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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

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1. Who needs Standard - Airbourne and Contact precautions
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
Small pox

2. What kind of room would an Airborne precaution pt need
Feces of infected people or animals
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield

3. What should the nurse immediately do if she stuck by a used needle?
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
A

4. What should you wash the toilet seat with
Bleach
A diet high in calories and low fat
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Fecal/oral

5. To be most effective when should postexposure prophylaxis (PPE) be started?
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
Bleach
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves

6. What other ATB might be prescribed to treat c diff
Glanders - Lassa
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO

7. Rabies pt's would need

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8. Rule: MED ERROR - PT INJURY OR ATTEMPT SUICIDE
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
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
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves

9. What should you teach pt's to wear for protect themselves against Lyme disease
Deet spray
A
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

10. What is warn when suctioning?
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS

11. What Is The Rule: NEVER SEND A Patient To SURGERY ANTICOAGULANT
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the 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.
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
Pink red maculopapules

12. What patients need Droplet precautions?

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13. If aptient is going to surgery do not give them
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)

14. Which Patient CAN KEEP In The SAME ROOM
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
Before the rash appears
Kopliks spots

15. Who shouldn't get the measles vacc
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
Before the rash appears
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.

16. What would you question with a c diff pt
Bleach
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
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield

17. What are common side effects of PPE
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Kopliks spots

18. What are the characteristics of Chicken pox Varicella?
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
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

19. What are characteristics of Measles (Rubeola)
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Kopliks spots

20. What should you have the patient sign after being stuck by a needle?
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
Deet spray
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
Small pox

21. What colors indicate blood in the stool when doing GUAIAC test
Small pox
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative

22. What is the order for putting on personal protective gear?
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin

23. How can you prevent Salmonella
Feces of infected people or animals
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
Private room with negative pressure
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine

24. CONDITIONS REQUIRED SEIZURE PRECAUTIONS

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25. After getting the Varicella vacc who should you teach pt's to avoid
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days

26. GENERAL RuleS FOR VACCINES
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. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Dry cough
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

27. Transferring Patient BETWEEN 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
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative

28. BLEEDING PRECAUTION Patient. These Patients Who Are On...
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine

29. Rule: Transferring PEDS Patient To MS (MED SURGE)
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Feces of infected people or animals
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
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative

30. Who should get the chicken pox vaccine
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
N - V - D and Abd pain
Contaminated food and water
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers

31. When To USE STAndARD PRECAUTIONS
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
Before the rash appears
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments

32. Rule: DISCHARGE DURING AN EMERGENCY
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
A diet high in calories and low fat
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS

33. Identify the type of precaution required
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
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
Kopliks spots
DISCONTINUE The ATB

34. What should you wear when taking a pt's VS?
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation

35. How would you take off Personal protective gear?
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
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

36. Contact Precautions
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
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments

37. Who shouldn't get the Chicken pox vaccine

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38. What is the tx for Scabies
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
A
N - V - D and Abd pain

39. Where would you see a rash w/ Rocky mountain spotted fever?
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
N - V - D and Abd pain
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool

40. What pt's need to use Standard - Airbourne - Contaction and Droplet Precautions (SAC D)
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Gloves
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything

41. How is Salmonella transmitted
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
Contaminated food and water

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

43. How is c diff transmitted?
Small pox
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact

44. Where can you find Salmonella
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Feces of infected people or animals

45. What is the two diseased caused by ticks
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
Kopliks spots
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
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

46. What are char of Pertussis( whooping cough)
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
Dry cough
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.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards

47. What type of job should a person with hepatitis never have
Feces of infected people or animals
A
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Chef

48. What should a Contact Precaution pt have
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
N - V - D and Abd pain

49. What kind of diet is needed for a PT with hepatitis A
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
A diet high in calories and low fat
N - V - D and Abd pain

50. What is the most common cause of ATB associated diarrhea
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
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