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NCLEX Safety and Infection Control practice questions
Safety and Infection Control covers transmission-based precautions, restraints, fall and fire safety, medication safety systems, sterile technique and error prevention. Many items ask which precautions a client needs or which action breaks a safety standard.
Client Needs category: Safe and Effective Care Environment › Safety and Infection Control
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Free sample questions
- NCLEX infection control: which clients need contact precautions (SATA)
- NCLEX question: central line dressing change (SATA)
- NCLEX question: restraint safety and legal standards (SATA)
Key points to know
- Contact precautions: C. difficile, MRSA, multidrug-resistant gram-negatives, scabies, norovirus. Droplet: influenza, pertussis, meningococcus. Airborne: TB, measles, varicella.
- Restraints need a time-limited prescription, documented alternatives, frequent checks and quick-release ties to the bed frame.
- A barcode or pump alert is a stop sign: investigate, don't override.
Other NCLEX categories
- Management of Care
- Health Promotion and Maintenance
- Psychosocial Integrity
- Basic Care and Comfort
- Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
- Reduction of Risk Potential
- Physiological Adaptation
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