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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

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1. 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
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
DISCONTINUE The ATB

2. What should you have the patient sign after being stuck by a needle?
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
Kopliks spots
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late

3. What are the S/S for Botulism
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
N - V - D and Abd pain
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
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.

4. Who needs Standard and Contact precautions (SC)
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis

5. Droplet precautions
Mask will 3 feet
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
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

6. What should the school teacher teach kids handleing pets
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K

7. Rule: What YOU CAN USE When Patient GOING To SURGERY And Which MED YOU CAN HOLD
Fecal/oral
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
-- 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

8. Who should get the chicken pox vaccine
Gloves
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
N - V - D and Abd pain
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

9. What is the most dangerous type of Hep?
A
N - V - D and Abd pain
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever

10. What Is The Rule: NEVER SEND A Patient To SURGERY ANTICOAGULANT
-- 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
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
Deet spray
Private room with negative pressure

11. When dealing w/ a Droplet percautions pt they require
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 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
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
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.

12. How would you take off Personal protective gear?
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Private room with negative pressure
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients

13. What colors indicate blood in the stool when doing GUAIAC test
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Pink red maculopapules

14. When is a pt w/measles most contagious?
Before the rash appears
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
A
Pink red maculopapules

15. What pt's need to use Standard - Airbourne - Contaction and Droplet Precautions (SAC D)
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
A
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
Mask will 3 feet

16. What are the characteristics of Mumps
Feces of infected people or animals
Kopliks spots
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands

17. CONDITIONS REQUIRED SEIZURE PRECAUTIONS

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18. What should you do if the c diff is linked to an ATB
DISCONTINUE The ATB
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
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

19. What are the Ni for Pertussis?
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]
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
Rest - warm - humid air

20. What is a GUAIAC test?
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask

21. What is the two diseased caused by ticks
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
Feces of infected people or animals

22. How can you stop the spread of c diff

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23. What precaution are needed for Scabies pt
Feces of infected people or animals
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
Gloves

24. BLEEDING PRECAUTION Patient. These Patients Who Are On...
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Glanders - Lassa
Rest - warm - humid air
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS

25. Who shouldn't get the measles vacc
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Deet spray

26. Rabies pt's would need

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27. 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
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
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
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium

28. What is the order for putting on personal protective gear?
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Contaminated food and water
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)

29. Identify the type of precaution required
Glanders - Lassa
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
Deet spray
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands

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

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31. What are common side effects of PPE
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
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
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months

32. What are the characteristics of Chicken pox Varicella?
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs

33. Transferring Patient BETWEEN WARDS
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Bleach
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together

34. Rule: MED ERROR - PT INJURY OR ATTEMPT SUICIDE
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
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
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine

35. What are the major ATB associated w/ c diff
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
Pink red maculopapules
Gloves
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin

36. Who is not able to start PPE
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
Pink red maculopapules

37. After a bloodborne pathogen exposure what should be done later?
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept

38. Who needs Standard Contact and Droplet precautions
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.
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
Dry cough

39. After getting the Varicella vacc who should you teach pt's to avoid
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
N - V - D and Abd pain
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
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

40. What kind of room would an Airborne precaution pt need
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm

41. How is Salmonella transmitted
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
Contaminated food and water
-- 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. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress

42. How can you prevent Salmonella
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
Wash their hands before and after handling pets
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO

43. patient what kind of room they should stay
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact

44. Who needs Standard - Airbourne and Contact precautions
Deet spray
Small pox
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
Private room with negative pressure

45. When should you use Airborne Precautions
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
You should get tested for HIV HEP B - C @ 6 weeks - 3months - and 6 months
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS

46. What should you wear if blood is spurting?
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
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.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

47. 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.
Deet spray
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
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

48. 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
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
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

49. What should you wash the toilet seat with
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Bleach
Glanders - Lassa
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything

50. What would you question with a c diff pt
-- 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. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH