Continuing Nursing Education Credit:
To receive continuing nursing education credit, view the lecture, take the quiz, and finish the evaluation online. Upon successful completion of the quiz and evaluation, you will be able to print your continuing nursing education credit certificate. A passing grade of 70% is required.

Purpose: 
To promote critical thinking and problem solving on how to best manage infectious patients in your organization. The health care workers response to caring for patients with a resistant organism in both recognized and unrecognized carriage of the organism will be discussed.

Target Audience: 
Nurses and other Health Care Providers

Objectives: 
After completing this course, the learner will be able to:

1. Rationalize criteria for organization protocol in preventing the spread of bacteria
2. Describe methods to increase awareness of potentially infectious patients
3. Summarize ideas for improving the health care environment

Computer Requirements:
Lectures are available as streaming video and require audio capability. A reliable Internet connection and use of one of following players are needed for accessing course materials:

• Either Flash - Get this free player from Adobe at: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
• or QuickTime - Get this free player from Apple at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

The lecture for this course was recorded during the program "When Your Patient Has a Resitant Organism" on September 8, 2009. The program is part of the Terrific Tuesdays live broadcast series sponsored by University of Wisconsin-Madison Continuing Education in Nursing, Gundersen Lutheran, Inc., and Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation.