What is the nurses role in preventing/reducing post c-section infections?

[RNIZZY14]

My topic is " The Nurses's role in prevention/reduction post-c-section infections".

My school changed the idea this year from patient education to NURSE education.

Basically, how can NURSES play a role in the problem we identified.

Any suggestions on my new topic?

Does anybody know where I can find nursing journals related to my topic?

So far, I found 2, but its been very hard. We need 15 nursing journals total out of 30 articles.

[classicdame, MSN, EdD]

for one thing, a c-delivery requires an incision, so you will have to do for that patient what you would do for any patient with an abdominal incision.

[cayenne06, MSN, CNM]

The Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health is a good place to look, and of course AWOHNN. Don't forget to check the publications from other countries too!

[Okami_CCRN, BSN, RN]

I would start off by using the databases provided by your school, run a couple of searches on Cesarian Section reduction/infection. Try different combination, make sure you select scholarly articles only.

Also just think about what a c-section entails, its a surgical procedure so infection risk is always there. things like strict hand hygiene, dressing changes (if appropriate), etc

[RNIZZY14]

I have been using the database searches on my school website. However, I found several good articles that I cant use because they are older than 5 years. I am specifically looking for Nursing journals, or journals written by nurses. I would really appreciate it if I can get some help in finding at least some nursing journals regarding my topic.

[4boysmama]

have you asked the research desk at your school for assistance? I found the research librarians in my system to be invaluable resources in finding hard-to-locate articles!

[RNIZZY14]

yes I have! but I am still searching!!! lol

[sara&]

I also searched a lot of articles and about the question according my experience nurses have a lot of to do when dealing with patients suffering c-section infection. Too bad. I mean they play the main role after the surgery. The main role is to prevent patients from contacts with other people and make everything as clean as possible.

[la_chica_suerte85, BSN, RN]

For the good articles that you have found that are older than 5 years, see if there have been any citations made to those articles by newer articles. I sometimes go backwards->forwards that way and find appropriate articles that way. They cite the old article so you should still be able to get that information. This is what I do for new articles that cite sentinel publications (i.e. fantastic work that still remains relevant but may be way past the 5 yr exp date). Find those old articles and see what cites have been made since its publication.

[klone, MSN, RN]

Do you have access to CINAHL?