Contemporary Issues in Infectious Disease: Implications for Nursing Practice An Issue of Nursing Clinics

In this issue of <i>Nursing Clinics of North America</i>, guest editor Jeffrey Kwong brings his considerable expertise to the topic of <b>Contemporary Issues in Infectious Disease: Implications for Practice</b>. Top experts discuss emerging topics in infectious disease, provide a review of management of common infections seen in acute care and ambulatory settings, and highlight the latest information on prevention of emerging and re-emerging infections for patients across the lifespan.<ul><li>Contains <b>13 relevant, practice-oriented topics,</b> including health disparities in infectious disease; RSV: an update for clinicians; prevention of pneumococcal infection; treatment and management of TB infection in the U.S.; viral hepatitis; syphilis update; tick borne infections; management of neutropenic fever in persons with cancer; and more</li><li>Provides in-depth <b>clinical reviews on contemporary issues in infectious disease</b>, offering actionable insights for clinical practice</li><li>Presents the <b>latest information on this timely, focused topic</b> under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews</li></ul>