Actions taken by nursing education programs in the United States to prevent tuberculosis transmission in nursing students.
Measures to prevent tuberculosis include education and skin testing of at-risk groups, including health care workers. This study focused on policies and practices related to tuberculosis in nursing education programs, especially skin testing and instruction. Data were collected from a stratified random sample of nursing administrators in associate and baccalaureate degree programs in the United States using an instrument adapted from a medical school study. Several factors may have contributed to fewer skin test conversions in nursing programs than in medical schools. Although most nursing education programs considered skin testing a priority, there were inconsistencies related to skin testing type and process when compared with recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Major content gaps related to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and the differences between pulmonary and extrapulmonary symptomatology were found.
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Department of Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond 40475, USA.
D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004510:Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs; D006801:Humans; D011897:Random Allocation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014373:Tuberculin; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D014481:United States
D014373:Tuberculin