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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

Subjects : nclex, health-sciences, nursing

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Rule: What YOU CAN USE When Patient GOING To SURGERY And Which MED YOU CAN HOLD
Glanders - Lassa
-- 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
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
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus

2. Who needs Standard Contact and Droplet precautions
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
Glanders - Lassa

3. BLEEDING PRECAUTION Patient. These Patients Who Are On...
Kopliks spots
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
Mask will 3 feet
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything

4. What is a GUAIAC test?
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool

5. Identify the type of precaution required
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
DISCONTINUE The ATB

6. Where would you see a rash w/ Rocky mountain spotted fever?
Fecal/oral
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
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

7. 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
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
Pink red maculopapules
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves

8. What is the most common cause of ATB associated diarrhea
Deet spray
Mask will 3 feet
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
A diet high in calories and low fat

9. What should you do if the c diff is linked to an ATB
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Fecal/oral
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin

10. What kind of diet is needed for a PT with hepatitis A
A diet high in calories and low fat
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield

11. Who needs Standard - Airbourne and Contact precautions
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
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months

12. What patients need Droplet precautions?

13. What are the S/S for Botulism
Rest - warm - humid air
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
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
N - V - D and Abd pain

14. What are characteristics of Measles (Rubeola)
-- 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
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
Kopliks spots

15. How would you take off Personal protective gear?
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact

16. Who is not able to start PPE
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact

17. What should a Contact Precaution pt have
Dry cough
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room

18. CONDITIONS REQUIRED SEIZURE PRECAUTIONS

19. 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
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Feces of infected people or animals

20. Infected Air - borne precaution
Private room with negative pressure
Feces of infected people or animals
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
DISCONTINUE The ATB

21. 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
Glanders - Lassa
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Bleach

22. What are the characteristics of Mumps
Before the rash appears
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Chef

23. What should you have the patient sign after being stuck by a needle?
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS

24. What would you question with a c diff pt
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
Before the rash appears
Glanders - Lassa
Pink red maculopapules

25. What should you teach pt's to wear for protect themselves against Lyme disease
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
Deet spray
Fecal/oral
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room

26. What is warn when suctioning?
-- 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
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield

27. When dealing w/ a Droplet percautions pt they require
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
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
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

28. Contact Precautions
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Rest - warm - humid air

29. What should you wear when taking a pt's VS?
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
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
A diet high in calories and low fat
Rest - warm - humid air

30. Droplet precautions
Mask will 3 feet
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands

31. After a bloodborne pathogen exposure what should be done later?
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
Pink red maculopapules
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm

32. DON'T TRANSFER Which Patient
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
Feces of infected people or animals

33. What kind of room would an Airborne precaution pt need
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM

34. Rule: MED ERROR - PT INJURY OR ATTEMPT SUICIDE
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers

35. What is the order for putting on personal protective gear?
N - V - D and Abd pain
Chef
Rest - warm - humid air
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves

36. How is Hep A spread
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Fecal/oral
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands

37. 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
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
Pink red maculopapules
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)

38. What is the most dangerous type of Hep?
A
Before the rash appears
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
N - V - D and Abd pain

39. What pt's would be ok for a pregnant nurse to care for
Chef
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES

40. How can you stop the spread of c diff

41. 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
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots

42. What is the tx for Scabies
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
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
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
Kopliks spots

43. What precaution are needed for Scabies pt
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything

44. What are the major ATB associated w/ c diff
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
Chef
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin

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

46. What is the two diseased caused by ticks
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
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

47. What are common side effects of PPE
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
Deet spray
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

48. What type of job should a person with hepatitis never have
Fecal/oral
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
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease

49. How can you prevent Salmonella
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
A
Small pox
Pink red maculopapules

50. Who should get the chicken pox vaccine
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]