Document Type
Article
Article Version
Publisher's PDF
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and its many complications has become a serious health care challenge in acute, long-term, and home care. Nurses can make a unique contribution with preventive health teaching in decreasing transmission, preventing complications, and expediting resolution of C. difficile.
Publication Title
MEDSURG Nursing
Repository Citation
Grossman, Sheila and Mager, Diana, "Clostridium difficile: Implications for nursing" (2010). Nursing and Health Studies Faculty Publications. 10.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/nursing-facultypubs/10
Published Citation
Grossman, Sheila. & Mager, Diana. (2010 ). Clostridium difficile: Implications for nursing. MEDSURG Nursing: The Journal of Adult Health, 19(3), 155-158.
Peer Reviewed
Comments
Copyright 2010 MEDSURG Nursing, Jannetti Publications, Inc.
Reprinted from MEDSURG Nursing, 2010, Volume 19, Number 3, pp. 155-158. Reprinted with permission of the publisher, Jannetti Publications, Inc., East Holly Avenue, Box 56, Pitman, NJ 08071-0056; Phone (856) 256-2300; FAX (856) 589-7463. (For a sample issue of the journal, visit www.medsurgnursing.net - Learn more about the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses [AMSN] at www.amsn.org). Special arrangements for permission are required from the publisher for any other purpose.