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Ellen J Eckes1, Debbie Gutierrez2, Ann Peterson2
1Ellen J. Eckes is a clinical nurse specialist, Medical Surgical Specialties Service, Clinical Center Nursing Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.Debbie Gutierrez is a senior nurse manager, Medical Surgical Specialties Service, Clinical Center Nursing Department, National Institutes of Health.Ann Peterson is a clinical nurse specialist, Medical Surgical Specialties Service, Clinical Center Nursing Department, National Institutes of Health.Melissa Hubbard is the clinical manager in the special clinical studies unit (a specialized isolation patient care area), Medical Surgical Specialties Service, National Institutes of Health.Kevin Barrett is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases nurse specialist for the special clinical studies unit, National Institutes of Health.Ann Marie Matlock is the service chief, Medical Surgical Specialties Service, Clinical Center Nursing Department, National Institutes of Health. She is a captain in the US Public Health Service. eckese@cc.nih.gov.
Abstract:
Nurses manage patients with common infectious diseases by following institutional guidelines based on expert advice, evidence in the literature, and a wealth of experience. Today nurses are challenged to provide care to patients with multidrug-resistant organisms and virulent infectious diseases such as Ebola virus disease. Management of some patients with virulent infectious diseases occurs in the context of minimal experience with the pathogen, course of infection, diagnostics, nursing care, and treatment. Limited evidence exists in the US or international literature about direct nursing care of patients with virulent infectious diseases in the community, clinic, or hospital. Workplaces may have insufficient supplies, equipment, and knowledge of the management of patients with these diseases. At the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, nursing education strategies for enhanced experiential learning are used to prepare staff to care for patients with virulent infectious diseases, especially Ebola virus disease.
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