Thought I would forward this information on our Blog:
News Alert from the Center for Nursing Advocacy:
Nurse Jackie and HawthoRNe have created quite a stir in the nursing community, causing excitement about nurses being featured as lead characters on prime time television, but also concern about whether the character profiles and story lines will have a positive or negative impact on the public's understanding of who nurses are and what they do.
Center for Nursing Advocacy board members have been weighing in, and we would like to open a discussion with all of you on what has already become a source of controversy among nursing professionals. Suzanne Gordon, internationally known journalist, advocate for nurses, and a member of our Board of Directors, wrote an op-ed for the Boston Globe on the new shows, and Board chair Mary Dominiak was quoted in a Chicago Sun-Times article.
Please join the discussion at our discussion board. Our discussion board was recently reactivated after removing a deceptive thread started by an unauthorized person who posted false information about the Center's status. Now, we invite your thoughts on the following topics:
Are Nurse Jackie and HawthoRNe harming or helping nursing?
How can nurses, including nursing faculty, use Nurse Jackie and HawthoRNe to educate their peers and students about the importance of becoming advocates for the nursing profession?
We look forward to the discussion!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Nurse Jackie
Click on link above to find out more about this showtime series. Within the link are also spoilers and clips.enjoy!
Thursday, June 4, 2009
MRSA
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a micro-organism that has developed a resistance to antibiotics. MRSA is currently the most clinically significant antibiotic-resistant organism (ARO) in Canada.
MRSA is hardy. The bacteria can live up to six weeks on environmental surfaces and is easily transmitted by skin-to-skin contact and touching shared items. Through the implementation of evidence-based strategies, healthcare providers can reduce MRSA transmission and infections.
About 220,000 Canadians develop hospital-acquired infections each year and about 8,000 die from them annually. It costs more to treat MRSA infections than to prevent them. Estimated costs for treating and isolating patients with MRSA infections was $82 million in 2004 and that could reach $129 million by 2010. Total cost per infected MRSA patient averages $12,216, for prolonged hospitalization, special control measures, expensive treatments and extensive surveillance.
The five key components of evidence-based infection control practices that form the basis of successfully reducing MRSA transmission include an aggressive hand hygiene program; systematic cleaning and decontamination of the environment and equipment; precautions for contact with any patient that is infected with MRSA; selected MRSA screening surveillance cultures on admission and at other times during hospitalization if indicated; and regularly reporting of MRSA infection rates to frontline workers and hospital leadership. Participation in this intervention can help your organization meet the MRSA reporting requirements of the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation.
MRSA is hardy. The bacteria can live up to six weeks on environmental surfaces and is easily transmitted by skin-to-skin contact and touching shared items. Through the implementation of evidence-based strategies, healthcare providers can reduce MRSA transmission and infections.
About 220,000 Canadians develop hospital-acquired infections each year and about 8,000 die from them annually. It costs more to treat MRSA infections than to prevent them. Estimated costs for treating and isolating patients with MRSA infections was $82 million in 2004 and that could reach $129 million by 2010. Total cost per infected MRSA patient averages $12,216, for prolonged hospitalization, special control measures, expensive treatments and extensive surveillance.
The five key components of evidence-based infection control practices that form the basis of successfully reducing MRSA transmission include an aggressive hand hygiene program; systematic cleaning and decontamination of the environment and equipment; precautions for contact with any patient that is infected with MRSA; selected MRSA screening surveillance cultures on admission and at other times during hospitalization if indicated; and regularly reporting of MRSA infection rates to frontline workers and hospital leadership. Participation in this intervention can help your organization meet the MRSA reporting requirements of the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation.
Video's on HAI and MRSA
For some really interesting video information regarding HAI's and MRSA, please click the link below.
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