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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

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1. Who should get the chicken pox vaccine
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
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
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB

2. What colors indicate blood in the stool when doing GUAIAC test
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)

3. BLEEDING PRECAUTION Patient. These Patients Who Are On...
Rest - warm - humid air
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever

4. What precaution are needed for Scabies pt
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor

5. Who needs Standard and Contact precautions (SC)
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
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days

6. What is the most common cause of ATB associated diarrhea
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
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
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

7. What type of job should a person with hepatitis never have
Chef
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Deet spray

8. What Is The Rule: NEVER SEND A Patient To SURGERY ANTICOAGULANT
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)

9. What pt's would be ok for a pregnant nurse to care for
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers

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

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11. After a bloodborne pathogen exposure what should be done later?
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Dry cough
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months

12. Rule: DISCHARGE DURING AN EMERGENCY
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
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
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients

13. What is the most dangerous type of Hep?
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
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14. Who shouldn't get the Chicken pox vaccine

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15. CONDITIONS REQUIRED SEIZURE PRECAUTIONS

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16. DON'T TRANSFER Which Patient
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1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM

17. When CAN INFECTED Patient LEAVE TheIR ROOM
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
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.
Kopliks spots

18. What should you wear when drawing blood
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Feces of infected people or animals
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
Gloves

19. What is warn when suctioning?
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield

20. What should you have the patient sign after being stuck by a needle?
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Glanders - Lassa
Bleach
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV

21. GENERAL RuleS FOR VACCINES
Kopliks spots
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Pink red maculopapules
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

22. patient what kind of room they should stay
Small pox
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
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

23. To be most effective when should postexposure prophylaxis (PPE) be started?
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool

24. What are the characteristics of Chicken pox Varicella?
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
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

25. 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
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
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days

26. Infected Air - borne precaution
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
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
Private room with negative pressure

27. What should you teach pt's to wear for protect themselves against Lyme disease
Deet spray
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late

28. Which Patient NEED To ISOLATE
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
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Before the rash appears

29. Where would you see a rash w/ Rocky mountain spotted fever?
Mask will 3 feet
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Bleach

30. When To USE STAndARD PRECAUTIONS
Rest - warm - humid air
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
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
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves

31. What is the tx for Scabies
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever

32. Who needs Standard Contact and Droplet precautions
- 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
Glanders - Lassa
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers

33. If aptient is going to surgery do not give them
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)

34. What should a Contact Precaution pt have
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
Small pox
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room

35. How is Salmonella transmitted
Mask will 3 feet
Contaminated food and water
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together

36. What should you wear if blood is spurting?
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
-- 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
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything

37. How is c diff transmitted?
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
Gloves

38. What is a GUAIAC test?
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
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
Contaminated food and water

39. Rule: What YOU CAN USE When Patient GOING To SURGERY And Which MED YOU CAN HOLD
-- 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
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS

40. What are the char. of German measles( Rubella)
Dry cough
Pink red maculopapules
Private room with negative pressure
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)

41. Who is not able to start PPE
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
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin

42. After getting the Varicella vacc who should you teach pt's to avoid
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Fecal/oral
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH

43. When is a pt w/measles most contagious?
Before the rash appears
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin

44. What should you do if the c diff is linked to an ATB
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
-- 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

45. What should you wear when taking a pt's VS?
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
A
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
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. Rule: Transferring PEDS Patient To MS (MED SURGE)
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]

47. How can you prevent Salmonella
Dry cough
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs

48. How is Hep A spread
Fecal/oral
Chef
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask

49. Identify the type of precaution required
N - V - D and Abd pain
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
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

50. Who shouldn't get the measles vacc
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
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
Before the rash appears