Instruction
Overuse of antibiotics has been described in the medical literature.
Review the two articles below and in two paragraphs briefly describe why we would hold off on giving antibiotics and which route you would take as a nurse practitioner.
Articles will not be provided. Part of the assignment is to use the library to get the articles.
Make sure you use proper APA citations.
Articles:
Richmond J, Mangrum R, Wang G, et al (2019). An informed public's views on reducing antibiotic overuse. Health Services Research.54(6):1283-1294. DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13175.
Nathan R. Shively, Deanna J. Buehrle, Cornelius J. Clancy, Brooke K. Decker (2018). Prevalence of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing in Primary Care Clinics within a Veterans Affairs Health Care System.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 62 (8) e00337-18; DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00337-18