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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

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1. When To USE STAndARD 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
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. 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
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)

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

3. INTERVENTION FOR PREVENT ASPIRATION
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. 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
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
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

4. What pt's would be ok for a pregnant nurse to care for
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
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

5. What are the major ATB associated w/ c diff
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
Chef
Pink red maculopapules

6. When CAN INFECTED Patient LEAVE TheIR ROOM
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.. 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
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
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

7. Who needs Standard and Contact precautions (SC)
DISCONTINUE The ATB
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
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
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis

8. Contact Precautions
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
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
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots

9. Who needs Standard Contact and Droplet precautions
Glanders - Lassa
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
-- 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
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards

10. patient what kind of room they should stay
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Gloves
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
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

11. CONDITIONS REQUIRED SEIZURE PRECAUTIONS

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12. What should you have the patient sign after being stuck by a needle?
N - V - D and Abd pain
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV

13. Droplet precautions
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Mask will 3 feet

14. Where can you find Salmonella
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Feces of infected people or animals
Pink red maculopapules
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine

15. What are the Ni for Pertussis?
Rest - warm - humid air
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
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
Mask will 3 feet

16. What should you wear if blood is spurting?
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Bleach
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask

17. Which Patient CAN KEEP In The SAME ROOM
Private room with negative pressure
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
DISCONTINUE The ATB
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together

18. What would you question with a c diff pt
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
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
-- 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

19. What are common side effects of PPE
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Chef
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO

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

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21. After getting the Varicella vacc who should you teach pt's to avoid
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH

22. What is the most common cause of ATB associated diarrhea
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)

23. What should you teach pt's to wear for protect themselves against Lyme disease
Gloves
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
Deet spray

24. Rule: MED ERROR - PT INJURY OR ATTEMPT SUICIDE
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor

25. What should you do if the c diff is linked to an ATB
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
DISCONTINUE The ATB
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium

26. What patients need Droplet precautions?

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27. Who shouldn't get the Chicken pox vaccine

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28. Who needs Standard - Airbourne and Contact precautions
Small pox
Mask will 3 feet
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients

29. After a bloodborne pathogen exposure what should be done later?
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin

30. What are the char. of German measles( Rubella)
-- 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
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
Pink red maculopapules
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease

31. 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
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
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

32. What is a GUAIAC test?
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Rest - warm - humid air
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late

33. Rule: DISCHARGE DURING AN EMERGENCY
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
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
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB

34. 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
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
Gloves

35. Which pt's can't the pregnant nurse care for
Gloves
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor

36. What are the characteristics of Mumps
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
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
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
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots

37. WHen should you use standard percautions
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything

38. Rule: Transferring PEDS Patient To MS (MED SURGE)
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together

39. 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
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
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together

40. How is Salmonella transmitted
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
Contaminated food and water

41. What are characteristics of Measles (Rubeola)
Kopliks spots
Mask will 3 feet
Small pox
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept

42. Infected Air - borne precaution
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
Private room with negative pressure
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

43. What type of job should a person with hepatitis never have
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
N - V - D and Abd pain
Chef
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C

44. What is the two diseased caused by ticks
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients

45. When should you use Airborne Precautions
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together

46. BLEEDING PRECAUTION Patient. These Patients Who Are On...
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
Chef
N - V - D and Abd pain

47. What should you wear when taking a pt's VS?
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
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
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation

48. What Is The Rule: NEVER SEND A Patient To SURGERY ANTICOAGULANT
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
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
-- 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
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K

49. What are the S/S for Botulism
N - V - D and Abd pain
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH

50. What kind of diet is needed for a PT with hepatitis A
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
A diet high in calories and low fat
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days