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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

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1. What should the school teacher teach kids handleing pets
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS

2. What should you teach pt's to wear for protect themselves against Lyme disease
Deet spray
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard

3. Which Patient CAN KEEP In The SAME ROOM
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
Before the rash appears
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards

4. What should you wear when drawing blood
Fecal/oral
Gloves
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
Dry cough

5. What pt's need to use Standard - Airbourne - Contaction and Droplet Precautions (SAC D)
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO

6. Who needs Standard - Airbourne and Contact precautions
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Mask will 3 feet
Small pox
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C

7. Rule: Transferring PEDS Patient To MS (MED SURGE)
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K

8. What should a Contact Precaution pt have
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Rest - warm - humid air
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1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients

9. Who needs Standard and Contact precautions (SC)
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

10. What are char of Pertussis( whooping cough)
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
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
N - V - D and Abd pain
Dry cough

11. What is the two diseased caused by ticks
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept

12. When is a pt w/measles most contagious?
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Before the rash appears
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late

13. Transferring Patient BETWEEN WARDS
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM

14. Rule: What YOU CAN USE When Patient GOING To SURGERY And Which MED YOU CAN HOLD
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 which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
-- 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

15. If aptient is going to surgery do not give them
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB

16. BLEEDING PRECAUTION Patient. These Patients Who Are On...
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Glanders - Lassa
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers

17. What are the Ni for Pertussis?
Rest - warm - humid air
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus

18. Who shouldn't get the measles vacc
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
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
A

19. Infected Air - borne precaution
Private room with negative pressure
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
A

20. To be most effective when should postexposure prophylaxis (PPE) be started?
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Gloves

21. When should you use Airborne Precautions
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
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
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)

22. When CAN INFECTED Patient LEAVE TheIR ROOM
Mask will 3 feet
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
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.
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late

23. Who needs Standard Contact and Droplet precautions
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Glanders - Lassa
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

24. What kind of diet is needed for a PT with hepatitis A
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
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
A diet high in calories and low fat

25. Droplet precautions
Mask will 3 feet
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.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots

26. What are the char. of German measles( Rubella)
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
Pink red maculopapules
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact

27. Which pt's can't the pregnant nurse care for
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
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
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard

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

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29. What kind of room would an Airborne precaution pt need
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Dry cough

30. When To USE STAndARD PRECAUTIONS
Pink red maculopapules
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
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
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

31. What should you wear when taking a pt's VS?
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
-- 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
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV

32. Who is not able to start PPE
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
Bleach
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments

33. When dealing w/ a Droplet percautions pt they require
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
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs

34. What type of job should a person with hepatitis never have
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
Chef
A diet high in calories and low fat
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late

35. After getting the Varicella vacc who should you teach pt's to avoid
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH

36. How is Salmonella transmitted
Contaminated food and water
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
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative

37. What is warn when suctioning?
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
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
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield

38. How is Hep A spread
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 consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
Fecal/oral
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]

39. What is the most dangerous type of Hep?
A
DISCONTINUE The ATB
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
Small pox

40. Rule: DISCHARGE DURING AN EMERGENCY
Pink red maculopapules
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM

41. Rule: Transferring ADULT To PEDIATRIC WARDS
Chef
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Small pox
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

42. GENERAL RuleS FOR VACCINES
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
Rest - warm - humid air
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
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO

43. After a bloodborne pathogen exposure what should be done later?
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months

44. WHen should you use standard percautions
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Glanders - Lassa

45. What should you do if the c diff is linked to an ATB
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
Pink red maculopapules
DISCONTINUE The ATB
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus

46. What Is The Rule: NEVER SEND A Patient To SURGERY ANTICOAGULANT
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
Contaminated food and water
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO

47. Which Patient NEED To ISOLATE
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
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
Small pox

48. What is the most common cause of ATB associated diarrhea
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves

49. What are the characteristics of Mumps
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C

50. Where would you see a rash w/ Rocky mountain spotted fever?
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Private room with negative pressure
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days