infection control questions????

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Hello everyone!!! From what I've read in the postings, there is a good chance that there will be infection control questions on the NCLEX RN. I'm not asking for the questions but more of a general what types of things to study because infection control and precautions is a wide topic for me and I don't know what to focus on. For example, is it what is the correct precautions for a certain disease??? what personal protective equipment are we supposed to have on during certain precaution measures?? what family members must wear to be in the room. I'm just wondering what to focus on studying. Can someone give me advice based on their experience even though I know everyone's test is different??? Please......

I appreciate all responses and apologize but I'm just VERY nervous!!! :confused:

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Specializes in Telemetry.

You can look at infection precautions and the route of the common infections such as airborne, droplets, skin, contact precautions and direct etc.

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Specializes in NICU, Post-partum.
You can look at infection precautions and the route of the common infections such as airborne, droplets, skin, contact precautions and direct etc.

Exactly.

Respiratory disorders will almost always have droplet, but may also have contact as well.

MRSA would be contact precautions.

You have to know what the disease/disorder is in order to answer the question regarding infection control measures.

Remember that things like Hep C and HIV...should never need special disclosure to a caregiver (unless it's the nurse assigned to the patient) because universal precautions should protect you...as these diseases are transmitted via body fluids.

Hope that helps.

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Thanks BabyLady for the response but I have some questions for you and everyone else. First of all, you wrote that most of respiratory would be droplet. I have most such as RSV as contact. Am I wrong? Which ones are droplet??

Also...are the questions structured to where it doesn't just name a disease and you answer the type of precaution but instead, they give you the clinical manifestations or symptoms and then you answer which type of precaution to use???

THANKS FOR ANY RESPONSES!!!

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Specializes in NICU, Post-partum.
Thanks BabyLady for the response but I have some questions for you and everyone else. First of all, you wrote that most of respiratory would be droplet. I have most such as RSV as contact. Am I wrong? Which ones are droplet??

Also...are the questions structured to where it doesn't just name a disease and you answer the type of precaution but instead, they give you the clinical manifestations or symptoms and then you answer which type of precaution to use???

THANKS FOR ANY RESPONSES!!!

If you go through the respiratory section of your NCLEX study guide, it will tell you what you need to know.

Seriously....way too much to post here...would literally take up a chapter.

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nclex study guide?? um...does that mean look it up in saunders and resource books like that or is there a study guide out there that I'm missing??

THANKS FOR CHATTING WITH ME BTW!!!

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Specializes in med-surg,icu,geriatrics.

just remember MTV for airborne...measles, tb and varicella ( chicken pox and herpes zoster ) ;)

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