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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

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1. What colors indicate blood in the stool when doing GUAIAC test
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
DISCONTINUE The ATB
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO

2. patient what kind of room they should stay
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
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

3. Rule: DISCHARGE DURING AN EMERGENCY
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
A diet high in calories and low fat

4. What should you wear when drawing blood
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
Gloves

5. What is the most dangerous type of Hep?
A diet high in calories and low fat
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
A
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact

6. How can you prevent Salmonella
Glanders - Lassa
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
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 patients need Droplet precautions?

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8. When is a pt w/measles most contagious?
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
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
Before the rash appears

9. What are the characteristics of Chicken pox Varicella?
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
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.
Bleach
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs

10. What should you teach pt's to wear for protect themselves against Lyme disease
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
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.
Deet spray
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm

11. Which Patient CAN KEEP In The SAME ROOM
DISCONTINUE The ATB
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm

12. What is the two diseased caused by ticks
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
A
Feces of infected people or animals
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB

13. Rule: Transferring PEDS Patient To MS (MED SURGE)
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Bleach
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
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

14. After getting the Varicella vacc who should you teach pt's to avoid
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Glanders - Lassa

15. What are the S/S for Botulism
N - V - D and Abd pain
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
Private room with negative pressure

16. What is the order for putting on personal protective gear?
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C

17. What are the characteristics of Mumps
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
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
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs

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

19. Who shouldn't get the Chicken pox vaccine

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20. If aptient is going to surgery do not give them
Glanders - Lassa
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
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

21. What should you wear when taking a pt's VS?
Gloves
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation

22. What Is The Rule: NEVER SEND A Patient To SURGERY ANTICOAGULANT
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
DISCONTINUE The ATB
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor

23. To be most effective when should postexposure prophylaxis (PPE) be started?
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
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

24. Infected Air - borne precaution
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
Private room with negative pressure
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

25. Where would you see a rash w/ Rocky mountain spotted fever?
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
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.

26. 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
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.
Small pox
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis

27. Who needs Standard and Contact precautions (SC)
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Small pox

28. Who should get the chicken pox vaccine
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
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

29. Rule: What YOU CAN USE When Patient GOING To SURGERY And Which MED YOU CAN HOLD
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
Before the rash appears
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
-- 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

30. How is Hep A spread
Chef
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
Fecal/oral
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves

31. Droplet precautions
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Mask will 3 feet
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask

32. Rabies pt's would need

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33. What is the tx for Scabies
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine

34. After a bloodborne pathogen exposure what should be done later?
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
Contaminated food and water
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C

35. Who needs Standard - Airbourne and Contact precautions
Small pox
Pink red maculopapules
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool

36. What other ATB might be prescribed to treat c diff
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
Glanders - Lassa
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool

37. What is warn when suctioning?
N - V - D and Abd pain
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
Rest - warm - humid air
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield

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

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39. What should the school teacher teach kids handleing pets
Dry cough
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Fecal/oral

40. When To USE STAndARD PRECAUTIONS
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
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
Mask will 3 feet

41. Rule: MED ERROR - PT INJURY OR ATTEMPT SUICIDE
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
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
Pink red maculopapules
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium

42. What should you wash the toilet seat with
Bleach
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
Dry cough
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

43. What kind of diet is needed for a PT with hepatitis A
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Deet spray
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

44. When CAN INFECTED Patient LEAVE TheIR ROOM
Feces of infected people or animals
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.
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients

45. What are the char. of German measles( Rubella)
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
Pink red maculopapules
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
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor

46. Who is not able to start PPE
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
Feces of infected people or animals

47. 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.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
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis

48. Who shouldn't get the measles vacc
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Small pox

49. What are the major ATB associated w/ c diff
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
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

50. When should you use Airborne Precautions
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
Fecal/oral
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor