[JOURNAL] November 14, 2011 Saint Louis University SCHOOL of Nursing A. Bonifacio St.

, Baguio City

JOURNAL

Presented to: The Faculty of the School of Nursing

In Partial Fulfillment For the Re uirement of the Su!"ect

Related Learning Experience Baguio Medical Center

Su!mitte# to$ Sir Ranier %oreno&Lacalle, RN Clinical In'tructor Su!mitte# !y$ %oyamoy, (eile B. BSN 4 Block M Group 2

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COP) OF JOURNAL AR*ICL+ &Attache# SU%%AR) & the ,ur,o'e of thi' 'tu#y i' to i#entify the common ,re'enting 'ym,tom' an# ri'- factor', !oth ,re#i',o'ing an# ,reci,itating, that i' a''ociate# .ith urinary tract infection. It .a' -no.n that U*I i' the 'econ# mo't common infectiou' com,laint in geriatric clinic' .hile it i' the mo't common out,atient com,laint that i' cau'e# !y !acteria U*I, ',ecifically it' 'ym,tom', may re,re'ent a' a 'ource of #i'comfort in frail el#erly ,atient'.ith age&a''ociate# multi,le 'e/ere un#erlying #i'or#er' an# it may !e ,ercei/e# a' an un,lea'ant a',ect of elimination ,roce''. *he metho# of the 'tu#y i' ,ro',ecti/e. It .a' con#ucte# at a tertiary care center in Bangalore, In#ia from January 0112& 3ecem!er 0112 .hich inclu#e# 456 'u!"ect' or ,atient' .ho ,re'ente# .ith 'ym,tom' of U*I. *he 'tu#y ,o,ulation ha' an age range of year'. A clean catch mi# 'tream ',ecimen each .a' collecte# from the 'u!"ect' to #etermine the ,re'ence of uro,athogen'. Anti!iotic 'en'iti/ity te'ting of 'e/eral commonly u'e# anti!acterial' .a' al'o #one. Re'ult' 'ho. that fe/er an# #y'uria .ere the mo't common 'ym,tom' of mo't U*I ,atient' .hile #ia!ete' mellitu' an# catheteri7ation .ere the mo't common ri'- factor' a''ociate# .ith U*I. *here .a' no 'ignificant #ifference in the organi'm ,rofile an# anti!iotic re'i'tance ,rofile among ,atient' .ith or .ithout 3%. In a##ition +. coli .a' foun# to !e the mo't commonly i'olate# ,athogen re',on'i!le for U*I. R+L+8ANC+ *O *(+ FOLLO9IN:$ A. Nur'ing Practice *he "ournal i' rele/ant to nur'ing ,ractice !ecau'e it coul# !e incor,orate# !y nur'ing ,ractitioner' in their care for el#erly client' #iagno'e# .ith U*I. 9ith a more com,rehen'i/e #ata, a more a,,ro,riate, in#i/i#uali7e#, an# effecti/e nur'ing care ,lan or treatment regimen .oul# !e #e/elo,e#. Since ca'e' of thyroi# ,ro!lem' are emerging it i' im,ortant for u' nur'e' to -no. the con'i#eration' .hen han#ling ,atient' .ith the 'ai# con#ition, the !e't treatment that .e coul# ren#er an# to alle/iate any #i'comfort a''ociate# 'uch a' #y'uria. *hrough thi' 'tu#y .e ha/e gaine# information .hich .e coul# u'e in e;,laining to our ,atient the nature of their con#ition, the treatment an# ,o''i!le 'ugge'tion' .e can gi/e to the ,hy'ician in term' of anti!iotic u'e. 9e coul# al'o antici,ate the ,o''i!le re',on'e of the ,atient to the ,re'cri!e# anti!iotic.

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B. Nur'ing +#ucation & *hi' coul# !e a goo# cla''room material 'ince it i' /ery ',ecific an# a ,ro',ecti/e ty,e of 'tu#y, the #ata are 'omeho. relia!le 'ince it i' con#ucte# on a tertiary care 'etting an# actual ,atient'. Cla''room in'tructor' coul# al'o u'e thi' to em,ha'i7e on the ,o''i!ilitie' of #rug, e',ecially anti!acterial', re',on'e' of ,atient' an# the ',ecial con'i#eration' .hen ta-ing anti!iotic'. C. Local 'etting Although urinary tract infection, 'till a lot are not informe# on ho. to care for our urinary 'y'tem. If ,eo,le are not informe# a!out the #i'ea'e .hat more .hen it come' to it' treatment, 'o through thi' "ournal .e coul# #i''eminate information for a !etter ,lan of treatment for the goo# of the ,atient'. In our country, there are only fe. 'tu#ie' that are con#ucte# com,are# to other countrie'. An# of thi' fe., U*I ,ro!lem' an# treatment are a##re''e#. So thi' "ournal coul# in',ire the ,ractitioner' here in the Phili,,ine' to con#uct 'tu#ie' regar#ing con#ition to arri/e at re'ult' that are 'uita!le for Fili,ino'.

3. Client *hi' 'tu#y i' client oriente# 'o it ,rimarily !enefit' the el#erly ,atient' .ith U*I. Since thi' 'tu#y aim' to i#entify .hether in'erting an in#.elling foley catheter i' !etter or not an# the u'e of anti!acterial'. Since the re'earcher' arri/e# at a relia!le re'ult .hich 'ugge't that there i' a high re'i'tance to common anti!iotic' among the uro,athogen'. +. Nur'ing re'earch *he "ournal i' rele/ant to nur'ing re'earch !ecau'e it coul# !e u'e# a' a reference tool or relate# literature for nur'ing 'tu#ie' or nur'ing re'earche' relate# to urinary tract infection among el#erly male'. *he "ournal coul# al'o !e u'e# a' a to,ic for nur'ing re'earch .herein the effecti/ene'' an# rele/ance of the "ournal to our 'etting .ill !e mea'ure#. It coul# !e a##e# to .hate/er information that i' e;i'ting no..

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