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Scenario:
You?are?the?chief?nursing?officer?in?a?large?academic?tertiary?care?center.?You?have?been?told?that?your
organization?has?had?an?increase?in?nosocomial?infections.?As?the?chief?nursing?officer,?you?want?to?combat?this
problem?that?is?impacting?patient?care.
Note:?To?complete?the?requirements?below,?you?may?use?fictitious?data?or?real?data?(if?the?name?of?the
organization?is?changed).?This?task?is?focused?on?the?process?you?would?take,?not?the?specifics?of?the?data?since
this?is?a?fictitious?scenario.
Requirements:
Your?submission?must?be?your?original?work.?No?more?than?a?combined?total?of?30%?of?the?submission?and?no
more?than?a?10%?match?to?any?one?individual?source?can?be?directly?quoted?or?closely?paraphrased?from?sources,
even?if?cited?correctly.?
You?must?use?the?rubric?to?direct?the?creation?of?your?submission?because?it?provides?detailed?criteria?that?will?be
used?to?evaluate?your?work.?Each?requirement?below?may?be?evaluated?by?more?than?one?rubric?aspect.?The
rubric?aspect?titles?may?contain?hyperlinks?to?relevant?portions?of?the?course.
Respond?(suggested?length?of?5?8?pages)?to?the?requirements?below?as?the?chief?nursing?officer?from?the
scenario.
A.?Discuss?evidence?based?practices?for?reducing?nosocomial?infections,?including?one?item?from?each?of?the
following?areas?with?specific?evidence?for?how?the?item?reduces?infections:
??products
??technology
??patient/family
??finances
??community?relations
B.?Analyze?the?impact?of?nosocomial?infections?on?patient?care.
C.?Complete?a?gap?analysis?in?which?you?do?the?following:
Note:?Refer?to?the?attached??Gap?Analysis??template?to?assist?with?parts?C?through?C5.
1.?Identify?major?causes?that?lead?to?the?transmission?of?nosocomial?infections.
2.?Discuss?the?impact?of?stakeholder?roles,?responsibilities,?and?relationships?on?patient?care?outcomes.
3.?Discuss?the?roles?of?infection?control?and?education?within?the?organization?in?the?scenario?and?how?they
relate?to?each?other.
4.?Describe?a?strategy?to?combat?the?increase?of?nosocomial?infections.
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5.?Discuss?one?goal?for?reducing?nosocomial?infections?for?each?of?the?areas?from?part?A1:
??products
??technology
??patient/family
??finances
??community?relations
6.?Discuss?possible?solutions?to?the?gap,?anticipating?potential?challenges?and?using?information?from?the?gap
analysis.
a.?Analyze?one?solution?from?part?C6?to?recommend?in?combatting?nosocomial?infections.
D.?Acknowledge?sources,?using?APA?formatted?in?text?citations?and?references,?for?content?that?is?quoted,
paraphrased,?or?summarized.
In?this?task,?you?will?consider?how?your?philosophy?of?nursing?aligns?with?the?RN?BSN?Program?Conceptual
Framework.
Note:?When?using?sources?to?support?ideas?and?elements?in?an?assessment,?the?submission?MUST?include?APA
formatted?in?text?citations?with?a?corresponding?reference?list?for?any?direct?quotes?or?paraphrasing.?It?is?not
necessary?to?list?sources?that?were?consulted?if?they?have?not?been?quoted?or?paraphrased?in?the?text?of?the
assessment.
Note:?No?more?than?a?combined?total?of?30%?of?a?submission?can?be?directly?quoted?or?closely?paraphrased?from
outside?sources,?even?if?cited?correctly.?For?tips?on?using?APA?style,?please?refer?to?the?APA?Handout?web?link
included?in?the?APA?Guidelines?section.