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NCLEX Lpn Infection Control

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1. Rabies pt's would need

2. What should you teach pt's to wear for protect themselves against Lyme disease
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
Deet spray
Private room with negative pressure

3. Droplet precautions
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
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
Mask will 3 feet
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)

4. How is c diff transmitted?
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
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 you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)

5. What should the nurse immediately do if she stuck by a used needle?
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
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.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept

6. What is the most dangerous type of Hep?
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
Chef
A
Private rooms or patient with same organisms

7. What should you wear when taking a pt's VS?
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
Nothing unless the pt is in isolation

8. If aptient is going to surgery do not give them
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days
1. Oldest child 1st 2. No communicable diseases 3. Not immunocompromised 4. No teaching needed]
A
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K

9. What is warn when suctioning?
Gloves - gown - goggles and mask - Everything
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
EBOLI - MARBAR - CRIMEAN CONGO
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis

10. What pt's would be ok for a pregnant nurse to care for
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.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus

11. What are the characteristics of Mumps
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
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
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

12. What is the two diseased caused by ticks
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask

13. How can you prevent Salmonella
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard

14. Who shouldn't get the Chicken pox vaccine

15. Which pt's can't the pregnant nurse care for
MEASLES - GERMAN MEASLES - PARAVIRUS B19 - VARICELLA CHICKEN POX - RADIO ACTIVE ISO TOPE - HANGING CHEMO MEDS
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
Rest - warm - humid air

16. What should you have the patient sign after being stuck by a needle?
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus
A consent form to be signed for Hep B - C and HIV
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
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure

17. Who needs Standard Contact and Droplet precautions
Glanders - Lassa
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
Nausea - diarrhea and fatigue for up to 28 days

18. What colors indicate blood in the stool when doing GUAIAC test
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
Gloves - Goggles and a face shield
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
-- 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

19. What are the Ni for Pertussis?
Rest - warm - humid air
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine

20. What are the S/S for Botulism
Small pox
A
N - V - D and Abd pain
Deet spray

21. What Is The Rule: NEVER SEND A Patient To SURGERY ANTICOAGULANT
N - V - D and Abd pain
- Low platelets -- High PT/ PTT -- Coumadin/ Heparin ---- TURP --- PT 20 ( report to the doctor)
Before the rash appears
Rest - warm - humid air

22. What patients need Droplet precautions?

23. When CAN INFECTED Patient LEAVE TheIR ROOM
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments
Wash hands before eating - after handling pets wash fruit and through cook meat and eggs
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
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.

24. How would you take off Personal protective gear?
1.Gloves 2.Goggles 3.Gown 4.Mask
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
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
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

25. What type of job should a person with hepatitis never have
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
Chef
Swelling and tenderness of one or more salivary glands

26. What should a Contact Precaution pt have
A diet high in calories and low fat
Disposable dinnerware - GLOVES/GOWN ALWAYS - need dedicated equipment and disinfect room
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM

27. After getting the Varicella vacc who should you teach pt's to avoid
Private rooms or patient with same organisms
Newborns - pregnant women - Immuncompromised pts for - 1 MONTH
Rocky mountain fever and Lymes disease
HIV - HEP B - C - Cytmegalovirus

28. What other ATB might be prescribed to treat c diff
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
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
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
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

29. CONDITIONS REQUIRED SEIZURE PRECAUTIONS

30. How is Hep A spread
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor
Chef
DISCONTINUE The ATB
Fecal/oral

31. Where can you find Salmonella
An order for and Anti Diarrhea med like Imodium
Feces of infected people or animals
Before the rash appears
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM

32. Rule: Transferring ADULT To PEDIATRIC WARDS
Blue - Blue - green - GREEN means negative
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
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Lindane - Crotmiton - Permethrine

33. What are char of Pertussis( whooping cough)
1.Properly dispose of the needle - remove gloves 2.Wash your hands 3.Alert your manager or report to the health dept
Dry cough
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K
Gown and gloves and disinfectant all the equipments

34. Who needs Standard - Airbourne and Contact precautions
Small pox
Contaminated food and water
Mask will 3 feet
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.

35. What is the order for putting on personal protective gear?
1. Patient which are UNSTABLE 2. Unknown diagnosis 3. Patient whose condition is made worse by stress
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact
-- 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

36. What precaution are needed for Scabies pt
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
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
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM
Contact which are gloves and gown - Toes - wet - warm - spots

37. WHen should you use standard percautions
Pink red maculopapules
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard
BLOOD - All BODY FLUIDS - NON INTACT SKIN - MUCOUS MEMBRANES
PRIVATE - NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOM

38. When To USE STAndARD PRECAUTIONS
Dry cough
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
1.Recieve ward must be familar w/ the disease/ treatment 2. Be alert for gender specific wards
Contact you touch it you get it the nurse would touch something contaimanated then transfer it by direct pt to pt contact

39. How can you stop the spread of c diff

40. INTERVENTION FOR PREVENT ASPIRATION
Those with liver problems and pregnant women
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
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

41. Who shouldn't get the measles vacc
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
Glanders - Lassa
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.. 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

42. What are the major ATB associated w/ c diff
Typhus - Psittacosis - Meliodosis - Shigellosis - Brucellosis
Within in 1 hour of exposure - but is still effective if given as late as 24 hours after exposure
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
Pencillins - Cephalosporins - Clindamycin

43. Who should get the chicken pox vaccine
Contaminated food and water
1. Unvaccinated children 12months and older 2.Susceptible non pregnant women 3. Susceptible persons living in a dorm or jail 4. International travelers
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

44. Identify the type of precaution required
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
Private room with negative pressure
A test to decect fecal occult blood assess for hidden blood in stool
Examples: Airborne - droplet - contact or standard

45. What is the most common cause of ATB associated diarrhea
People w/ egg allergies - pregnant - illness or fever
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
C Diff( Clostridium difficle)
Wrist ankles Palms - soles Forearm

46. Rule: What YOU CAN USE When Patient GOING To SURGERY And Which MED YOU CAN HOLD
-- 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
Oral Flagyl and and Vancomycin
Mask will 3 feet
5 shots - Immunoglobulins are given - but if there showing symtoms it's too late

47. Rule: MED ERROR - PT INJURY OR ATTEMPT SUICIDE
A
Dry cough
Maculopapular rash and vesicular scabs
1St provide care 2nd notify MD ( medical doctor

48. Which Patient NEED To ISOLATE
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
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
Deet spray

49. What should you do if the c diff is linked to an ATB
Before the rash appears
N - V - D and Abd pain
DISCONTINUE The ATB
NSAIDS/ASA - HEPARIN - COUMADIN GARLIC - GINKGO BILOBA - GINSENG And VITAMIN K

50. When is a pt w/measles most contagious?
- REMEMBER PUT YOUR GOWN On MOM SO WE CAN GO GET YOUR GLOVES 1. Gown 2. Mask 3. Goggles 4. Gloves
Before the rash appears
Don't take anti - inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen - asparin more than 325mg a day 7days prior - Colchine - Iron - Vit C
Coumadin/ Heparin - DIC - Hemophila - Chemo - Problem w/ bone marrow - Cancer - Liver disease - On aspirin or NSAIDS