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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

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1. Rule: DISCHARGE DURING AN EMERGENCY
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
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
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

2. Rule: MED ERROR - PT INJURY OR ATTEMPT SUICIDE
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis

3. Where can you find Salmonella
Private room with negative pressure
Feces of infected people or animals
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine

4. When should you use Airborne Precautions
A
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs

5. What are the major ATB associated w/ c diff
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
A diet high in calories and low fat

6. How can you stop the spread of c diff
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
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

7. What type of job should a person with hepatitis never have
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
Gloves
Chef
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together

8. What should you wear when drawing blood
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
Gloves
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Glanders - Lassa

9. 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
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.
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots

10. If aptient is going to surgery do not give them
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K

11. What should you wear if blood is spurting?
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO

12. patient what kind of room they should stay
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
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
Small pox
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

13. 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
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
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

14. Who needs Standard and Contact precautions (SC)
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

15. Rule: Transferring PEDS Patient To MS (MED SURGE)
Pink red maculopapules
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]

16. What other ATB might be prescribed to treat c diff
Mask will 3 feet
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late

17. What should you tell the pt to prepare for the GUAIAC test
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative

18. What should a Contact Precaution pt have
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
Kopliks spots

19. When To USE STAndARD PRECAUTIONS
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
Small pox
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
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

20. After getting the Varicella vacc who should you teach pt's to avoid
Mask will 3 feet
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)

21. Which Patient CAN KEEP In The SAME ROOM
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Small pox
DISCONTINUE The ATB

22. What should you wear when taking a pt's VS?
Rest - warm - humid air
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
Deet spray
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine

23. What is the two diseased caused by ticks
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
Rest - warm - humid air
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
-- 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

24. How is Salmonella transmitted
Contaminated food and water
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything

25. What pt's would be ok for a pregnant nurse to care for
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Bleach

26. What would you question with a c diff pt
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
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
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium

27. What are the characteristics of Chicken pox Varicella?
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
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

28. What should the school teacher teach kids handleing pets
A
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
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
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm

29. What pt's need to use Standard - Airbourne - Contaction and Droplet Precautions (SAC D)
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO

30. CONDITIONS REQUIRED SEIZURE PRECAUTIONS
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
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
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
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

31. What are characteristics of Measles (Rubeola)
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Kopliks spots

32. Who shouldn't get the measles vacc
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
A
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield

33. What colors indicate blood in the stool when doing GUAIAC test
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
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative

34. BLEEDING PRECAUTION Patient. These Patients Who Are On...
Rest - warm - humid air
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
N - V - D and Abd pain

35. What are the characteristics of Mumps
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative

36. Rule: Transferring ADULT To PEDIATRIC WARDS
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
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
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers

37. What is the order for putting on personal protective gear?
A
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
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

38. What is a GUAIAC test?
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Mask will 3 feet
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool

39. To be most effective when should postexposure prophylaxis (PPE) be started?
Small pox
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
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure

40. Droplet precautions
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Mask will 3 feet
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything

41. What are char of Pertussis( whooping cough)
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
Dry cough
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
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs

42. What are the char. of German measles( Rubella)
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
Pink red maculopapules

43. Identify the type of precaution required
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Dry cough
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything

44. What kind of room would an Airborne precaution pt need
Rest - warm - humid air
Kopliks spots
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard

45. Where would you see a rash w/ Rocky mountain spotted fever?
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C

46. When dealing w/ a Droplet percautions pt they require
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
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
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

47. When is a pt w/measles most contagious?
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Before the rash appears

48. What patients need Droplet precautions?
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
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

49. WHen should you use standard percautions
A diet high in calories and low fat
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES

50. What kind of diet is needed for a PT with hepatitis A
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
A diet high in calories and low fat
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C

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