Infection control resources???

Just took the NCLEX a few hours ago, and infection control was DEFINITELY huge portion.

You have to know and synthesize three things... What diseases require what type of isolation.. what is required for each type of isolation, and how to dress/undress in order. There was a lot of stuff about do you wear a mask with RSV type things when up close, etc....

If I could have studied one thing for the exam, it would have been infection control. Luckily, I stopped at 75 and got the good PVT pop-up, so I'm hopeful.

Best of luck!

yay!! THANKS SO MUCH for the advice!! and early CONGRATS as far as my friends who passed told me...the "trick" worked for them so yay!!

now that I got this advice......does anyone know what resource should I be studying from to learn this information and would help me????

Someone else posted this in the random facts thread:

Airborne Precautions

Private Room

Negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges per hour

UV

Mask

N95 mask for TB

My Chicken Hez TB

MyMeasles

ChickenChickenpox

HezHerpes Zoster (Disseminated)

TBTB

Droplet Precautions

Private Room

Mask

SSSPPPIDERMMMAn

SSepsis

SScarlet Fever

SStreptococcal Pharyngitis

PParvovirus B19

PPertussis

PPneumonia

IInfluenza

DDiphtheria (Pharyngeal)

EEpiglottis

RRubella

MMumps

MMeningitis

MMycoplasma or Meningeal Pnuemonia

AnAdenovirus

Contact Precautions

Private Room

Gloves

Gown

MRS. WEE

MMulti-drug Resistant Organism

RRespiratory Infection - RSV

SSkin Infections

WWound Infections

EEnteric Infections - Clostridium Defficile

EEye Infections

VCHIPS (skin infections)

VVaricella Zoster

CCutaneous Diphtheria

HHerpes Simplex

IImpetigo

PPediculosis

SScabies, Staphylococcus

OMG!! YAY!! THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!

any other advice, resources, or help????

what april31099 posted was what i used when studying isolation. it really helped because nclex throws out a lot of isolation and infection control questions at you. also the cdc website was also of help. good luck to you on your exam

oh and can you please tell me how to get to the infection control section of the CDC website? I would REALLY appreciate it.

U guys are all AWESOME!!! Thank you SOOOOOOO much for your help!! '

more then half of my exam had questions on infection control..well that's what i felt like. but this is what helped me the most on ever single question related to this topic. if it wasn't for this, i don't think i would have passed!!

airborne precaution

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

oh and can you please tell me how to get to the infection control section of the CDC website? I would REALLY appreciate it.

U guys are all AWESOME!!! Thank you SOOOOOOO much for your help!! '

Don't waste ur time on CDC website!! All u really need is what I posted above or similar posts to what I posted. I memorized the above info the day before my exam!! Goodluck.

I used the same thing sweetmya to memorize infection control and it helped a great deal when it came to the test.

nursingstudentstill you will do fine with the above posting from sweetmya for infection control. Good luck on your test!!

WOW!! THANKS EVERYONE!!

I'm taking mine on the 22nd of this month at 2:00. So much info 2 study........AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

Nursingstudentstill where r u taking your test i take my nclex pn on april 2 at 8:00 in st louis mo i'm claiming it but so nervous i got a sign posted on my wall with my appointment time and date, and my name with the initials lpn behind it.

I have a CDC chart infection control chart. Its over 45 pages. Send my your email so I can send you the document. tried to post the pdf doc here but I cant.

Good luck