Antibiotic Stewardship: Implementing the Use of Centor Scoring for Pharyngitis

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dc.contributor.advisorMarshburn, Dianne
dc.contributor.authorEarp, Crystal
dc.contributor.departmentGraduate Nursing Scienceen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-18T17:27:56Z
dc.date.available2022-07-18T17:27:56Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-18
dc.description.abstractAntibiotics are prescribed at an alarmingly high rate and can lead to antibiotic resistance. Pharyngitis is one of the more common complaints seen in outpatient clinics and too often patients are sent home with antibiotics when not deemed necessary. The Centor clinical tool has been established, however often not employed, to aid providers in decision making and to determine the likelihood of a patient having bacterial strep pharyngitis. After review of the most up to date evidence-based literature, the Centor tool has proven beneficial in aiding providers in clinical decision making. The purpose of this paper is to describe the steps that were involved in initiating a Quality Improvement Project at a local urgent care. The goal was to decrease unnecessary testing and inappropriate antibiotic prescribing by incorporating the Centor scoring tool into practice for provider use when evaluating patients with complaints of pharyngitis.en_US
dc.description.degreeD.N.P.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEarp, Crystal (2022). Antibiotic Stewardship: Implementing the Use of Centor Scoring for Pharyngitis [Doctor of Nursing Practice project report, East Carolina University]. The Scholarship End citation: (Earp, 2022). Narrative citation: Earp (2022)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/10778
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectantibiotic stewardship, antibiotic resistance, prescriptions, Centor score, strep pharyngitisen_US
dc.titleAntibiotic Stewardship: Implementing the Use of Centor Scoring for Pharyngitisen_US
dc.typeDNP Scholarly Projecten_US
ecu.campusonlyOpen Accessen_US

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