Question

Galen's first program outcome is "Safe, Patient-Centered Care." Upon completion of this program, you should be competent and able to deliver safe, patient-centered care to all your patients. Every course you take in this program should help you towards those goals. Please address the questions below: What did you learn in Microbiology that will help you deliver safe, patient-centered care? Are there any patient care behaviors that you have changed in your nursing practice this quarter as a result of your new microbiology knowledge? If not, are there any Microbiology-related mistakes that you see your colleagues making in your places of employment? What is the most important thing that a nurse should know about Microbiology?

Answer 1

Answer:Microbiology plays major role in the case of nursing. Microbiology helps to understand and prevent the spread of infection. The microbiology mainly focus on the pathogens and microbes that may cause infection. So, by preventing the spread and transmission of the infection among patients, nurse can deliver quality of care to them.

Microbiology mainly deals with the microbes and study of the pathogens. It is also indulge in the preventive methods. So, in the nursing practice proper hygiene is important. To maintain a good and clean environment is necessary. The equipments and instruments used in the assessment of the patient should be cleaned to eliminate the risk of presence of the microbes. The use of gloves and PPE kit is important to prevent the infection transmission. Hence these mistakes should be avoided during the treatment and assessing patient.