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4) The nurse will preform appropriate hand
4) Hand hygiene is one of the best strategies
4) The patient was not exposed to
hygiene and ensure all people coming into
a healthcare worker can use to prevent the
unnecessary infection due to poor
contact with the patient are as well.
development of a nosocomial infection
hand hygiene during the shift.
(Hunter, 2006).
5) Observe the patient for signs of infection
5) Studies show that a fever of unknown
5) The patient did experience a
during the nursing shift such as fever, warmth,
origin is the single most common and
fever of 100.4 F during the shift
redness, or discharge (Ackley & Ladwig, 2011).
clinically important entity in the assessment
that was reported to the doctor and
for a hospital acquired infection (Engelhart
pancultures of invasive medical
et al, 2002).
lines were taken to try and
determine origin.
Evaluation of outcome(s):
1. The outcome was not met the patient had a temperature of 100.4 F during the shift requiring the taking of pancultures to determine
source of fever.
2. The outcome was met the nurse practiced appropriate hand hygiene and wore gloves for patient care during the shift.
3. The outcome was met. Oral care was performed q2hrs with toothette and suctioning. The patients daily cares were also
accomplished during the shift.
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