Using student nurses as hand-washing ambassadors: a model to promote advocacy and enhance infection control practice.
Although the concepts of infection control are taught in depth in the classroom environment, they are often disregarded in the clinical setting. Recognizing this problem, we as nursing educators proposed the use of nursing students in compliance initiatives. The suggestion received an unexpected enthusiastic response from the infection control department and led to an ongoing collaborative practice that enhanced learning and benefited students and clinical agency.
Magaldi
Maryann Corrigan
MC
Queensborough Community College, City University of New York, Bayside, NY 11364, USA. MMagaldi@qcc.cuny.edu
Molloy
Janice
J
D057189:Checklist; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004506:Education, Nursing; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D013338:Students, Nursing; D014481:United States