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What This Book Owns, Borrows, and Refuses
A three-column ownership ledger in monospace with leader dots, the refusal column set visibly quieter than the ownership column.
The scope contract
| OWNS | BORROWS | DOES NOT COVER |
|---|---|---|
| Chain of infection in depth, and the break action at each of the six links | NCJMM step names and definitions → BOOK 02 · P4 | Drug safety and the high-alert medication list, which is Book 5 |
| The four types of immunity and the vaccine logic that decides who may staff a precaution room | Priority setting and delegation frameworks → BOOK 03 · P6 | Calculation and calculation-error prevention, which is Book 6 |
| Standard precautions, element by element | Anything about a specific drug, dose, or adverse effect → BOOK 05 · P7 | Neutropenic and immunocompromised oncology nursing, which is Book 11. This book supplies the positive-pressure room; Book 11 supplies the patient |
| Contact, droplet, and airborne precautions, plus the protective environment | Any calculation of any kind → BOOK 06 · P5 | Laboratory values of every kind, which is Book 7 |
| The disease-to-precaution assignment problem, including the dual-category conditions | Every reference range and every critical value → BOOK 07 · P3 | Skill checklists and documentation forms, which are Book 15 |
| PPE donning and doffing sequence, and where in the room each step happens | The neutropenic patient's daily care → BOOK 11 · P9 | Seizure precautions, which stay with Book 1's safety map and Book 10's neurologic depth |
| Hand hygiene indications and agent choice | The childhood and adult immunization schedule → BOOK 13 · P8 | Infectious disease pathophysiology, incubation, and treatment |
| Medical asepsis, surgical asepsis, and the sterile field decision rules | Sterile technique as a psychomotor skill → BOOK 15 · P7 | Occupational health follow-up after an exposure event |
| The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals, year-stamped | The introductory chain map → BOOK 01 · P25 | Facility construction standards beyond the room specifications tested on the exam |
| Restraint law, alternatives, monitoring, and documentation | ||
| Fall risk screening and prevention | ||
| Fire safety, electrical safety, radiation safety, hazardous materials | ||
| Disaster and mass-casualty triage | ||
| CDC Category A bioterrorism agents and the precaution each requires |
The asepsis boundary
- Book 4 owns the rules of the sterile field: what makes it sterile, and what ends its sterility.
- Book 15 owns the sequence: how to open the pack, how to glove, how to change the dressing.
- Same subject, different mode. Learn the rules here. Learn the hands there.
Margin noteIf it's a number, it's Book 7.
TakeawayThis book answers one question, which barrier, and hands every other question to a named book.