MRSA in the Community
According to Mosby’s Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary (2002),
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is a gram positive bacterial that is
normally found on the skin and in the throat, and is a life threatening staphylococcal infection that may arise within hospitals, and “is frequently responsible for abscesses,
endocarditis, impetigo, osteomyelitis, pneumonia, and septicemia.” Treatment usually includes bed rest, analgesics, and an anti-microbial drug that is resistant to penicillinase, an enzyme secreted by many species of staphylococcus. This writer will discuss the history of MRSA, article reviewed, community described in article, means to address the problem, and ethical issues resulting from not addressing this issue. Furthermore, this writer will use Orem’s nursing model and theories to propose nursing intervention to address the community health concern.
History of MRSA
According to Stanhope and......

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