Recommend one or more policy or practice changes designed to balance the competing needs of resources, workers, and patients, while addressing any ethical shortcomings of the existing policies. Be specific and provide examples.

Recommend one or more policy or practice changes designed to balance the competing needs of resources, workers, and patients, while addressing any ethical shortcomings of the existing policies. Be specific and provide examples.

There are two practice changes that can be applied to help with balancing the competing needs. The first strategy is surveillance that establishes mechanisms to provide medical personnel with appropriate tests for diagnosing HAP incidences. Also, the surveillance would help in maintaining a high index of suspicion for the diagnosis among high risk patient groups, while routinely culturing air, water and equipment systems for HAP pathogens. Secondly, there is a need for personnel education to heighten their suspicion for cases of HAP, and to use appropriate diagnostic methods (Brett et al., 2019).

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Brett, M., Russo, P., Cheng, A., Andrew, S., Rosebrock, H., Curtis, S., Robinsion, S. & Kiernan, M. (2019). Strategies to reduce non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia: A systematic review. Infection, Disease & Health, 24(4), 229-239.

Cherry, B. & Jacob, S. (2016). Contemporary nursing: issues, trends, & management. Amsterdam: Elsevier Health Sciences.

Kadivar, M., Manookian, A., Asghari, F., Niknafs, N., Okazi, A., & Zarvani, A. (2017). Ethical and legal aspects of patient’s safety: a clinical case report. Journal of medical ethics and history of medicine, 10, 15.