[SunnyBunny75]

I just read that nurses over 50 (who received the small pox vaccination as a child) who work in the emergency department are required to get a small pox vaccination since there's more of a risk in the ER...however, nurses born AFTER 1971 never received one as a child, so therefore don't need one over 50 as do others...could someone please explain?

[Jack_ICU]

Originally Posted by Buttercup7507

I just read that nurses over 50 (who received the small pox vaccination as a child) who work in the emergency department are required to get a small pox vaccination since there's more of a risk in the ER...however, nurses born AFTER 1971 never received one as a child, so therefore don't need one over 50 as do others...could someone please explain?

Have you tried CDC web site? I am reading it right now and there are tons of info on small pox vaccine. I'll let you know if I get a definitive answer.

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox...tion/facts.asp

Jean

[semisweetchick]

TIP: Remember to cohort. In other words, a patient with MRSA (for example) is best placed in a room with another MRSA patient.

[Jack_ICU]

2 quicks facts...

1. Viral meningitis usually does not requires protective measures of isolation
2. Bacterial meningitis => droplet precautions (surgical mass,..._

Later...

[ChristineN]

Originally Posted by Jack5801

2 quicks facts...

1. Viral meningitis usually does not requires protective measures of isolation
2. Bacterial meningitis => droplet precautions (surgical mass,..._

Later...

Thanks for posting, I kept getting my meningitis precautions confused, and was going to have to review!

[Jack_ICU]

Originally Posted by ChristineN

Thanks for posting, I kept getting my meningitis precautions confused, and was going to have to review!

Hey Christine! Which school you went to in Pittsburgh? Pitt,Duquesne or CCAC? Used to live in Pittsburgh...
Good luck on the test. When r u testing?

[ChristineN]

Originally Posted by Jack5801

Hey Christine! Which school you went to in Pittsburgh? Pitt,Duquesne or CCAC? Used to live in Pittsburgh...
Good luck on the test. When r u testing?

Hey Jack, none of the above, I'm Shadyside grad! I'm aiming for testing in September (graduated end of June), but if I feel ready and have all my paperwork, I wouldn't mind testing in Aug.

[SCCC07Grad]

Measles, chicken pox (varicella), disseminated varicella zoster, Tuberculosis

Barrrier Protection: single room maintained under negative pressure
door kept closed except when someone is entering
exiting the room
Negative airflow pressure used in room, (min of 6 - 12 air exchanges per hour depending on the facility
Ultraviolet germicide irradiation or high-efficiency
particulate air filter used in the room
Mask or personal respiratory protection device used
Mask placed on the client when client needs to
leave the room; client only leaves only if necessary!

[SunnyBunny75]

I was going to watch the video on infection control from kaplan today(I know I'm squeaky in this area when doing quesions) although I took a klonopin(I have BAD test anxiety, so bad that I feel like I'm going to have a heart attact!) to test how I'd react to it because I wan't to take an anti anxiety drug daily only for a week before the test...don't you know I was out like a light for the past 5 HOURS! Well now I know to perhaps take a half a dose each day the second week before the test, then again the week before so I don't feel as woozie as I did today, but boy was that one of the most relaxing sleeps I had in ages.

[love-d-OR]

RSV is contact precautions. So wear gloves and a gown. It is a respiratory infection that is transmited through contact with the secretions.


When you put your protective gear on start from top to bottom : mask-> gown-> and gloves. When you take them off start from bottom to top: gloves->gown->mask. (I tried to research this part just to make sure it is what I remember it to be, but found nothing so Im not 100% certain)

Wash hands between patients and whenever visibly soiled.