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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

Subjects : nclex, health-sciences, nursing

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1. What type of job should a person with hepatitis never have
Kopliks spots
Chef
Dry cough
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease

2. What should the nurse immediately do if she stuck by a used needle?
Contaminated food and water
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
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

3. What should you have the patient sign after being stuck by a needle?
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
Chef

4. What should you wash the toilet seat with
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
Bleach
Glanders - Lassa

5. To be most effective when should postexposure prophylaxis (PPE) be started?
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Private room with negative pressure
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
Pink red maculopapules

6. Rabies pt's would need

7. What should a Contact Precaution pt have
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
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

8. INTERVENTION FOR PREVENT ASPIRATION
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
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV

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

10. BLEEDING PRECAUTION Patient. These Patients Who Are On...
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs

11. Contact Precautions
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
Before the rash appears
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
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

12. When CAN INFECTED Patient LEAVE TheIR ROOM
Feces of infected people or animals
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. 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
Bleach

13. Which Patient NEED To ISOLATE
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
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

14. How can you stop the spread of c diff

15. How is c diff transmitted?
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
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
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm

16. Who needs Standard and Contact precautions (SC)
Deet spray
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late

17. Rule: Transferring PEDS Patient To MS (MED SURGE)
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
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

18. What is the order for putting on personal protective gear?
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves

19. WHen should you use standard percautions
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO

20. Who shouldn't get the measles vacc
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
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
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES

21. Transferring Patient BETWEEN WARDS
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards

22. What are the characteristics of Mumps
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
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

23. What patients need Droplet precautions?

24. When should you use Airborne Precautions
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Fecal/oral
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB

25. What are the Ni for Pertussis?
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Rest - warm - humid air
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves

26. Identify the type of precaution required
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Feces of infected people or animals
Pink red maculopapules

27. What kind of diet is needed for a PT with hepatitis A
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
A diet high in calories and low fat

28. What are the S/S for Botulism
N - V - D and Abd pain
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
Rest - warm - humid air
A diet high in calories and low fat

29. What should you wear when taking a pt's VS?
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
Pink red maculopapules
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything

30. What should you wear if blood is spurting?
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES

31. Rule: What YOU CAN USE When Patient GOING To SURGERY And Which MED YOU CAN HOLD
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
-- 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
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm

32. What is the most dangerous type of Hep?
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Rest - warm - humid air
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
A

33. What is warn when suctioning?
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
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
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact

34. How can you prevent Salmonella
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE 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
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs

35. Who is not able to start PPE
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.
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
Private room with negative pressure

36. What is the two diseased caused by ticks
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
Pink red maculopapules
Dry cough
Kopliks spots

37. Who should get the chicken pox vaccine
Deet spray
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers

38. CONDITIONS REQUIRED SEIZURE PRECAUTIONS

39. How would you take off Personal protective gear?
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative

40. What kind of room would an Airborne precaution pt need
Bleach
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
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

41. What are the major ATB associated w/ c diff
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
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

42. What are char of Pertussis( whooping cough)
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
Rest - warm - humid air
Dry cough
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease

43. GENERAL RuleS FOR VACCINES
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
Bleach
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
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

44. What should you wear when drawing blood
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Gloves
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

45. What are characteristics of Measles (Rubeola)
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Kopliks spots
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
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

46. patient what kind of room they should stay
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
Deet spray
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH

47. What are common side effects of PPE
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Gloves
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
Private room with negative pressure

48. What are the char. of German measles( Rubella)
Pink red maculopapules
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
A
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards

49. After a bloodborne pathogen exposure what should be done later?
A diet high in calories and low fat
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Rest - warm - humid air

50. What should you do if the c diff is linked to an ATB
DISCONTINUE The ATB
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
Before the rash appears