Question

Antimicrobial Stewardship

• How do you plan to be an appropriate steward of antibiotics in your practice as a nurse practitioner?
• How will you explain this to patients?
• If you had a patient demanding antibiotics for an issue that was viral or fungal, how would you address this with the patient.

Answer 1

ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP is a co-ordinated program that promotes the -appropriate use of antimicrobials - improves patient outcome, - Reduces microbial resistance - Decreases the spread of infections caused by Multidrug-resistance a Appropriate steward of Antibiotics - Antibiotics should be taken 1 and 4 times a day, doses equally spaced thoroughout the day taken ah same time each day. - Missue or overdose cause - Onfelbom organismu adapt to antimicrobials designed to kill them,

making drug ineffective. ( Drug Reistance) - People infected with antimicrobial resistance organismi are more likely to have longer more expensive hospital stay and may sometimes die as a result of infection. - Should int stake Ankabiotics for Viral infections. - If antibiotics are prescribed, you need to finish them if the patient feel better. failure may result in rcoccurrence of bacterial infection - Antibiotics are ment only to kill bactoria not to kill Virus on fungus Virus and bacteria chave different mechanisms and machinary to survive and replicate. The antibiotic chas no target to attack in a virus. Antiviral Medications are specific to Viruses. so we can explain all the above discused point with patient who insist to precrube Antibiotics to Viral and fungal issue