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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What kind of diet is needed for a PT with hepatitis A
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
A diet high in calories and low fat
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
2. Rule: MED ERROR - PT INJURY OR ATTEMPT SUICIDE
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
3. What are the char. of German measles( Rubella)
Transfer the adult patient with a condition or treatment similar to that which is seen in the pediatric population COPD is like CF (cystic fibrosis) = both need chest physiotherapy Pneumonia is pneumonia
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
Pink red maculopapules
4. What should you do if the c diff is linked to an ATB
Contaminated food and water
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
DISCONTINUE The ATB
5. Infected Air - borne precaution
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
Private room with negative pressure
Use standard precautions except if an organism is listed. Follow the CDC guidelines If patient presents with S&S of infection ( increase temp - rash - high WBC) isolate immediately until verified. Which patient can you keep at the same room COPD + N
6. When is a pt w/measles most contagious?
Before the rash appears
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Deet spray
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
7. When dealing w/ a Droplet percautions pt they require
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
A private room but the door can remain open - Use standard percautions but a wear a MASK When YOUR W/In 3FT of The PT - SPIT ZOne
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
Private room - gloves - gown - MRS.WEE M - Multidrug resistant organism R - Respiratory infection - RSV child wears mask S - Skin infections (see below 'VCHIPS') W - Wound infections E - Enteric infections - clostridium defficile E - Eye infections
8. CONDITIONS REQUIRED SEIZURE PRECAUTIONS
9. How is Hep A spread
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Fecal/oral
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
10. Droplet precautions
Mask will 3 feet
1.Anyone recieving high doses of steriods 2. Pregnant women 3. A allergy to neomycin or gelatin 4.Anyone w/ an active infection 5. Immuncomprimised pt's
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
11. What other ATB might be prescribed to treat c diff
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
12. If aptient is going to surgery do not give them
1.. Patient with/ night sweats and temp w/cough (TB). 2. Headache and stiff neck ( Meningitis). 3. Adult w/rash or blisters only on one side (Shingles). 4. Any patient w/ S&S of infection: 1ST ACTION ISOLATE
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
13. When should you use Airborne Precautions
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
14. What colors indicate blood in the stool when doing GUAIAC test
Kopliks spots
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
15. DON'T TRANSFER Which Patient
Dry cough
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Contaminated food and water
16. Rule: DISCHARGE DURING AN EMERGENCY
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
A diet high in calories and low fat
17. What should you wear if blood is spurting?
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
1.Anyone recieving high doses of steriods 2. Pregnant women 3. A allergy to neomycin or gelatin 4.Anyone w/ an active infection 5. Immuncomprimised pt's
Feces of infected people or animals
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
18. Who should get the chicken pox vaccine
Mask will 3 feet
1.Anyone recieving high doses of steriods 2. Pregnant women 3. A allergy to neomycin or gelatin 4.Anyone w/ an active infection 5. Immuncomprimised pt's
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
19. Rule: Transferring PEDS Patient To MS (MED SURGE)
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
Contaminated food and water
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
20. Who shouldn't get the Chicken pox vaccine
21. What Is The Rule: NEVER SEND A Patient To SURGERY ANTICOAGULANT
Transfer the adult patient with a condition or treatment similar to that which is seen in the pediatric population COPD is like CF (cystic fibrosis) = both need chest physiotherapy Pneumonia is pneumonia
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
22. When CAN INFECTED Patient LEAVE TheIR ROOM
Contaminated food and water
Infected patient can leave their rooms as long as they wear the same protective garments out of their room that we wear when we are going (entering in ) into their room.
Before the rash appears
Pink red maculopapules
23. What should you wash the toilet seat with
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
Bleach
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
24. What precaution are needed for Scabies pt
Private room - gloves - gown - MRS.WEE M - Multidrug resistant organism R - Respiratory infection - RSV child wears mask S - Skin infections (see below 'VCHIPS') W - Wound infections E - Enteric infections - clostridium defficile E - Eye infections
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
25. patient what kind of room they should stay
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
Feces of infected people or animals
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
26. GENERAL RuleS FOR VACCINES
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
No vaccine if : patient has temp > 101 on antibiotics For exposure to any infection/ enlarged lymph nodes: immunoglobin given ----- for pain and discomfort Misc Facts
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
27. Rule: Transferring ADULT To PEDIATRIC WARDS
Pink red maculopapules
Rest - warm - humid air
Transfer the adult patient with a condition or treatment similar to that which is seen in the pediatric population COPD is like CF (cystic fibrosis) = both need chest physiotherapy Pneumonia is pneumonia
