PRIMARY PREVENTION OF HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS
Primary Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections
Kyle Volack
Grand Canyon University
During my community teaching experience, the opportunity to provide education to community health care workers regarding health care associated infections was given. Health care associated infections are a major epidemic throughout health care worldwide. Primary prevention is a major factor of preventing health care associated infections on all levels. As primary prevention seeks to stop injury or illness, here, we utilize this purpose with education and instruction to identify risks and infection causing behaviors. This community teaching experience was created to do exactly that. Utilizing research regarding the epidemiological triangle, a presentation was designed using primary prevention to educate a target audience regarding the prevalence of infectious bacteria's in their environment. An analysis of infection causing behaviors in a community setting reveals the need for a teaching plan of hospital acquired infections in a assisted community living environment. For an appropriate community setting, a long term care facility was chosen to develop a teaching plan. The teaching plan created identifies behaviors in which employees spread infection. The presentation educated employees of the most common types of infections and illness caused by specific bacteria's, and techniques with thorough instructions on how to prevent the spread of these infectious organisms. The teaching plan developed was developed using the nursing diagnoses of risk for infection related to insufficient knowledge. The target group for the teaching plan were the direct care giving employees of the Good Samaritan Society assisted living facility. Specific outcome goals were created in which after the presentation the target audience would competently identify behaviors, risks, and techniques that cause hospital acquired infections. The teaching was also given
Kyle Volack
Grand Canyon University
During my community teaching experience, the opportunity to provide education to community health care workers regarding health care associated infections was given. Health care associated infections are a major epidemic throughout health care worldwide. Primary prevention is a major factor of preventing health care associated infections on all levels. As primary prevention seeks to stop injury or illness, here, we utilize this purpose with education and instruction to identify risks and infection causing behaviors. This community teaching experience was created to do exactly that. Utilizing research regarding the epidemiological triangle, a presentation was designed using primary prevention to educate a target audience regarding the prevalence of infectious bacteria's in their environment. An analysis of infection causing behaviors in a community setting reveals the need for a teaching plan of hospital acquired infections in a assisted community living environment. For an appropriate community setting, a long term care facility was chosen to develop a teaching plan. The teaching plan created identifies behaviors in which employees spread infection. The presentation educated employees of the most common types of infections and illness caused by specific bacteria's, and techniques with thorough instructions on how to prevent the spread of these infectious organisms. The teaching plan developed was developed using the nursing diagnoses of risk for infection related to insufficient knowledge. The target group for the teaching plan were the direct care giving employees of the Good Samaritan Society assisted living facility. Specific outcome goals were created in which after the presentation the target audience would competently identify behaviors, risks, and techniques that cause hospital acquired infections. The teaching was also given