Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Publication Title
Proceedings of the International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference
Abstract
Reducing hospital acquired or associated infections (HAIs) is a national public health priority. HAIs pose risks to patients, visitors, and medical personnel. To better understand how to communicatively manage safety in medical isolation, data was collected with nursing students simulating medical isolation in a high-fidelity simulation with a medical mannequin with C. difficile. Observations of nursing students and faculty revealed four distinct communication practices: social support, patient education, humor, and storytelling. Conclusions include recommendations to intentionally design these communication practices into high-fidelity medial isolation simulations and scale up these communication practices in routines of safety.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.30658/icrcc.2020.11
Repository Citation
Spradley, Elizabeth and Spradley, R. Tyler, "Simulating medical isolation: Communicatively managing patient and medical team safety" (2020). Faculty Publications. 7.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/languageandculture_facultypubs/7
Comments
Spradley, E. L., & Spradley, R. T. (2020). Simulating medical isolation: Communicatively managing patient and medical team safety. Proceedings of the International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference, Volume 3 (pp. 45-48). Orlando FL: Nicholson School of Communication and Media. https://www.doi.org/10.30658/icrcc.2020.11