Posted by Gary Ilminen, RN (209.83.13.135) on October 22, 2000 at 17:46:21:
In Reply to: MRSA posted by Amanda Ressler on October 08, 2000 at 15:14:32:
Hooray for your Mom!! She will bring maturity to a profession where maturity is one of the key characteristics for success. You can get her great information on MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website. Go to: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/aresist/mrsafaq.htm. She may be interested in the regulatory environment she must understand if she decides to work in nursing home. "Consumer Guide to Long-term Care" published by University of Wisconsin Press will help make the maze of rules a lot easier to navigate. Find it Amazon.com, bn.com or for more information, go to:
www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/books/3075.htm. Best of luck to your Mom!
: My mom has decided to go back to school after over 20 years for CNA. She needs some info. on MRSA and does not have access to a computer. I have searched the web and have not gotten much info. What does it stand for? How is it contracted? How can it be prevented? Are nursing home residents more prone to it than others? Anyone's help would be greatly much appreciated. I am very proud of my mom and I am trying to help her as much as possible to get through this. I think it would be very scary to go back to school after being a single mom for all of these years.