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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

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1. What pt's need to use Standard - Airbourne - Contaction and Droplet Precautions (SAC D)
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
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

2. After a bloodborne pathogen exposure what should be done later?
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
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
Dry cough

3. WHen should you use standard percautions
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
Private room with negative pressure

4. What is the two diseased caused by ticks
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
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease

5. How is Hep A spread
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
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin

6. GENERAL RuleS FOR VACCINES
Gloves
Deet spray
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
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

7. What should you have the patient sign after being stuck by a needle?
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Deet spray
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

8. What are common side effects of 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.
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV

9. What would you question with a c diff pt
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium

10. What should you wear when drawing blood
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Before the rash appears
Gloves
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything

11. Who shouldn't get the measles vacc
Feces of infected people or animals
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.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

12. What are the Ni for Pertussis?
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
Fecal/oral
Rest - warm - humid air
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K

13. How is Salmonella transmitted
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Contaminated food and water
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
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress

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

15. Infected Air - borne precaution
Private room with negative pressure
N - V - D and Abd pain
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.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask

16. If aptient is going to surgery do not give them
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
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

17. patient what kind of room they should stay
Pink red maculopapules
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
Small pox
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

18. What is the most common cause of ATB associated diarrhea
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)

19. What are characteristics of Measles (Rubeola)
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Kopliks spots
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation

20. When To USE STAndARD PRECAUTIONS
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
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together

21. Which Patient NEED To ISOLATE
Contaminated food and water
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
Private room with negative pressure
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

22. Droplet precautions
Mask will 3 feet
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB

23. Rule: Transferring ADULT To PEDIATRIC WARDS
Dry cough
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
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
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

24. How can you stop the spread of c diff

25. What kind of room would an Airborne precaution pt need
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM

26. What is the tx for Scabies
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
A
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
Small pox

27. 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
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Pink red maculopapules

28. What are char of Pertussis( whooping cough)
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
Dry cough
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

29. Rule: What YOU CAN USE When Patient GOING To SURGERY And Which MED YOU CAN HOLD
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
-- 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
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

30. What colors indicate blood in the stool when doing GUAIAC test
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

31. Which pt's can't the pregnant nurse care for
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS

32. Which Patient CAN KEEP In The SAME ROOM
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask

33. 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
Contaminated food and water
Small pox
Kopliks spots

34. What are the characteristics of Mumps
Chef
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Feces of infected people or animals
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments

35. When CAN INFECTED Patient LEAVE TheIR 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
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
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.

36. After getting the Varicella vacc who should you teach pt's to avoid
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
Fecal/oral
Deet spray
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS

37. Rule: Transferring PEDS Patient To MS (MED SURGE)
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. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Rest - warm - humid air
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard

38. Rule: MED ERROR - PT INJURY OR ATTEMPT SUICIDE
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB

39. When should you use Airborne Precautions
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 - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB

40. What should you teach pt's to wear for protect themselves against Lyme disease
Deet spray
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)

41. What is a GUAIAC test?
Kopliks spots
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool

42. How would you take off Personal protective gear?
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Fecal/oral
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm

43. What should the school teacher teach kids handleing pets
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
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

44. 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
Deet spray
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
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.

45. BLEEDING PRECAUTION Patient. These Patients Who Are On...
Rest - warm - humid air
Dry cough
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS

46. What should you wear when taking a pt's VS?
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Rest - warm - humid air
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K

47. What should a Contact Precaution pt have
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Deet spray
Gloves
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room

48. Who should get the chicken pox vaccine
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
Contaminated food and water
Bleach

49. Transferring Patient BETWEEN WARDS
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs

50. Who needs Standard and Contact precautions (SC)
Dry cough
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis