http://allnurses.com Infectious Disease Nures are Clinical nurse specialists focusing on infectious disease control work primarily in major health care facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes. In an effort to monitor and prevent the spread of drug-resistant infections, they serve as policy-makers, administrators, educators, consultants, researchers, and in other roles. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:05:45 GMT vBulletin 60 http://img.an-file.info/misc/rss.jpg http://allnurses.com http://allnurses.com/infectious-disease-nursing/job-interview-infectious-436843-new.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:58:44 GMT Ahhh! I just received a call today from a doctor at a great nearby hospital that I would love to... Ahhh! I just received a call today from a doctor at a great nearby hospital that I would love to work at saying she would like to interview me TOMORROW for a position at an infectious disease physicians office. she seemed kinda in a rush on the phone and gave me very little info other than I would be administering IV antibiotics, checking labs, picc line sites, pt history, so on. I'm really excited for this opportunity, not only since this is the first interview I've been offered since graduating in July but also because it sounds very interesting and it is a very important field right now. I think I could get great experience from this job.

But I am sooo nervous for the interview!! I really do not have alot of experience with interviews and dont know what to expect from the interview. She found my resume on monster.com so it sounds as if they are in need, hopefully that will work to my advantage. Anyways, any tips from fellow nurses on questions they may ask? Or important questions I should ask back? Any tips would be great!! ]]> Infectious Disease Nursing RNillini14 http://allnurses.com/infectious-disease-nursing/job-interview-infectious-436843.html http://allnurses.com/infectious-disease-nursing/mrsa-testing-436658-new.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:13:06 GMT On the unit I work we take care a lot of elderly patients, and most of them have a history of MRSA.... On the unit I work we take care a lot of elderly patients, and most of them have a history of MRSA. If the patient's alzheimers hasn't kicked in and they remember they came from a nursing home we do a nasal swab to check to see if the MRSA is a current issue and they need to be a in private room somewhere with contact isloation signs on their door. If they tell us they came from home and don't have a history then we pass on the swabbing. The only time we swab anywhere else, like the axilla or perineal area, is if we receive a MD order to do so. Are there any other tests done on admission where you work to check for MRSA? And what about the hospital offering tests for the nurses? During our annual helth fair we only get the TB test done. I'm sure everyone I work with has MRSA and we don't even know it.

-Melissa, RN ]]> Infectious Disease Nursing _melissa http://allnurses.com/infectious-disease-nursing/mrsa-testing-436658.html http://allnurses.com/infectious-disease-nursing/h1n1-plus-mrsa-434003-new.html Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:38:53 GMT Does anyone know of good articles about H1N1 with compicating MRSA pneumonia? I saw Dr Jain on CNN... Does anyone know of good articles about H1N1 with compicating MRSA pneumonia? I saw Dr Jain on CNN yesterday and he spoke of this complication that apparently is very deadly. It is not surprising, but the sad thing is that is is effecting children and young adults. He went so far as to recommend that if a flu patient presents with difficulty breathing and a very high WBC, that the doctor should consider starting Vancomycin immediately. This makes sense to me since a patient can go downhill very quickly with MRSA pneumonia.
I don't understand why this information or a form of it isn't a widespread warning for anybody with the flu who has persistant difficulty breathing or fevers. CDC needs to get the word out and give warnings that H1N1 complications can include deadly MRSA pneumonia and people should not ignore the warning signs. ]]> Infectious Disease Nursing Mammy1111 http://allnurses.com/infectious-disease-nursing/h1n1-plus-mrsa-434003.html