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
28. Where would you see a rash w/ Rocky mountain spotted fever?
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Glanders - Lassa
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
29. Rabies pt's would need
30. When To USE STAndARD PRECAUTIONS
Use standard precautions except if an organism is listed. Follow the CDC guidelines If patient presents with S&S of infection ( increase temp - rash - high WBC) isolate immediately until verified. Which patient can you keep at the same room COPD + N
Wash your hands w/ an antimicrobial soap for 15min before and after contact with pts and teach pt's family members to do the same place in isolation - use dedicated equipment
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
31. What is the most common cause of ATB associated diarrhea
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
1.Anyone recieving high doses of steriods 2. Pregnant women 3. A allergy to neomycin or gelatin 4.Anyone w/ an active infection 5. Immuncomprimised pt's
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
32. Who needs Standard Contact and Droplet precautions
Glanders - Lassa
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
Dry cough
33. What are characteristics of Measles (Rubeola)
Kopliks spots
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Infected patient can leave their rooms as long as they wear the same protective garments out of their room that we wear when we are going (entering in ) into their room.
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
34. What type of job should a person with hepatitis never have
Fecal/oral
Chef
Mask will 3 feet
-- Aqua Mephyton = Vitamin K = given coumadin going to surgery ---- Morphine SO4 40mg IV stat for MI ( no more than 40mg) ---- When someone have low K+ hold the digoxin ----- Immunocompromised ----- PCP (pneumocyst carini pneumonia) Peds nurse float
35. What is a GUAIAC test?
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
Small pox
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
36. What should you teach pt's to wear for protect themselves against Lyme disease
Deet spray
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
37. Who needs Standard and Contact precautions (SC)
A diet high in calories and low fat
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
Use standard precautions except if an organism is listed. Follow the CDC guidelines If patient presents with S&S of infection ( increase temp - rash - high WBC) isolate immediately until verified. Which patient can you keep at the same room COPD + N
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
38. Contact Precautions
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
-- Aqua Mephyton = Vitamin K = given coumadin going to surgery ---- Morphine SO4 40mg IV stat for MI ( no more than 40mg) ---- When someone have low K+ hold the digoxin ----- Immunocompromised ----- PCP (pneumocyst carini pneumonia) Peds nurse float
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
39. What is warn when suctioning?
Glanders - Lassa
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
40. How is Salmonella transmitted
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Contaminated food and water
Deet spray
41. What is the tx for Scabies
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
Rest - warm - humid air
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
42. How would you take off Personal protective gear?
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Deet spray
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
43. After a bloodborne pathogen exposure what should be done later?
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
-- Aqua Mephyton = Vitamin K = given coumadin going to surgery ---- Morphine SO4 40mg IV stat for MI ( no more than 40mg) ---- When someone have low K+ hold the digoxin ----- Immunocompromised ----- PCP (pneumocyst carini pneumonia) Peds nurse float
Before the rash appears
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
44. Which pt's can't the pregnant nurse care for
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
45. What would you question with a c diff pt
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Kopliks spots
Contaminated food and water
46. What pt's would be ok for a pregnant nurse to care for
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
47. What is the order for putting on personal protective gear?
N - V - D and Abd pain
Fecal/oral
A
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
48. Transferring Patient BETWEEN WARDS
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
No vaccine if : patient has temp > 101 on antibiotics For exposure to any infection/ enlarged lymph nodes: immunoglobin given ----- for pain and discomfort Misc Facts
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
49. INTERVENTION FOR PREVENT ASPIRATION
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
1. HOB up to eat 2. On right side after eating 3. Suction avialable 4. Side rails up 5. Bed in low position 6. Call bell w/ patient reach
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
50. What kind of room would an Airborne precaution pt need
Feces of infected people or animals
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
1. Cirrhosis encephalopathy 2. PIH (pregenancy induced hypertension) 3. DT'S (delirium tremors) 4. ICP 5. CVA 6. Meningitis 7. Brian surgery 8. head trauma
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM