Nursing and capstone (24 hours)

Infection Control and Prevention

1. How articles findings connect to infection control and prevention

The articles' findings are in line with infection control and prevention in that they describe the responsibilities nurses are undertaking within the clinical setting to ensure that everybody is protected against nosocomial infections. The articles describe how infection control and prevention nurses spend their time, their everyday duties, and the initiatives to drive infection control and prevention throughout the healthcare organization (Kuhar, 2018). Apart from the nurses, other healthcare professionals are also involved in infection control and prevention. This has led to positive healthcare outcomes for the patients, the community, and the health of the healthcare professionals at large.

2. A list of three objectives for my proposed intervention and the rationale for the objectives

1. To prevent vulnerable patients from acquiring microorganisms that cause diseases by assessing the possibility of cross contamination within the hospital setting. Vulnerable patients are prone to acquiring infections from the hospital environment because of their weak immunity and microbes from contaminated surfaces might infect them (Kuhar, 2018).

2. To control the spread of antimicrobial-resistant infections through cleaning and disinfection of surfaces. Antimicrobial-resistant infections are common in hospital settings, and preventing their spread through cleaning and surface disinfection will reduce infections within the hospital setting, thus improving patients' health (Khan, 2017).

3. To improve the health outcomes of patients within the hospital and those within the community by assessing the standard precautions set to prevent and control infections. When patients are exposed to nosocomial infections, they are unlikely to recover from their health conditions. Therefore, implementing and following the standard precautions set to prevent and control infections is important.

3. A rationale for how my proposed project and objectives support autonomy and social justice for people and a diverse populace

A patient's information related to hospital-acquired infections is prone to disclosure without the patient's informed consent; this denies them their social justice (Magiorakos et al., 2017). My proposed research and objectives will ensure that all the information collected will be after obtaining the patient's informed consent, which will protect their social justice.

References

Khan, H. A., Baig, F. K., & Mehboob, R. (2017). Nosocomial infections: Epidemiology,

Prevention, control, and surveillance. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 7(5), 478-482.

Kuhar, D., Pollock, D., Yokoe, D., Howell, M., & Chopra, V. (2018). Healthcare infection

Control practices advisory committee (HICPAC).

Magiorakos, A. P., Burns, K., Baño, J. R., Borg, M., Daikos, G., Dumpis, U., ... & Szilágyi, E.

(2017). Infection prevention and control measures and tools for preventing entry of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae into healthcare settings: guidance from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 6(1), 113.