Question..Please help anyone!!!

Hi! I'm taking the Nclex-PN for the 2nd time this afternoon and have a quick question...When assigning rooms, do HIV/Aids patients always have private rooms? Also private/cohort rooms..when cohorting (if that's even a word lol) does that just mean either the patients are in a private room or share a room with someone who has the same illness? Know this may seem stupid, but the first time I tested I had a few of these questions and just wanna make sure I understand correctly. Thanks!

I actually just went over this one in Hurst the other day. With AIDS pts They do not always have to be private. You may stick them with someone who does NOT have an INFECTIOUS diesease. for example; you can put them with someone who has asthma. However you can NEVER stick them with someone who has a fresh incision because cross contamination could occur.

Hope this helps.....

Good luck today!!!!!

No they dont always have private rooms

Thank you sooo much Shar Pei!!! You're a great help! I'm going to do my best :)

You are so very welcome. Hope all went well for you today :)

When making roommate assignments, just remember the patient in the question is always "clean".. or else they wouldn't be able to get a roommate. So you can't put a "clean" patient with a "dirty" patient.. such as c.diff or anything that could transmit to the clean patient.. or even a patient who is considered "potentially dirty".. such as a patient who has frequent loose stools.. we assume something is going on, but don't know for sure, so he would be a potential.

So just find the patient who is clean (even the aids patient), and they can be roommates :)

Good luck!!

These are the type of discussions I find helpful as i study for my exam. 1 more week, I take the Nclex-PN next friday. I was just going over the precautions for airborne , droplet, etc.

Tell me if this is correct. I found that airborne is for Measels, chicken pox (varicellas), and TB. The rest of the respiratory I found to be just droplet. Now Im trying to make sure I understand what that means. The airborne client has a negative pressure private room, use of a mask or personal resp protection device is required, client wears a mask when leaving room. Droplet precautions I found to be private room or cohort client, use of a mask, mask on client when they leave room. Hope I got this right.

These are the type of discussions I find helpful as i study for my exam. 1 more week, I take the Nclex-PN next friday. I was just going over the precautions for airborne , droplet, etc.

Tell me if this is correct. I found that airborne is for Measels, chicken pox (varicellas), and TB. The rest of the respiratory I found to be just droplet. Now Im trying to make sure I understand what that means. The airborne client has a negative pressure private room, use of a mask or personal resp protection device is required, client wears a mask when leaving room. Droplet precautions I found to be private room or cohort client, use of a mask, mask on client when they leave room. Hope I got this right.

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