Podcasts Health & Fitness Medicine The AJN Podcast Interview with Staja Booker, lead author of Mouth Care to Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (October, 2013)

Interview with Staja Booker, lead author of Mouth Care to Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (October, 2013)

Published: Sept. 26, 2013, 6:10 p.m.

b'\\nOften times, mouth care may be neglected or performed inadequately to reduce oral bacteria that may cause pneumonia. This article offers a step-by- step guide to evidence-based practice for oral care for intubated patients. Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy discusses the author\\u2019s experience in writing this article and what she hopes nurses will take away from it.'