Safety and Infection Prevention and Control
NCLEX-PN® practice.
Standard precautions, transmission-based precautions, error prevention, restraints, and safe equipment use. The habits that keep clients safe show up all over the NCLEX-PN®.
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A licensed practical nurse is making a home visit to a 34-year-old woman with a diagnosed autoimmune condition who is receiving home oxygen at 2 L/min via nasal cannula for a related lung complication. The client uses a cane because of joint pain and fatigue. During the visit, the nurse notices the client's adult daughter smoking a cigarette in a chair positioned about 3 feet from the client, who has the oxygen concentrator running at the bedside. What should the nurse do first?
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What you'll practice
Safety and Infection Prevention and Control practice covers the areas the 2026 NCSBN PN Test Plan lists for this category, framed for the practical nurse role.
Where Safety and Infection Prevention and Control lands on the 2026 PN test plan
The NCLEX-PN® scores you across eight Client Needs categories. Each one has an official share of your exam. Here is where Safety and Infection Prevention and Control sits among them on the 2026 NCSBN test plan.
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What does Safety and Infection Control cover on the NCLEX-PN®?
Everything that keeps clients and staff safe: standard and transmission-based precautions, preventing errors and injuries, safe equipment use, restraints, and how to respond to incidents. The 2026 PN test plan names this category Safety and Infection Prevention and Control.
What safety topics trip students up most?
Precaution types are the classic trap. Knowing which conditions need droplet versus airborne versus contact precautions, and what protective equipment each requires, is heavily tested. Restraint rules and error reporting come up often too.
How does Study With Lily practice this category?
Questions are built for the practical nurse scope and aligned to the 2026 NCSBN PN Test Plan. Difficulty adapts to your answers, and every rationale explains why the safe option is safe and why the others are not.
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