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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

Subjects : nclex, health-sciences, nursing

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1. Who shouldn't get the measles vacc
A
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C

2. What should you wash the toilet seat with
Mask will 3 feet
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Bleach
Dry cough

3. DON'T TRANSFER Which Patient
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late

4. What kind of room would an Airborne precaution pt need
Dry cough
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO

5. What should you have the patient sign after being stuck by a needle?
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV

6. What colors indicate blood in the stool when doing GUAIAC test
Chef
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
Fecal/oral

7. What are the Ni for Pertussis?
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. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Rest - warm - humid air

8. After getting the Varicella vacc who should you teach pt's to avoid
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB

9. What Is The Rule: NEVER SEND A Patient To SURGERY ANTICOAGULANT
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
Before the rash appears
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure

10. INTERVENTION FOR PREVENT ASPIRATION
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. 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
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)

11. What are the characteristics of Chicken pox Varicella?
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH

12. Where can you find Salmonella
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
Feces of infected people or animals
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

13. Rule: Transferring PEDS Patient To MS (MED SURGE)
Chef
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
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. What is warn when suctioning?
Small pox
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Bleach

15. What kind of diet is needed for a PT with hepatitis A
A diet high in calories and low fat
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask

16. What should the school teacher teach kids handleing pets
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late

17. To be most effective when should postexposure prophylaxis (PPE) be started?
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure

18. Droplet precautions
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Mask will 3 feet
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
A

19. What are common side effects of PPE
Feces of infected people or animals
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
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves

20. What are the characteristics of Mumps
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
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
Private room with negative pressure

21. Who needs Standard and Contact precautions (SC)
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Small pox
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

22. If aptient is going to surgery do not give them
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients

23. After a bloodborne pathogen exposure what should be done later?
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Gloves
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
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

24. What would you question with a c diff pt
Glanders - Lassa
Bleach
Feces of infected people or animals
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium

25. Contact Precautions
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments

26. patient what kind of room they should stay
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
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

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

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28. WHen should you use standard percautions
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Dry cough
Kopliks spots
Those with liver problems and pregnant women

29. Where would you see a rash w/ Rocky mountain spotted fever?
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Glanders - Lassa

30. What patients need Droplet precautions?

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31. What precaution are needed for Scabies pt
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots

32. CONDITIONS REQUIRED SEIZURE PRECAUTIONS

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33. What are the S/S for Botulism
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
N - V - D and Abd pain
A
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS

34. What is the two diseased caused by ticks
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
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

35. 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
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool

36. 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
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves

37. What pt's need to use Standard - Airbourne - Contaction and Droplet Precautions (SAC D)
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
Fecal/oral
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO

38. Who shouldn't get the Chicken pox vaccine

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39. Rule: Transferring ADULT To PEDIATRIC WARDS
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 you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
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)

40. 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
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
Those with liver problems and pregnant women

41. Rule: MED ERROR - PT INJURY OR ATTEMPT SUICIDE
A diet high in calories and low fat
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor

42. Which pt's can't the pregnant nurse care for
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
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS

43. What is the tx for Scabies
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
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
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves

44. What should you wear when taking a pt's VS?
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Dry cough
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation

45. What is the most common cause of ATB associated diarrhea
Fecal/oral
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
Those with liver problems and pregnant women

46. What is the most dangerous type of Hep?
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
A
Before the rash appears

47. What are char of Pertussis( whooping cough)
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Dry cough
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days

48. What pt's would be ok for a pregnant nurse to care for
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
A diet high in calories and low fat
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus

49. When dealing w/ a Droplet percautions pt they require
Fecal/oral
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
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
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine

50. What are the major ATB associated w/ c diff
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
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