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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

Subjects : nclex, health-sciences, nursing

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1. What is the order for putting on personal protective gear?
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
Pink red maculopapules

2. What are the char. of German measles( Rubella)
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
Private room with negative pressure
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
Pink red maculopapules

3. How is Salmonella transmitted
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
Contaminated food and water

4. What is warn when suctioning?
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
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Deet spray

5. What should the school teacher teach kids handleing pets
Chef
A
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
Wash their hands before and after handling pets

6. Where would you see a rash w/ Rocky mountain spotted fever?
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
A diet high in calories and low fat
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything

7. How would you take off Personal protective gear?
Private room with negative pressure
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask

8. What should you teach pt's to wear for protect themselves against Lyme disease
A
Deet spray
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs

9. Who needs Standard - Airbourne and Contact precautions
Small pox
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
Glanders - Lassa
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin

10. What are characteristics of Measles (Rubeola)
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
N - V - D and Abd pain
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
Kopliks spots

11. When dealing w/ a Droplet percautions pt they require
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
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
Wash their hands before and after handling pets

12. Who is not able to start PPE
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO

13. How is c diff transmitted?
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
Feces of infected people or animals
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard

14. What pt's need to use Standard - Airbourne - Contaction and Droplet Precautions (SAC D)
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
N - V - D and Abd pain
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
DISCONTINUE The ATB

15. Rabies pt's would need

16. Which pt's can't the pregnant nurse care for
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS

17. Who shouldn't get the Chicken pox vaccine

18. What are the characteristics of Mumps
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Feces of infected people or animals

19. If aptient is going to surgery do not give them
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
-- 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
Rest - warm - humid air
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K

20. What pt's would be ok for a pregnant nurse to care for
Chef
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus

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

22. DON'T TRANSFER Which Patient
Before the rash appears
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments

23. 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)
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
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus

24. BLEEDING PRECAUTION Patient. These Patients Who Are On...
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Feces of infected people or animals
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact

25. How can you prevent Salmonella
A diet high in calories and low fat
Mask will 3 feet
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
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

26. Which Patient CAN KEEP In The SAME ROOM
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm

27. What should a Contact Precaution pt have
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room

28. What kind of diet is needed for a PT with hepatitis A
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
A diet high in calories and low fat
A

29. What precaution are needed for Scabies pt
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Wash their hands before and after handling pets

30. What is the tx for Scabies
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
-- 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
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
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C

31. Who should get the chicken pox vaccine
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
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
Mask will 3 feet
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers

32. Rule: Transferring PEDS Patient To MS (MED SURGE)
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
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm

33. What are the Ni for Pertussis?
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
Mask will 3 feet
Chef
Rest - warm - humid air

34. What should you have the patient sign after being stuck by a needle?
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
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
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
Pink red maculopapules

35. What is the most dangerous type of Hep?
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
A

36. Who needs Standard Contact and Droplet precautions
Gloves
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
Glanders - Lassa
Kopliks spots

37. What should you wear when taking a pt's VS?
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
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

38. What are common side effects of PPE
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
Mask will 3 feet
Feces of infected people or animals
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever

39. Infected Air - borne precaution
Private room with negative pressure
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
Pink red maculopapules

40. 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
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus

41. Rule: Transferring ADULT To PEDIATRIC WARDS
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
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis

42. To be most effective when should postexposure prophylaxis (PPE) be started?
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Deet spray
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late

43. What is a GUAIAC test?
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
Deet spray
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool

44. When is a pt w/measles most contagious?
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Before the rash appears
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact

45. Rule: What YOU CAN USE When Patient GOING To SURGERY And Which MED YOU CAN HOLD
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Small pox
-- 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.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept

46. Rule: MED ERROR - PT INJURY OR ATTEMPT SUICIDE
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
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
A diet high in calories and low fat
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor

47. What are char of Pertussis( whooping cough)
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
Dry cough
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.

48. WHen should you use standard percautions
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES

49. GENERAL RuleS FOR VACCINES
DISCONTINUE The ATB
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
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
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus

50. What should you do if the c diff is linked to an ATB
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
DISCONTINUE The ATB
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool