Good Nursing Is Good Antibiotic Stewardship
| Autor: | Richard N. Olans, Rita Olans, David J. Witt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
030106 microbiology MEDLINE Resistance (psychoanalysis) Appropriate use 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Anti-Infective Agents Nursing Multidisciplinary approach Humans Medicine Antimicrobial stewardship 030212 general & internal medicine Prescription Drug Misuse General Nursing Economic consequences business.industry Drug Resistance Microbial General Medicine United States Antibiotic Stewardship Nursing Care Nursing Staff Stewardship business |
| Zdroj: | AJN, American Journal of Nursing. 117:58-63 |
| ISSN: | 0002-936X |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.naj.0000521974.76835.e0 |
| Popis: | Resistance to antibiotics has increased dramatically in the United States, with serious associated medical, social, and economic consequences. The most promising approach to this national crisis is a new understanding of the need for the careful and responsible use of antibiotics, both for the benefit of society and for the optimal care of each patient. This multidisciplinary approach, called antimicrobial stewardship, has typically involved specialists but not necessarily nurses, who perform numerous antibiotic-related activities daily and should be an integral part of antimicrobial stewardship programs. In this article, we use patient examples to review several stewardship activities and illustrate how nurses are essential to the appropriate use of antibiotics. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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