Spread Of Infection: A Case Study
3. The MSN prepared nurse will have barriers no matter which clinical setting they practice. As the infection control practitioner at my facility, I will always face barriers in preventing the spread of infection. I work with many disciplines which include physicians, nursing, environmental services, facilities, dietary and the list is infinite for everyone participates in infection prevention. One of the biggest barriers faced is the “sacred cow” as described in the article Putting Evidence into Practice (Makic, Martin, Burns, Philbrick, & Rauen, 2013). When implementing change at my organization, “But we’ve always done it this way” is not an uncommon statement. Over the past few decades, multidrug resistant organisms are on the rise
contributing to increased healthcare associated infections including surgical site infections, healthcare associated infections, central line associated blood stream infections and ventilator associated pneumonia and conditions. These infections increase hospital length of stay, healthcare costs and mortality. “Despite years of research and evidence supporting interventions to prevent infection, health care workers’ translation of the evidence into daily practice is lacking” (p. 37). The MSN prepared nurse develops the skills to identify gaps in knowledge and practice as well as skills for identifying strategies to locate evidence based resources and employ them within their organization. This nurse has developed skills to collaborate with all disciplines and is recognized as a change agent that promotes the implementation of best practice. They appreciate that all nurses, which are the largest healthcare workforce, play a major role in patient outcomes thus can participate in creating evidence based practice and MSN leaders do so by coaching them and engaging them in best practice activities. MSN leaders know that this process is always evolving so we, as clinical leaders, are responsible for always staying abreast of current practice and working with others to put the evidence into practice.
contributing to increased healthcare associated infections including surgical site infections, healthcare associated infections, central line associated blood stream infections and ventilator associated pneumonia and conditions. These infections increase hospital length of stay, healthcare costs and mortality. “Despite years of research and evidence supporting interventions to prevent infection, health care workers’ translation of the evidence into daily practice is lacking” (p. 37). The MSN prepared nurse develops the skills to identify gaps in knowledge and practice as well as skills for identifying strategies to locate evidence based resources and employ them within their organization. This nurse has developed skills to collaborate with all disciplines and is recognized as a change agent that promotes the implementation of best practice. They appreciate that all nurses, which are the largest healthcare workforce, play a major role in patient outcomes thus can participate in creating evidence based practice and MSN leaders do so by coaching them and engaging them in best practice activities. MSN leaders know that this process is always evolving so we, as clinical leaders, are responsible for always staying abreast of current practice and working with others to put the evidence into practice.