NCLEX-PN EXAM
DO NOT delegate what you can EAT! - answerE-evaluate
A-assess
T-teach
Addisons - answerdown, down, down, up, down
Cushings - answerup, up, up, down, up
Addisons - answerhyponatremia, hypotension, decreased blood vol, hyperkalemia, hypoglycemia
Cushings - answerhypernatremia, hypertension, increased blood vol, hypokalemia, hyperglycemia
No Pee - answerNo K
do not give POTASSIUM without adequate urine output
APGAR - answerA=appearance (color all pinks, pink and blue, blue (pale)
P= pulse (>100, <100, absent)
G=grimace (cough, grimace, no response)
A=activity (flexed, flaccid, limp)
R=respirations (strong cry, weak cry, absent)
AIRBORNE - answerMY-Measles
Chicken-Chicken Pox/Varicella
Hez=Herpez Zoster/Shingles
TB
or remember . . .
MTV=Airborne
Measles
TB
Varicella-Chicken Pox/Herpes Zoster-Shingles
*Private Room-negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges/hr mask, N95 for TB
DROPLET - answerthink of SPIDERMAN
, S-sepsis
S-scarlet fever
S-streptococcal pharyngitis
P-parvovirus B19
P=pneumonia
P-pertussis
I-influenza
D-diptheria (pharyngeal)
E=epiglottitis
R-rubella
M-mumps
M-meningitis
M-mycoplasma
An-adenovirus
*Private Room or cohort*
*Mask*
CONTACT PRECAUTION - answerMrs. Wee
M-multidrug resistant organism
R-respiratory infection
S-skin infections
W-wound infxn
E-enteric infxn - clostridum difficile
E- eye infxn - conjunctivitis
SKIN INFECTIONS - answerVCHIPS
V-varicella zoster
C-cutaneous diptheria
H-herpez simplex
DO NOT delegate what you can EAT! - answerE-evaluate
A-assess
T-teach
Addisons - answerdown, down, down, up, down
Cushings - answerup, up, up, down, up
Addisons - answerhyponatremia, hypotension, decreased blood vol, hyperkalemia, hypoglycemia
Cushings - answerhypernatremia, hypertension, increased blood vol, hypokalemia, hyperglycemia
No Pee - answerNo K
do not give POTASSIUM without adequate urine output
APGAR - answerA=appearance (color all pinks, pink and blue, blue (pale)
P= pulse (>100, <100, absent)
G=grimace (cough, grimace, no response)
A=activity (flexed, flaccid, limp)
R=respirations (strong cry, weak cry, absent)
AIRBORNE - answerMY-Measles
Chicken-Chicken Pox/Varicella
Hez=Herpez Zoster/Shingles
TB
or remember . . .
MTV=Airborne
Measles
TB
Varicella-Chicken Pox/Herpes Zoster-Shingles
*Private Room-negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges/hr mask, N95 for TB
DROPLET - answerthink of SPIDERMAN
, S-sepsis
S-scarlet fever
S-streptococcal pharyngitis
P-parvovirus B19
P=pneumonia
P-pertussis
I-influenza
D-diptheria (pharyngeal)
E=epiglottitis
R-rubella
M-mumps
M-meningitis
M-mycoplasma
An-adenovirus
*Private Room or cohort*
*Mask*
CONTACT PRECAUTION - answerMrs. Wee
M-multidrug resistant organism
R-respiratory infection
S-skin infections
W-wound infxn
E-enteric infxn - clostridum difficile
E- eye infxn - conjunctivitis
SKIN INFECTIONS - answerVCHIPS
V-varicella zoster
C-cutaneous diptheria
H-herpez simplex
