JIPMER Nursing Officer-2024
Medical & Surgical Nursing
Hard
Which of the following gland is commonly affected in Nurses?
Appeared in: JIPMER Nursing Officer-2024
Explanation
- The question links a common affliction to the nursing profession, pointing towards an occupational health risk.
- Nurses are at a higher risk of exposure to communicable diseases like mumps due to patient contact.
- Mumps is a viral infection that most characteristically and commonly affects the parotid salivary gland, causing parotitis (painful swelling).
- Therefore, due to the occupational risk of contracting mumps, the parotid gland is a gland commonly affected in this professional group.
Why Other Options Were Wrong
- Option B: The submandibular gland is not the most common gland affected by the specific occupational risk implied (mumps).
- Option C: The sublingual gland is the smallest of the major salivary glands and is the least commonly affected by infections or other pathologies.
- Option D: The thyroid gland is an endocrine gland, not an exocrine (salivary) gland. It has a completely different function (metabolic regulation) and is not a target for the mumps virus.
Related Visual
- Visual 1: Anatomical Diagram - A diagram showing the location of the three major salivary glands (parotid, submandibular, sublingual) in the human head to help visualize their positions relative to each other.
Clinical Relevance
- Nursing practice connection: This is primarily an exam-oriented knowledge point with limited direct bedside application, so retain Occupational health risks in nursing and associated glandular pathologies as background academic context rather than a clinical decision trigger.
- This question highlights the critical importance of vaccination, specifically the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine, for all healthcare workers to protect both themselves and their patients.
- Nurses must be vigilant in using standard infection control precautions, including hand hygiene and appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), to minimize the risk of acquiring occupational infections.
- Recognizing the signs of parotitis (pain and swelling in the jaw/cheek area) is important for early diagnosis and implementation of isolation protocols to prevent further spread.
How to Approach the Question
- First, analyze the question stem and identify the key elements: 'gland', 'commonly affected', and 'Nurses'.
- The keyword 'Nurses' is crucial. It shifts the question from general pathology to occupational health.
- Consider what health risks are common or specific to the nursing profession. Exposure to infectious diseases is a primary one.
- Evaluate each option in the context of an occupational infection risk.
- Recall or deduce that mumps is a contagious disease that causes glandular swelling. The parotid gland is the classic site for mumps infection (parotitis).
- Eliminate the other options: Submandibular and sublingual are less common sites for mumps, and the thyroid is a different type of gland altogether.
Concept Tested & Keywords
- Concept Tested: Occupational health risks in nursing and associated glandular pathologies.
- Stem keywords: gland, commonly affected, Nurses
- Lead-in keywords: Which
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