Nurses' knowledge and implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention strategies in acute paediatric settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nurses are the first point of contact for patients and are responsible for monitoring and reporting signs of infection. The COVID-19 pandemic cemented nurses' leadership role in infection prevention. Despite this, nurses' contribution to Antimicrobial Stewardship initiatives remains under-recognised. The aim in this study was to determine how paediatric nurses understood their role and contribution to antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention and control practices in three different acute paediatric wards.

Methods

Forty-three nurses were recruited from an adolescent ward, an oncology ward and a surgical ward in a metropolitan tertiary children's hospital for a qualitative exploratory descriptive study.

Results

Thematic and content analysis derived

SUBMITTER: Kilpatrick M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10164287 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature