Infection control NCLEX.

cooliegirl · May 23, 2011

i found this on the site, hope it helps. good luck to you on boards!!

source: saunder's 3rd ed.

transmission-based precautions: adc

a - airborne

d - droplet

c - contact

airborne precaution (credit goes to the one who posted this on april thread, sorry can't remember your name)

my - measles

chicken - chickenpox

hez - herpes zoster (disseminated)

tb - tb

private room

negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges per hour

uv

mask

n95 mask for tb

droplet precaution

think of spiderman!

s - sepsis

s - scarlet fever

s - streptococcal pharyngitis

p - parvovirus b19

p - pertussis

p - pneumonia

i - influenza

d - diptheria (pharyngeal)

e - epiglottitis

r - rubella

m - mumps

m - meningitis

m - mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia

an - adenovirus

private room

mask

contact precaution

mrs.wee

m - multidrug resistant organism

r - respiratory infection - rsv

s - skin infections

w - wound infections

e - enteric infections - clostridium defficile

e - eye infections

skin infections:

v - varicella zoster

c - cutaneous diptheria

h - herpes simplex

i - impetigo

p - pediculosis

s - scabies, staphylococcus

private room

gloves

gown

BoszPrince · May 23, 2011

thanks!! :) its a big help! but still it wont answer whether I'm gonna close or open the door with Contact precaution. Because it was one of the question from NCLEX when i took it last time.

uaefan · May 24, 2011

Hi Bosz,

Just like droplet, you can leave the door open for contact. That mnemonic that was posted is a godsend. Definitely all you need to answer any IC question that comes up on NCLEX. All the best!

lilmith · May 24, 2011

which kind of meningitis do you put on isolation, viral or bacteria?

BoszPrince · May 24, 2011

Hi Bosz,
Just like droplet, you can leave the door open for contact. That mnemonic that was posted is a godsend. Definitely all you need to answer any IC question that comes up on NCLEX. All the best!

Finally!! thanks!! :) it was asked to me twice during the test and i thought i got it wrong. I also looking for what type of precaution will be used for Pneumonia Plague . . Is it Dropet or contact?

BetterMeRN · May 24, 2011

which kind of meningitis do you put on isolation, viral or bacteria?

Viral Meningitis pt's are placed on isolation.

Fiori1020 · May 24, 2011

Finally!! thanks!! :) it was asked to me twice during the test and i thought i got it wrong. I also looking for what type of precaution will be used for Pneumonia Plague . . Is it Dropet or contact?

As I have learned from Feuer lecture on infection control, which made great sense, not to confuse you, when a patient has respiratory problems like the flu or pertussis we put them on droplet but we also maintain contact precautions because these organisms will come in contact with the environment so they will be on both. NCLEX may not test to that extent but never say never because those organisms will also be in the environment and contact precautions would need to be maintained, i.e. if a nurse has significant contact or interaction with the environment for a patient on droplet precautions, a gown would be used along with a mask (droplet). Droplet --> if closer than 3 feet, need a mask. But pneumonia in

itself would be droplet if we had to chose from 2 choices droplet OR contact.

Hope this helps AND not confuses. :)

passredskins1 · May 24, 2011

i found this on the site, hope it helps. good luck to you on boards!!
source: saunder's 3rd ed.
transmission-based precautions: adc
a - airborne
d - droplet
c - contact
airborne precaution (credit goes to the one who posted this on april thread, sorry can't remember your name)
my - measles
chicken - chickenpox
hez - herpes zoster (disseminated)
tb - tb
private room
negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges per hour
uv
mask
n95 mask for tb
droplet precaution
think of spiderman!
s - sepsis
s - scarlet fever
s - streptococcal pharyngitis
p - parvovirus b19
p - pertussis
p - pneumonia
i - influenza
d - diptheria (pharyngeal)
e - epiglottitis
r - rubella
m - mumps
m - meningitis
m - mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia
an - adenovirus
private room
mask
contact precaution
mrs.wee
m - multidrug resistant organism
r - respiratory infection - rsv
s - skin infections
w - wound infections
e - enteric infections - clostridium defficile
e - eye infections
skin infections:
v - varicella zoster
c - cutaneous diptheria
h - herpes simplex
i - impetigo
p - pediculosis
s - scabies, staphylococcus
private room
gloves
gown

:yeah:i am foreever grateful to the dude who made up this infection ctrl pnemonics......i memorized it all through my studying...wrote it down on the board they gave me @ the testing center...and it helped a lot...i had questions come out of this infection ctrl mnemonics

caliotter3 · May 24, 2011

Relax, OP, you will do well with the info presented here.

SENSUALBLISSINFL, BSN, RN · Aug 7, 2012

Awesome, the Spiderman is rather long, not sure how I can memorize it, but I will try.

For Droplet I made my own, not sure if it will help anyone: MR EP Pursued My Sister Dolly

Meningitis, Rubella, Epiglottis, Pneumonia (bacteria) Pertussis, Mumps, Strep, Diphtheria...

I really cannot take all the credit as I think I saw somewhere something similar, I just made up my own.

For what I understand, only those that are on isolation (TB, MRSA and Measles) you leave the door closed.

Corrections are welcomed. Testing soon and for what my classmates who have just taken the boards, infection appeared heavily for them.

souleater11 · Aug 7, 2012

hi guys, this Contact precaution question is a little tricky.

is the care appropriate if a Nursing assistant wears a gown and takes a BP to a patient with respiratory infection (RSV) ?