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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

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1. What is a GUAIAC test?
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
N - V - D and Abd pain
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis

2. Rule: Transferring PEDS Patient To MS (MED SURGE)
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. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C

3. Who shouldn't get the measles vacc
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
Bleach
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever

4. What should you wash the toilet seat with
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
Bleach
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus

5. patient what kind of room they should stay
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K

6. What should you wear if blood is spurting?
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
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
Kopliks spots
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm

7. Infected Air - borne precaution
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
Private room with negative pressure
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask

8. Contact Precautions
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Bleach

9. Which pt's can't the pregnant nurse care for
DISCONTINUE The ATB
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS

10. What Is The Rule: NEVER SEND A Patient To SURGERY ANTICOAGULANT
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield

11. What should you teach pt's to wear for protect themselves against Lyme disease
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Deet spray
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
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

12. How can you stop the spread of c diff

13. What should you have the patient sign after being stuck by a needle?
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
Feces of infected people or animals
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm

14. Who needs Standard Contact and Droplet precautions
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Glanders - Lassa
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)

15. What is warn when suctioning?
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
Private room with negative pressure
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]

16. After getting the Varicella vacc who should you teach pt's to avoid
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments

17. What type of job should a person with hepatitis never have
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
Chef
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

18. What should the nurse immediately do if she stuck by a used needle?
Private room with negative pressure
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Deet spray
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure

19. Who shouldn't get the Chicken pox vaccine

20. What is the two diseased caused by ticks
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
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

21. To be most effective when should postexposure prophylaxis (PPE) be started?
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Kopliks spots
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

22. Rule: DISCHARGE DURING AN EMERGENCY
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
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
1.Select patient with chronic stable conditions (EX: Pressure ulcer = Stable chronic condition) 2. Do not discharge acute surgical patients

23. Transferring Patient BETWEEN WARDS
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

24. If aptient is going to surgery do not give them
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
-- 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
Contaminated food and water

25. Droplet precautions
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Mask will 3 feet
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM

26. When should you use Airborne Precautions
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
COPD + Negative pressure room = Keep together
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES

27. What is the order for putting on personal protective gear?
-- 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
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
Private room with negative pressure
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves

28. What should you wear when taking a pt's VS?
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation
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
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything

29. What kind of diet is needed for a PT with hepatitis A
A diet high in calories and low fat
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
Kopliks spots

30. How is Hep A spread
Fecal/oral
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation

31. What precaution are needed for Scabies pt
MY CHICKEN HEZ TB - Measles(RUBEOLA) - Chicken pox (VARICELLA) - Herpes zoster(SHINGLES) IMMUNOCOMPROMISIED And DISSEMINATED - TB
N - V - D and Abd pain
Rest - warm - humid air
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots

32. When is a pt w/measles most contagious?
A
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
Before the rash appears
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.

33. What are the characteristics of Mumps
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin

34. What are the S/S for Botulism
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
N - V - D and Abd pain
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)

35. How is Salmonella transmitted
Contaminated food and water
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
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

36. When dealing w/ a Droplet percautions pt they require
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
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
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever

37. CONDITIONS REQUIRED SEIZURE PRECAUTIONS

38. What is the most common cause of ATB associated diarrhea
Feces of infected people or animals
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
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)

39. Who needs Standard - Airbourne and Contact precautions
Small pox
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
Rest - warm - humid air
Dry cough

40. What patients need Droplet precautions?

41. What are the Ni for Pertussis?
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
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
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
Rest - warm - humid air

42. What is the tx for Scabies
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
Contaminated food and water
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH

43. What kind of room would an Airborne precaution pt need
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE 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. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers

44. What are char of Pertussis( whooping cough)
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
Dry cough
Before the rash appears
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS

45. What are common side effects of PPE
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days

46. Which Patient NEED To ISOLATE
-- 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 consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
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. Rabies pt's would need

48. GENERAL RuleS FOR VACCINES
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
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
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
Private room with negative pressure

49. What should a Contact Precaution pt have
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Chef

50. What is the most dangerous type of Hep?
A
Gloves
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
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs