Intensive Care Unit Research Papers Samples For Students

Abstract

Approximately fifteen million babies in the world are born each year prematurely; out of that number, 1.1 million eventually die. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nurses provide vital care for these vulnerable babies and their families. These nurses encounter numerous challenges while providing care services such as a loss of energy, loss of enthusiasm, and lack of accomplishment, which are the dimensions of burnout.

Purpose: Conduct a meta-analysis to determine the factors related to burnout and identify the subsequent implications for practice.

Design: A meta-analysis was conducted for the existing literature regarding burnout in NICU. This consisted of XX relevant articles within the last five years.
Results: The primary indicators of burnout were XXXX. Possible interventions to ...

Research on MRSA Bath

Evidence Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research
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A3. Based on the analysis of the five key areas of the research, it is apparent that the authors were able to utilize the data obtained in supporting the conclusion. Part of the conclusion is the presentation of the findings that suggests the advantage and disadvantages of the two MSRA bathing method. The evidence obtained from the quasi-experimental method of study, on the other hand showed weakness in supporting one element of the conclusion, which is to establish the developed bathing protocol as a better alternative to the traditional bathing ...

Implementing changes in clinical settings is important because they can often improve the quality of care and promote the mission and vision of healthcare facilities. In the pediatric intensive care unit, adverse drug effects are a common problem because 12.2 percent of the population in the unit is affected by adverse drug effects that have a high mortality rate (Silva et al., 2013). According to a study by Silva et al. (2013), use of multiple drugs and low patient age are the main factors that cause adverse drug effects in pediatric intensive care units.
Commonly used drugs in intensive care units, ...

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In Meert et al.’s (2009) qualitative study “Examining the Needs of Bereaved Parents in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study,” the authors seek to determine what is missing from the basic support-based needs of parents who have just lost a child in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Over the course of six years, they conducted interviews and focus groups with the recently bereaved in order to evaluate their experiences with health care professionals, and what could have been done better to help with their needs. This data was then inserted into qualitative data software for analysis, ...

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The acute respiratory distress syndrome is a form of injury to the lungs that impedes the supply and uptake of oxygen from the alveoli resulting in a state of severe hypoxemia, dyspnea, anxiety, and tachypnea. This review has established that genetics may be playing a role in increasing one’s susceptibility to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS. Moreover, biomarkers would also play a significant role in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. However, it still remains unclear on the type of genes and biomarkers that play a role in causing ARDS. It has also been established that young children (less than 2 years ...

Handwashing is the gold standard for the prevention of health care-associated infections (HCAI), yet the rate of handwashing compliance is universally low. This study reviews the role of hands in the transmission of HCAI, factors affecting compliance, and suggested strategies to promote compliance. One of the first things they teach you in nursing school is that hand hygiene is critical to healthcare; yet health care-associated infections (HCAI) continue to represent a significant safety hazard to patients. The World Health Organization estimates that each year hundreds of millions of patients all over the world develop infections associated with health care. It ...

Part A

Hospital Acquired Infections
Health care system is a very dynamic field that changes periodically; the practices that were deemed to be the most effective a decade ago may be rendered less useful or obsolete in the present day care. The changes are basically due to changes in patient needs, the emergence of new technologies, improved science research findings that develop new care methods as well as changes in healthcare policies and regulations. For example in the United States, the increase in the size of an aging population means an increase in number of patients that will suffer from chronic ...

Increase Number of Fails in Delirious Patients in ICU

Introduction
The submission criteria supported by this journal were well spelled out. Precisely, the author needed to present a brief description of the research proposal in an abstract. The content of the abstract had to be concise and detailed. Additionally, the originality of the articles presented had to be unquestionable, therefore, the authors needed to submit authentic materials to the journal before the evaluation process began. The criteria mentioned that the author needed to provide an outline of the methodology to be used in the presentation of the project. As a result, there was a need to mention the ...

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This paper presents the review of the requirements on authors before posting a journal article on The Online Journal of Issues in Nurses. The review encompasses the requirements on the preparation of the abstract and the qualifying manuscript. The journal often indicates the topics for which journal article submissions are required and among the things that they insist on most is the language used in the journal article, the manuscripts, and the abstract. The paper also illustrates how the manuscript should be structured for it to be accepted for publication in The Online Journal of Issues in Nurses. The ...

Nursing

Differences between Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Quantitative and qualitative researches differ in their approach to the nature of phenomenon they study. Quantitative research is based on the measurement of quantity or amount and is applicable to phenomena that can be expressed in terms of quantity. On the other hand, qualitative research is concerned with qualitative phenomena, and is concerned about discovering the underlying motives and desires of the subjects (Kothari, 2004, p.3). Qualitative research studies smaller groups that are not randomly selected, while quantitative research studies larger and randomly selected groups. Qualitative research is holistic, looking at the big ...

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Introduction
Grief is the response of an individual to the loss of something or someone with whom the individual has a bond. (Smith, 2012). Every individual has a different reaction to grief. Grief therefore may be considered a personal phenomenon. However, the loss may not always be personal. Grief may be experienced for a loss of opportunity at work or loss of a friendship. One may therefore state that there are different types of grief. The process of grieving however may remain the same irrespective of the type of loss. Kübler-Ross describes grief in five stages. This is the most commonly accepted ...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), defined as pneumonia that was absent or not developing at intubation, is the second most common hospital acquired infection (Bahrt, 2009, p. 49). It is the most prevalent hospital acquired infection amongst mechanically ventilated patients in critical care units with an estimated 10-20% incidence rate in some hospitals. It affects approximately 28% of patients requiring mechanical ventilation for >48 hours (Button, Culmer, Southard, & Donaldosn, 2005). Patients on mechanical ventilation for >24 hours are 6 to 21 times more likely to acquire VAP than patients not on ventilator support. VAP is the ...

Educational background

As accordance to the US system, nurse anesthetics are first required to have completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing or Bachelor’s degree. Secondly, they must be registered and licensed nurses. Candidates are further required to have a minimum of one fully year experience as a practicing nurse in a surgical intensive care unit or a medical intensive care unit. Following the prescribe experience the candidates apply to a Council on Accreditation (COA) which is a program for accreditation of nurse-anesthesia (United States, 2004).
Anesthetics education is offered on doctoral degree or masters degree in (Nurse Anesthesia Practice). The education program period varies ...

Conflict in healthcare often causes poor workload management, patient allocation, and potentially leads to workplace harassment, which causes the nurses to deal with stress and face potential burnouts (Eagar, Cowin, Gregory, & Firtko, 2010). To avoid those issues, several strategies and organizational models can be used. For example, the shared governance model was designed to empower nurses in their decision-making and promote better workplace collaboration along with successful treatment outcomes (Scherb, Specht, Loes, & Reed, 2011). However, constant conflict management is required because conflicts can arise because at both organizational and individual levels (Marquis & Huston, 2012).
My personal role as a ...

The open system theory describes a system that exists in a state of constant interaction with its environment. Open systems are found in natural sciences, but in social sciences, they are usually applied to organizations and describes the process which organizations use to exchange information, capital, people, or products, with its environment. In a study by Meyer and O’Brien‐Pallas (2010), the Nursing Services Delivery Theory (NSDT) was derived from the open systems theory as its parent theory to analyze the structural elements of NSDT and its clinical implications. The aim of their research was to understand how a healthcare organization works ...

Providing the necessary services to the citizens is the responsibility of every government. The national, state or local government has to ensure that it understands the exact needs of the people. A good and effective government achieves this through proper formulation and implementation of policies that addresses the concerns of the citizens. In order for this policies and plans to be effective the people have to be consulted and addressed on the intended plan by the government. Some of the concerns usually raised by the citizens include proper medical facilities.
The county supervisors in Ventura recently came up ...