INFECTION CONTROL NCLEX REVIEW
Everyone taking the NCLEX or is about to take the NCLEX has realized that the NCSBN had change some of the content format of the NCLEX. One of the big changes includes the percent amount ofSAFETY AND INFECTION CONTROL that will be on the NCLEX. The “Safety and Infection Control” now makes up about 8-14% of the questions in the NCLEX, I believe that it only previously composed of about 9-12% prior (or I could be wrong).
INFECTION CONTROL
Recently Infection Control makes up about 10- 13% of the NCLEX. That means that if you are able to get the average of about 130-150 questions, then you are guaranteed to recieved between 15- 20 questions that is related to Infection Control. Even if we get the least (75) amount of questions, we can still receive about 7-9 questions that is related to infection control, that is a HUGE help, if we do well on these questions. I personally dont think that Infection control is a difficult area. I believe that most of the nursing students never really studied “Infection Control,” when they were in Nursing School. Therefore, this lack of knowledge did not prepare the majority of the Nursing Student for the NCLEX.
STANDARD PRECAUTIONS
- is always done in congruent with the other types of precautions.
Transmission-based Precautions includes:
A – Airborne
D – Droplet
C – Contact
Airborne Precaution
* IS DONE WHEN SMALL DROPLETS OF INFECTED PATHOGENS ARE ABOUT ( 5 UM) ARE SUSPENDED IN THE AIR OVER TIME AND TRAVELS A DISTANCE OF MORE THAN (3) THREE FEET.
AIRBORNE PRECAUTION IS USED WITH THESE DISEASES:
My – Measles
* MEASLES- OR RUBEOLA
* CAN BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH BLOOD URINE AND DROPLETS
* COMMUNICABLE ABOUT 4-5 DAYS AFTER THE RASH
* TREATMENT: BEDREST AND ANTIBIOTICS
Chicken – Chickenpox
* CHICKENPOX (VARICELLA)
* PT. WILL HAVE A SLIGHT FEVER
* MACULAR RASH APPEARS ON TRUNK AND EVENTUALLY TURN TO CRUST.
Hez – Herpes Zoster (Disseminated)
TB – Tuberculosis...