#344: C. Diff Basics for Nursing Students

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🗓️ 25 April 2024

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Clostridioides difficile, formerly known as Clostridium difficile, is an anaerobic, spore-forming bacillus that causes a serious bacterial infection in the colon. While healthcare-associated infections have declined in recent years, C. diff remains one of the most common healthcare associated infections in the United States. Learn more about C. diff infection (CDI) in this episode, including: Pathophysiology of CDI Who is most at risk for CDI Complications of CDI Signs and symptoms, and when to suspect your patient has C. diff Important assessments for a patient with CDI Tests utilized to diagnose a patient or evaluate complications Key treatments for CDI, including an explanation of enhanced or “special” contact precautions The main things to teach your patient and their visitors about CDI ___________________ Full Transcript - Read the article and view references. FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! Study Sesh - Change the way you study with this private podcast that includes dynamic audio formats that help you review and test your recall of important nursing concepts on-the-go. Free yourself from your desk with Study Sesh! Med Surg Solution - Are you looking for a more effective way to learn Med Surg? Enroll in Med Surg Solution and get lessons on 57 key topics and out-of-this-world study guides. 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.7	Find out more at Electoralcommission.org. UK slash voter ID. Well, hello hello, I'm Nurse Mo, and this is the Straight A Nursing
0:45.1	Podcast where I teach concepts and share tips on how to thrive in nursing school and
0:50.5	at the bedside. Thank you so much for joining me here today and before we dive into our topic which covers
0:57.8	one of the most common health care associated infections, let's take a quick minute for a listener shout out that goes out to
1:05.0	Deney who says this.
1:07.0	Medsurge Solution is a great resource to bridge concepts covered in pathophysiology to material that is talked about in medsurge courses.
1:15.6	This has helped me with my exams and being able to find related topics.
1:20.4	It's a great resource to use during a nursing program and to prepare for your medsurge clinical.
1:25.0	Thank you so much, Deney, for sharing your experience with medsurge solution,
1:31.0	and I am absolutely thrilled that it is helping you in your nursing school
1:35.4	program. If you'd like to see what Dene is talking about I will put a link in
1:40.0	the episode note so that you can check out medsurge solution. So today again we're talking
1:46.0	about a really common health care associated infection and I promise I have been practicing
1:52.4	pronouncing this so that the pronunciation police don't come after me.
1:57.4	Please be kind if I get it wrong.
1:59.0	It's really hard to say and it's Clustridioides difficil.
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