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I am new to this forum and new nursing student! I need to interview someone on how microbiology effects your everydy work.For example if some one could tell me bout a new string of resistant bacteria or the jalapeno and tomatoe outbeaks. How many patients came in with such symptoms. Or fluc vaccines or anything with micro involved. It will only take like 15 minutes because I really have to do the brunt of the research on the three different topics you discuss with me! Thanks so much!:yeah:

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Well, we wash our hands a lot.

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We are seeing a lot of MRSA+ folks.

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Well, we wash our hands a lot.

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We are seeing a lot of MRSA+ folks.

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Thanks but do you think I could email you my questionaire or cht with you for a few minutes sometime in the ner future? I cn just email you my questions if that is easier?

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Thanks but do you think I could email you my questionaire or cht with you for a few minutes sometime in the ner future? I cn just email you my questions if that is easier?

I'll pm you my email.

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Can you post your questions here?

Welcome to Nursing and N School!

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Specializes in ICU.

we had no patients come in with either of those outbreaks. flu, our numbers were up with the elderly populations on the units. it's mandated now during flu season to vaccinate anyone that fits the protocol which is a pain in the butt as many of our patients are confused and have no idea (either do their families) when in doubt, they get another flu shot. this also goes for pneumovac.

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Specializes in CCRN-CMC-CSC: CTICU, MICU, SICU, TRAUMA.

It sounds like you have a choice of topics as long as it pertains to microbiology... why don't you do something like MRSA... it effects nurses directly, gown/mask/glove... my hospital screens with nasal swab on admission and every week on a designated day... if someone converts in the hospital we track it and soon the HMOs aren't going to reimburse cost of care after nosocomials... there are plenty of statistics on increased cost of care, increase in complications/healing, etc. There are significant discrepancies to address... there is a significant variance of temperature as your progress through the nares... 0.5 centimeters difference will impact the ability of the microbe to colonize... so if the swab isn't done at the right depth... you'll get a false negative... if the next one is done at the right depth you get the original what should have shown positive, but now it's charted as nosocomial... so responsibility of nurse technique is significant on results... and has huge impact on financial outcomes... then there's MRSA in wounds, etc... it would be a great paper because you could also then tie in the psychosocial impact on patients when staff has to gown and mask in what feels like a space suit and visitors have to gown up... how must that feel for a patient? ...or a family member when they come back home and nobody gowns? I'd like to see a study on how patient care is impacted by MRSA with required gowning and gloving because I am certain pts bedside care is less... I see nurses minimizing trips into the rooms because they don't want to gown up... clustering activities (which is fine unless there are contraindications to such like increased ICP, etc.)...especially when it is hot... I bet this impacts outcomes... But there is a ton of stuff to pull up on MRSA... and huge psychosocial impact on patients and significant impact on nursing practice... Great topic for your assignment! If you want you can interview me...

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Hello all

Thanks for the help here are my questions. You dont have to give me any info on the infections because I am suppose to research them but if you want to explain a little about it I dont mind.lol!!!

1) Obtain the name/title/institution of your professional, and include how long s/he has

been working in the field, and how you know/contacted them.

Do you remember some of the topics from your microbiology course that you

consider most important to your work today? Why are these important?

b. What are some of the most common infectious diseases among your patients?

How often do you encounter them?

c. Have you encountered antibiotic resistance with some of the infectious agents

that your patients have contracted? If so, which ones?

d. Do you routinely give vaccinations or immunotherapy to your patients? Have

you experienced difficulties with side effects?

e. Has genetic engineering or gene therapy played a role in procedures with

your patients?

f. Do you routinely interact with microbiologists in the clinical laboratory? If so,

in what ways?

5. Take notes and ask for recommendations for reference material, if available. Be sure

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