Document Type
Article
Journal Title
The American journal of nursing
Publication Date
4-2015
Volume
115
Abstract
OVERVIEW: In 2014, the authors published the results of a study investigating nurses' use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the care of a live simulated patient requiring contact and airborne precautions. The 24 participants were video-recorded as they donned and doffed PPE. Variations in practices that had the potential to cause contamination were noted. In this article, the authors comment on those variations, analyzing each element of proper PPE protocols and examining why the behaviors are a safety concern for the nurse and a potential risk for disease transmission in the hospital or other clinical area. The authors note that making use of reflective practice for complicated care situations such as infection control may help nurses improve decision making in isolation care.
MeSH Headings
Cross Infection, Curriculum, Education, Nursing, Guideline Adherence, Hospitals, Isolation, Humans, Infection Control, Nursing Staff, Hospital, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Protective Devices, United States
DOI Link
ISSN
1538-7488
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Recommended Citation
Beam, Elizabeth L.; Gibbs, Shawn G.; Hewlett, Angela L.; Iwen, Peter C.; Nuss, Suzanne L.; and Smith, Philip W., "Clinical challenges in isolation care" (2015). Journal Articles: College of Nursing. 27.
https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/con_articles/27
Comments
Accepted manuscript of Beam, E. L., Gibbs, S. G., Hewlett, A. L., Iwen, P. C., Nuss, S. L., & Smith, P. W. (2015). Clinical Challenges in Isolation Care: Safe Practices for Nurses at the Bedside. American Journal of Nursing, 115 (4), 44-49. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.naj.0000463027.27141.32