Published Mar 9, 2010
nursingstudentstill
69 Posts
Can anyone please share with me what resource helped you to learn infection control. I've read that a lot of questions deal with this. Is that true for anyone? I would really appreciate your advice and opinions.
Thank you!!
EvanTheNeonate
8 Posts
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????
april31099
45 Posts
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
SSSPPPIDERMMMAn
SSepsis
SScarlet Fever
SStreptococcal Pharyngitis
PParvovirus B19
PPertussis
PPneumonia
IInfluenza
DDiphtheria (Pharyngeal)
EEpiglottis
RRubella
MMumps
MMeningitis
MMycoplasma or Meningeal Pnuemonia
AnAdenovirus
Contact Precautions
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????
omo25
25 Posts
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!! '
sweetmya
370 Posts
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
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
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.
NurseLil-lea
431 Posts
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
godsgift2
83 Posts
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.