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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Researchers have observed an increase in antibiotic prescribing among nurse practitioners and ...

A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control examined nurses’ confidence in engaging in antibiotic stewardship practices as well as barriers to engagement. Researchers conducted an ...

A scoping review reveals that nurses’ routine use of non-sterile gloves during IV antibiotic preparation offers no proven protection, and may actually undermine infection control, increase costs, and ...

Many nurse prescribers feel under pressure from patients to give unnecessary antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections, sometimes leading them to do so against their better judgement, ...

Valerie Ness received funding from the Chief Scientist Office/Scottish Infection Research Network. Jacqui Reilly, Kareena McAloney-Kocaman, Kay Currie, and Lesley Price do not work for, consult, own ...