Antimicrobial stewardship for nurse practitioners and physician assistants: enhancing patient safety through education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As nurse practitioners and physician assistants (APPs) become more prevalent in delivering pediatric care, their involvement in antimicrobial stewardship efforts increases in importance. This project aimed to create and assess the efficacy of a problem-based learning (PBL) approach to teaching APPs antimicrobial stewardship principles.

Methods

A PBL education initiative was developed after communication with local APP leadership and focus group feedback. It was offered to all APPs associated with Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Participants completed a survey which assessed opinions on antimicrobial stewardship and included knowledge-based questions focused on antimicrobial stewardship. Prescriptions for skin and soft tissue infections associated with APPs w

SUBMITTER: Parzen-Johnson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10644159 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature