ReviewJAC-antimicrobial resistance2023
A hidden gem in multidisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship: a systematic review on bedside nurses' activities in daily practice regarding antibiotic use.
Review in JAC-antimicrobial resistance, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program in a multicenter neonatal intensive care unit collaborative: a mixed-methods staff resource needs evaluation.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- Designing an antimicrobial stewardship curriculum for nurses to strengthen knowledge and clinical practice.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Assessment of social media use as an educational intervention on antimicrobial resistance targeted at nurses.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2026Article
- Participation in antimicrobial stewardship among intensive care unit nurses: a cross-sectional study based on the COM-B model.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Implementation and Early Outcomes of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in South Korea.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A shared approach to managing urinary tract infections in nursing homes improved perceived care quality, workload, and collaboration - a qualitative study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2025Article
- Efficacy of quality improvement interventions on antibiotic prescription practices for ventilator-associated pneumonia at a tertiary care centre: a prospective pre-post interventional study.BMJ open quality · 2024Article
- Research priorities for antimicrobial stewardship nurses in a middle-income country: a nominal group technique study.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Nurses' contribution to antimicrobial stewardship: business as usual?Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2024Article
- Co-design of a nurse handover tool to optimise infection control and antimicrobial stewardship in a low resource setting intensive care unit: A nurse led collaboration.Wellcome open research · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), the set of actions to ensure antibiotics are used appropriately, is increasingly targeted at all those involved in the antimicrobial pathway, including nurses. Several healthcare organizations have issued position statements on how bedside nurses can be involved in AMS. However, it remains unclear how nurses, in reality, contribute to appropriate antibiotic use. Objectives: To systematically search the literature to describe the activities bedside nurses perform regarding antibiotic use in daily clinical practice, in relation to the activities proposed by the aforementioned position statements. Methods: We searched MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and grey literature until March 2021. Studies were included if they described activities regarding antibiotic use performed by bedside nurses. Methodological rigour was assessed by applying the Mixed Method Appraisal Tool. Results: A total of 118 studies were included. The majority of the proposed nurses' activities were found in daily practice, categorized into assessment of clinical status, collection of specimens, management of antimicrobial medication, prompting review and educating patient and relatives. Nurses may take the lead in these clinical processes and are communicators in all aspects of the antimicrobial pathway. Patient advocacy appears to be a strong driver of bedside nurses' activities. Conclusions: Nurses' activities are already integrated in the day-to-day nursing practice and are grounded in the essence of nursing, being a patient advocate and showing nursing leadership in safeguarding the antimicrobial treatment process. An essential element of the nursing role is communication with other stakeholders in the patient-centred antimicrobial pathway. Educating, engaging and empowering nurses in this already integrated role, could lead to a solid, impactful nursing contribution to AMS.
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