Antimicrobial stewardship knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among nurses

Reinaldo Perez; Jillian E Hayes; Ali R Winters; Rebekah H Wrenn; Rebekah W Moehring

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.63

Antimicrobial stewardship knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among nurses

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024 Apr 18;4(1):e51. doi: 10.1017/ash.2024.63. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Reinaldo Perez^{1

2}, Jillian E Hayes³, Ali R Winters⁴, Rebekah H Wrenn³, Rebekah W Moehring^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
² Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, NC, USA.
³ Department of Pharmacy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ Department of Nursing, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.

Abstract

We performed a knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) survey of bedside nurses to evaluate perceptions of antimicrobial use and aid in the design of nursing-based antimicrobial stewardship interventions. The survey highlighted discrepancies in knowledge and practice as well as opportunities to improve communication with nursing colleagues.