the human body, germinate, and cause an infectious disease.

Clinical Scenario: An RN is working at a public health clinic that sees many patients with infectious disease. Ms. Hungh, a Burmese immigrant, presents to the clinic with an interpreter, complaining of fatigue, weight loss, persistent cough, and rust-colored sputum. The interpreter explains that Ms. Hungh has had this cough for many months in her home country and, now that she is in America, is seeking treatment for her condition. Culturing of the sputum resulted in the growth of distinct colonies and further isolation by subculturing is now needed. The RN understands that isolation is accomplished by taking a bit of growth from an individual colony and inoculating a separate medium, resulting in the production of a/an_________.

The_________ is all of the genetic material of a cell.

Which of the following statements is ture regarding bacteria and viruses?

Which of the following is characteristic of the Kingdom Plantae?

Which nutrient is the most important for building and repairing tissues?

Animals are classified as either vertebrates or invertebrates based on the presence of a backbone.

What ecological role do plants generally serve in an ecosystem?

The primary function of camouflage in animals is to avoid predation.