[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":107},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-nclex-rn-isolation-precautions-cheat-sheet":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":97,"description":98,"extension":99,"image":100,"meta":101,"navigation":102,"path":103,"seo":104,"stem":105,"__hash__":106},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fnclex-rn-isolation-precautions-cheat-sheet.md","NCLEX-RN Isolation Precautions Cheat Sheet (Free Printable)",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":93},"minimark",[9,13,16,30,36,39,81],[10,11,12],"p",{},"The NCLEX hands you the lab reference ranges — it won't hand you isolation precautions. Knowing which disease needs airborne, droplet, or contact precautions (and the PPE that goes with each) is on you, and it's one of those topics where a single wrong detail — a surgical mask where an N95 was required — costs you the whole question.",[10,14,15],{},"So we built a one-page cheat sheet for the Airborne \u002F Droplet \u002F Contact framework, and checked every disease on it line-by-line against the CDC's own precautions table.",[10,17,18],{},[19,20,26],"a",{"href":21,"ariaLabel":22,"rel":23,"target":25},"\u002Fassets\u002Fblog\u002Fnclex-rn-isolation-precautions-cheat-sheet.png","Open the full-size NCLEX-RN isolation precautions cheat sheet",[24],"noopener","_blank",[27,28],"img",{"alt":29,"src":21},"NCLEX-RN Isolation Precautions Cheat Sheet — airborne, droplet, and contact precautions at a glance",[10,31,32],{},[33,34,35],"em",{},"Tap to open the full-size image in a new tab.",[10,37,38],{},"A few of the details the exam loves to test:",[40,41,42,54,64],"ul",{},[43,44,45,49,50,53],"li",{},[46,47,48],"strong",{},"Airborne (measles, TB, varicella)"," needs a fit-tested ",[46,51,52],{},"N95"," — a surgical mask is the wrong answer.",[43,55,56,59,60,63],{},[46,57,58],{},"C. diff"," means ",[46,61,62],{},"soap and water",", not alcohol sanitizer (it doesn't kill the spores) — plus contact precautions.",[43,65,66,69,70,73,74,69,77,80],{},[46,67,68],{},"Negative pressure"," keeps germs ",[33,71,72],{},"in"," (protect others from the patient); ",[46,75,76],{},"positive pressure",[33,78,79],{},"out"," (protect the immunocompromised patient). Don't flip them.",[10,82,83,84,88,89,92],{},"Want to practice spotting them under pressure? ",[19,85,87],{"href":86},"\u002F","NCLEX Kingdom"," has 4,000+ NCLEX-style questions — ",[19,90,91],{"href":86},"start free in your browser →",".",{"title":94,"searchDepth":95,"depth":95,"links":96},"",2,[],"2026-07-14","A free, high-yield NCLEX-RN isolation precautions cheat sheet — airborne, droplet, and contact precautions verified against CDC guidance, on one printable page.","md",null,{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fnclex-rn-isolation-precautions-cheat-sheet",{"title":5,"description":98},"blog\u002Fnclex-rn-isolation-precautions-cheat-sheet","nYYsFIXcrndX6D6Oiex7ZAEs76eNtHxSHrdB1ml9ELg",1784036743798]