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- Title
Join the A-Team: Exploring the key role nurses play in antimicrobial stewardship.
- Authors
Wenger, Mateusz
- Abstract
Purpose/goals: The goal is to highlight how mitigating incidents of resistance is an integral role for registered nurses. This session will focus on how nurses can contribute to their antimicrobial stewardship programs through education, advocacy, and collaboration. Session description: Antimicrobial resistance poses a grave threat to the landscape of healthcare with the failure of effective strategies against resistant infectious organisms. Risks associated with resistance include increased patient mortality and morbidity, length of stay, and higher associated costs. Antimicrobial stewardship programs are multidisciplinary with a focus to minimize adverse resistance. Registered nurses play a pivotal role in the beneficial outcome of antimicrobial stewardship programs. As frontline caregivers, registered nurses are the hub of coordinating appropriate antimicrobial management related to patient response based on appropriate nursing assessments and interventions. This presentation will be supported by recent literature on the nurse’s role in antimicrobial stewardship and elaborate on the main ways nurses can influence antimicrobial care decisions. The goal is to highlight how mitigating incidents of resistance is an integral role for registered nurses. Learning outcomes: 1. Concept review of antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial stewardship. 2. Acknowledging the role of registered nurses as key stakeholders in antimicrobial stewardship. 3. Implementation strategies nurses can utilize to promote antimicrobial stewardship.
- Subjects
DRUG resistance in microorganisms; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL roles
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Critical Care Nursing, 2017, Vol 28, Issue 2, p50
- ISSN
2368-8653
- Publication type
Article