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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

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1. Which Patient NEED To ISOLATE
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.. 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
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation

2. Infected Air - borne precaution
Private room with negative pressure
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM

3. What are the S/S for Botulism
Gloves
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
N - V - D and Abd pain

4. When To USE STAndARD PRECAUTIONS
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
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
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

5. What colors indicate blood in the stool when doing GUAIAC test
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

6. What is the tx for Scabies
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard

7. What are the major ATB associated w/ c diff
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
Small pox
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
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.

8. Droplet precautions
Mask will 3 feet
Pink red maculopapules
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers

9. Which Patient CAN KEEP In The SAME ROOM
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS

10. What precaution are needed for Scabies pt
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
Rest - warm - humid air
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm

11. When dealing w/ a Droplet percautions pt they require
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
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Chef
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C

12. How would you take off Personal protective gear?
-- 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
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask

13. What are the Ni for Pertussis?
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Rest - warm - humid air
Chef
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K

14. Who shouldn't get the Chicken pox vaccine

15. What should you wash the toilet seat with
Bleach
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
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

16. What are the characteristics of Chicken pox Varicella?
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
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Bleach

17. Which pt's can't the pregnant nurse care for
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards

18. Where can you find Salmonella
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
Feces of infected people or animals
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard

19. What should you wear when drawing blood
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Gloves
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis

20. What would you question with a c diff pt
Rest - warm - humid air
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
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

21. Rule: MED ERROR - PT INJURY OR ATTEMPT SUICIDE
Fecal/oral
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
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
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.

22. When should you use Airborne Precautions
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers

23. What is the most dangerous type of Hep?
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
A
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS

24. What is a GUAIAC test?
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool

25. What should the nurse immediately do if she stuck by a used needle?
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
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.
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept

26. Who needs Standard and Contact precautions (SC)
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
N - V - D and Abd pain
Pink red maculopapules
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

27. GENERAL RuleS FOR VACCINES
A
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
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
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)

28. Transferring Patient BETWEEN WARDS
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together

29. What kind of diet is needed for a PT with hepatitis A
A diet high in calories and low fat
Deet spray
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool

30. Contact Precautions
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
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.

31. Rule: DISCHARGE DURING AN EMERGENCY
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Kopliks spots

32. CONDITIONS REQUIRED SEIZURE PRECAUTIONS

33. What pt's would be ok for a pregnant nurse to care for
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
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
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.
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus

34. What are the char. of German measles( Rubella)
Kopliks spots
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Pink red maculopapules
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)

35. What type of job should a person with hepatitis never have
Chef
Small pox
DISCONTINUE The ATB
-- 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

36. WHen should you use standard percautions
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves

37. How is Salmonella transmitted
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
Contaminated food and water
DISCONTINUE The ATB
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

38. When CAN INFECTED Patient LEAVE TheIR ROOM
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
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.
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
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)

39. What should a Contact Precaution pt have
Small pox
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]

40. What are the characteristics of Mumps
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
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
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

41. When is a pt w/measles most contagious?
N - V - D and Abd pain
Before the rash appears
DISCONTINUE The ATB
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

42. What should you wear when taking a pt's VS?
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation

43. Rabies pt's would need

44. What is warn when suctioning?
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB

45. What pt's need to use Standard - Airbourne - Contaction and Droplet Precautions (SAC D)
Chef
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard

46. Where would you see a rash w/ Rocky mountain spotted fever?
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
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]

47. How is c diff transmitted?
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB

48. What should you have the patient sign after being stuck by a needle?
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients

49. INTERVENTION FOR PREVENT ASPIRATION
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
-- 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
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

50. What should you tell the pt to prepare for the GUAIAC test