MRSA Surveillance Swab Collection

Mr. James Reynolds is a 34-year-old admitted with pneumonia. He requires a nasal swab for MRSA screening per hospital admission protocol.

· As part of the facility’s infection control protocol, newly admitted patients with respiratory illness must be screened for nasal colonization of MRSA. You are the student nurse assigned to collect the nasal swab using sterile technique. You must also set up a sterile field for supplies and maintain infection control procedures throughout.



🗂️ Documentation

📍 To complete: Upload this document to your computer & fill it out electronically (directly into the assignment)

📍 To turn it in: Re-upload it to the correct file/drop box in D2L.


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✍️ 1. Write a DARP note including:

D: Data

A: Action

R: Response/Results

P: Plan

🧑‍🏫 2. Patient Education (Write as a Script) Keep short and to the point.



🔐 3. National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) Choose 1 priority NPSG that is relevant to this scenario and tell us why in 1 paragraph.

NPSG Chosen: Why It Matters:


📝 4. Nursing Diagnosis & Care Plan

✅ 3-Part Nursing Diagnosis:




🎯 5. SMART Goal:


Student SMART goal:


🩹 List:

· 2 Interventions to accomplish this goal

· Rationale for each intervention

· Evaluation for each intervention


1. Intervention:

· Rationale:

· Evaluation:


2. Intervention:

· Rationale:

· Evaluation:



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