Review chapters 14 and 15 of your textbook for a review of Antimicrobial Drugs and Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity.
References: https://openstax.org/details/books/microbiology
And then visit the Infectious Disease Society of America
For this discussion, please choose to take ONE role in the following scenario.
Research and Support your post in your response.
A patient has arrived in the ER critically ill. She had a minor surgery the week previously and was discharged home with antibiotics. Upon arrival to the ER, the patient presented gravely ill, the surgical wound red, swollen, puss filled and her temperature elevated. A post surgical infection is suspected.
Choose only ONE (Topic) role in this scenario:
Chosen topic- You are the nurse caring for the patient.
Compose an exposition to address the following questions:
1. Is this infection likely MRSA?
2. What would a MRSA infection look like on a patient; for example, describe how the wound presents.
3. Was the patient exposed to MRSA in the hospital prep, during the surgery the week previously or sometime afterwards (post-discharge)?
4. Where does liability for this (potential) infection rest? Is it the responsibility of the patient (making sure she followed her discharge instructions, etc), nurse(s), scrub technicians, physicians, surgeons and/or infectious disease specialists to ensure resistant diseases are kept in check in hospitals?
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