Test your basic knowledge |

NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

Subjects : nclex, health-sciences, nursing

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Transferring Patient BETWEEN WARDS
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
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

2. What should you wear when taking a pt's VS?
Contaminated food and water
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
Deet spray

3. What are the major ATB associated w/ c diff
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin

4. WHen should you use standard percautions
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Feces of infected people or animals
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)

5. What type of job should a person with hepatitis never have
Chef
Kopliks spots
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
Rest - warm - humid air

6. When To USE STAndARD PRECAUTIONS
Fecal/oral
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
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
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)

7. What should a Contact Precaution pt have
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
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.
Feces of infected people or animals
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room

8. What would you question with a c diff pt
Before the rash appears
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
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.
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months

9. BLEEDING PRECAUTION Patient. These Patients Who Are On...
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Mask will 3 feet

10. What should you wear when drawing blood
Gloves
Kopliks spots
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C

11. What is the most dangerous type of Hep?
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
A
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS

12. If aptient is going to surgery do not give them
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.
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
Kopliks spots
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K

13. What is the most common cause of ATB associated diarrhea
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
Small pox
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)

14. Rule: DISCHARGE DURING AN EMERGENCY
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
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
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything

15. Who needs Standard and Contact precautions (SC)
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
Chef
-- 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

16. What should you have the patient sign after being stuck by a needle?
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
Contaminated food and water
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask

17. What are the char. of German measles( Rubella)
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
Pink red maculopapules

18. GENERAL RuleS FOR VACCINES
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
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
Contaminated food and water
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

19. patient what kind of room they should stay
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

20. Who shouldn't get the Chicken pox vaccine

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

21. What pt's would be ok for a pregnant nurse to care for
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
Mask will 3 feet
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything

22. What should you wash the toilet seat with
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
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
Small pox
Bleach

23. What is a GUAIAC test?
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
A
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Feces of infected people or animals

24. What are the characteristics of Mumps
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days

25. What should you do if the c diff is linked to an ATB
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH

26. How is c diff transmitted?
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact

27. Where can you find Salmonella
Feces of infected people or animals
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV

28. Rule: What YOU CAN USE When Patient GOING To SURGERY And Which MED YOU CAN HOLD
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
-- 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
Private room with negative pressure
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin

29. What kind of diet is needed for a PT with hepatitis A
A diet high in calories and low fat
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Fecal/oral

30. What are the Ni for Pertussis?
Glanders - Lassa
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Rest - warm - humid air
Gloves

31. Where would you see a rash w/ Rocky mountain spotted fever?
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Glanders - Lassa

32. What other ATB might be prescribed to treat c diff
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
Small pox
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
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

33. How can you stop the spread of c diff

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

34. What are characteristics of Measles (Rubeola)
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Kopliks spots
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Deet spray

35. When is a pt w/measles most contagious?
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
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
Mask will 3 feet
Before the rash appears

36. Who needs Standard Contact and Droplet precautions
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
Glanders - Lassa
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield

37. INTERVENTION FOR PREVENT ASPIRATION
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
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
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB

38. 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
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO

39. 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
Before the rash appears
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis

40. What kind of room would an Airborne precaution pt need
Feces of infected people or animals
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM

41. What pt's need to use Standard - Airbourne - Contaction and Droplet Precautions (SAC D)
Gloves
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)

42. Rule: Transferring ADULT To PEDIATRIC WARDS
Mask will 3 feet
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
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
Rest - warm - humid air

43. Which Patient NEED To ISOLATE
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
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
Chef
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

44. What should the nurse immediately do if she stuck by a used needle?
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept

45. What colors indicate blood in the stool when doing GUAIAC test
Glanders - Lassa
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
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB

46. When should you use Airborne Precautions
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
Bleach
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS

47. CONDITIONS REQUIRED SEIZURE PRECAUTIONS

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

48. Rule: Transferring PEDS Patient To MS (MED SURGE)
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
Rest - warm - humid air
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

49. What should the school teacher teach kids handleing pets
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
- 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
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard

50. What is the two diseased caused by ticks
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Bleach
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease