Learning Goal: I’m working on a nursing discussion question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
- The Strategies to Prevent HAI includes levels of evidence for support for each strategy offered.
Write one example for each level of evidence used in the article. - Remembering what you learned in the Evidence-Based Nursing Course about the Levels of Evidence, define each level of evidence used in the previous question and state which level provides the strongest evidence. (You may have to refer to your notes from the Evidence-Based Nursing class to find the Level of Evidence)
- Transmission of infectious agents within a healthcare setting requires three elements for spread. Name the 3 elements.
- According to the Hand Hygiene – Show me the Science website, why does the CDC say that handwashing is better than using hand sanitizer?
- Why is it important for nurses to recognize themselves as a reservoir of infectious agents and patients as susceptible hosts?
- State 3 differences between the strategies to prevent C. Difficile infection transmission and other types of Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI).
- Search Isolation Guidelines – CDC for the scientific rationale for standard and transmission-based precautions. Read Part I – Section 1.B.1 through 1.B.3e. Visit https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/show-me-the-science.html (Links to an external site.) and look around to learn something new about a topic you have heard about a 1000 times. Review Strategies to Prevent HAI