NURS 1-720 Infection Control: Development of an Infection Control Program

Price: $18.00
NURS 1-720 Infection Control: Development of an Infection Control Program (5.75 Contact Hours; $18)
Management skills are useful to every nurse no matter what assignment the nurse accepts. Most nurses work within a health care organization that is managed by others who may be doing a skillful job of managing or may be inept. It is important for each nurse to be able to assess the management skills of those who are managing one’s work place environment. Increasingly, nurses, especially nurses with advanced training are in settings that require that they themselves have management skills. This course is a good introduction to the basic concepts and skills of managing in the health care setting.

What you will learn:
• How to identify the major causes of infection in the long term care facility including
• urinary tract infections,
• respiratory tract infections,
• skin and soft-tissue infections,
• infestations, and
• other infections such as gastroenteritis.

• All the essential elements for an infection control program are presented including
• outbreak control,
• isolation and
• precautions for the major infectious agents.

• Aspects of
• isolation and
• precautions for Bloodborne pathogens,
• hand hygiene,
• resident and employee health and antibiotic stewardship (avoiding overuse of antibiotics) are covered.

Contact Hours for Nursing Continuing Education

All states that require Nursing Continuing Education accept courses from this website (ANCCceus.com).

This continuing nursing education course is approved by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC) for nurses seeking continuing education contact hours in all states that require continuing education to maintain your nursing license. All states that require Nursing Continuing Education accept courses which have been approved by another state board of nursing. Our courses have been approved by the North Carolina State Board of Nursing (one of ANCC’s official approvers) so if your state requires continuing education contact hours (CEs) you can take your contact hours from this website ANCCceus.com.

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