Our group decided to focus on the topic of infection control. We learned throughout nursing school that preventing hospital acquired infections is a top priority of most hospitals. It was not until we got onto the unit that we realized how prominent this issue is. Seeing the statistics on how common HAIs are was eye opening. We found that the best way for reducing these numbers were just by education. The longer I spend in nursing school and being exposed to healthcare, the more I realized how many things can be avoided just by prevention and education.
Our topic was recommended by one group member, and everyone agreed that infection control was a great idea to do our project on. In the beginning, our draft needed to be changed slightly but there was no need to revise the topic. Our team worked well together and made sure assignments were submitted on time. We had a group chat to be able to communicate effectively and there were no issues or challenges that needed to be solved.
The findings of this report can easily be applied for my future nursing practice. Even though I am not a nurse yet, I am a huge advocate in prevention. I love educating patients and family members on health-related issues and how prevention can improve their overall wellbeing. For this project, I learned that it is important for nurses to be educated on how to prevent HAIs. I can now incorporate these methods of infection control into my future nursing practice and hopefully be able to prevent my patients from having complications that can be preventable.
Bianca – I think the importance of infection control will always be an issue in the healthcare setting, therefore, this project is so important to put out there and research. I believe more eyes seeing/reading about the effects that lack of infection control have in the healthcare setting, lead to more members wanting to prevent the decrease in patient care and their health. It’s crazy to think that “1 in 31 hospitalized patients have at least one hospital associated infection.” It’s too bad that healthcare members don’t know what’s expected of them in prevention but also that there is a lack of education. Education leads to prevention and I’m glad to see how you guys are implementing your research to the unit you chose. I think your infographic is visually pleasing and eye catching. Each topic on your infographic is one step in the educational process of infection control.