Clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners: complementary roles for infectious disease and infection control.
BACKGROUND
The escalation of infectious diseases worldwide heralds an unprecedented need for nurses with advanced practice graduate preparation.


OBJECTIVE
To describe how a graduate program prepares clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners in infectious diseases or infection control to provide distinct yet complementary care for patients with contagious disease and potentially antimicrobial-resistant infections.


RESULTS
The University of Washington School of Nursing launched a new master of nursing program for infectious disease and infection control to reduce the threat of infectious diseases and multiple-resistant organisms.
Gail
Cheri
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International Medicine Clinic, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7266, USA.
Field
Kimberly Willis
KW
Simpson
Terri
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Bond
Eleanor F
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D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000451:nursing*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D008297:Male; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011361:Professional Competence; D014861:Washington