Nursing Intervention Assignment 2022

Running head: NURSING INTERVENTION
NURSING INTERVENTION
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Introduction
Healthcare-associated infection (HAIs) is one of the most prevalent health condition
that is affecting the patient’s who are present within the hospital setting and environment and
receive their treatment for surgical or medical condition. This infection can affect the patient
during any surgical procedure or through the devices that are used and practiced during the
medical processes like ventilators or catheters. In United States, healthcare associated
infection is considered as the major cause of mortality and morbidity and the major type of
HAI’s are central line-associated bloodstream infections and methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections (Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, 2019). In the fast hectic and complex hospital setting, the nurses play a major role
in controlling and preventing the condition of HAIs known as infection control nurses, where
they aim to identify, isolate and prevent the healthcare-associated infections and enhance the
quality of care ad safety with bets patient outcome. Therefore, in order to promote and
increase the awareness of reducing healthcare-associate infection within the hospital setting,
it is crucial that nurses have an appropriate knowledge of preventing strategies that can be
used to prevent the condition of HAIs (Currie, 2019). This study will focus on adapting and
enhancing the knowledge of HAIs within the nurse population through the steps and
procedure of evidence-based practice (EBP). The study will provide a detail insight of the
methods or steps of EBP that will aim to support the nurses and guide them to improve their
clinical capabilities and skills associated with the healthcare-associated infection and
enhancing the overall patient safety and care (Jones, 2017).
Implementation of EBP for improving the nursing practice
There are many evidences that states, incorporation and adoption of evidence-based
practice by the nurses have helped them to enhance their clinical capabilities and skills and

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present enhanced patient outcome with high quality of care and support. Evidence-based
practice is considered as the most beneficial and effective care method that will help the
nurses to deliver high quality of care to the patients and improve the patient outcomes. It is
therefore defined as the incorporation of problem-solving method into the clinical care and
practice best nursing practice associated with well-designated study, preferences and patient
values (Walters, 2016). This study will aim to assist the nurses in adapting EBP and
highlighting the best intervention method that will reduce the overall health condition of the
patient. There are three major components that are involved in the evidence-based practice
associated with five crucial steps that is used to improve the health related challenges in a
systematic manner with best clinical skills. In this study, the case of healthcare-associated
infection was the major issue that led to be addressed by the nurses using the steps of EBP
that will promote high level of care and patient safety incorporated with best available
intervention (Casey et al., 2015).
Articulating the research question:
The initial step included in the evidence-based practice (EBP) comprise of
formulating a research question that is construed on the basis of confusion or challenges
faced by the nurses and healthcare providers while monitoring specific patients. The
requirement associate with area of diagnosis, practice, prognosis, therapy and prevention
assist in formulating the research question. Therefore, clinical question will help the nurse
and healthcare provider to include all the aspect of prevention and therefore identify the
preventive measures that will assist them in reducing the health-associated risk for the patient
(Mehta, Malley & Walkey, 2016). The clinical question that will be helpful for collecting
evidence regarding the preventive measures for healthcare-associated infection includes the
following: