Question

1. What is the difference between community acquired infection and nosocomial infection? 2. As a nurse provide measures on how to prevent an infection in an elderly patient in a nursing home. 3. As a nurse provide measures on how to prevent infection on a post-operative patient. 4. Please explain what are multi-drug resistant infection and why is it increasing?

Answer 1

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