Evidence-based infection control measures

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Infection control case study

Mike was a 45-year-old male and a registered nurse who works at community hospital in Ohio. He has changed his career from business management to nursing two years ago. During his practice in hospital setting, he ignores washing hand when enter his patient room, touch fomites without caution. The infection control staff at the hospital has given him many verbal and written warning about the importance of infection control measures. He still failed to comply in the facility he works for several months. Recently he had febrile and has a severe pain on his skin. In additions he developed redness, pus, swelling and sometimes itching on his bilateral legs. He was seen in the ER department and the physician who evaluates him has ruled out Mike to be in a private room.

Direction- read the case study carefully and answer the following questions below

1. Based on the scenario above, what is the medical diagnosis of this patient?

2. What is the single most and evidence-based infection control measures at no cost which also provides 97% of protection from microbes?

3. One of the steps of nursing process is nursing diagnosis. Define this term in your own words and identify the nursing diagnosis correlated to this case study.

4. What is the difference between nursing diagnosis and medical diagnosis and what are their importance in the treatment of disease and care of the patient to promote optimum health?

5. What are signs and symptoms of the identified patient medical problem and how you as the registered nurse set intervention?

6. What is the acronym for this medical term and define it with its properties and mechanisms of intervention?

7. You are the nurse who admitting patient with similar symptoms. What will be your primary action?

8. If left untreated, this medical problem can progress to what level of severe health problem?

9. Identify how this medical problem is treated.

10. What will be your nursing care plan for this patient and explain how you will adhere to infection control measures to ensure staff and family safety.

11. What are the topics of patient and family health teaching in the events that you are discharging this patient home ?

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