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I made flashcards for all the diseases--there were a ton! And then wrote either A, D, or C on the back of the flashcards (airborne, droplet, contact). Also, make sure to memorize what you need for each precaution (glove and gown for contact, mask for droplet, private room, etc). Then you should be fine if you memorize all them. I actually think the infection questions helped me on the NCLEX, because they were pretty straightforward. Good luck!
Make a chart: Airborne-->TB, Shingles, negative pressure room, special fitted mask, pt wears mask when been transported
Droplet: Meningitis, influenza, mask, 3ft from pt, cohort, pt wears mask when trasported
Contact: MRSA, C-DIFF, VRE, gown and gloves
Standard: gown when necessary (wound care), gloves, wash hands between pt, you assume everyone has some infectious disease
Make a chart: Airborne-->TB, Shingles, negative pressure room, special fitted mask, pt wears mask when been transportedDroplet: Meningitis, influenza, mask, 3ft from pt, cohort, pt wears mask when trasported
Contact: MRSA, C-DIFF, VRE, gown and gloves
Standard: gown when necessary (wound care), gloves, wash hands between pt, you assume everyone has some infectious disease
(Got the idea of of another poster on allnurses:up:)
:yeah:
Transmission-based Precautions: ADC
A - Airborne
D - Droplet
C - Contact
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
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Im curretnly studying to get prepared for my nclex LVN and im trying to find a good way to review all the isolations guidlines as in what isolation and precautions would you take for a pt with chicken pox, rubeola, TB, aids, c-diff, mrsa, VRE ect.. ihave no clue where to start. Please Help!