Essays on Intensive Care Unit

The high percentage of death in intensive care unit is always attributed to the withdrawal of life support machine. In Australia, research shows that a significant proportion of deaths that occurred in the intensive care unit preceded a decision supporting the withdrawal of the life support and this is a case in many countries across the globe including Australia. Withdrawal of life support refers to the process of discontinuing critical care treatment for a patient who is terminally ill, and the decision can be made by the family, government or doctor (Way, Anthony, & Curtis, 2002). The family can make ...

Introduction

The emergency department provides the urgent services to the ill patients. In the emergency department, the doctors provide the enhanced care to the patients when they are in the critical situation. With the advancement in the technology, the health care professionals provide the advanced treatment to the patients in the emergency department (Petrillo-Albarano & Little, 2010). On the other hand, intensive care units are also called ICU. The patients who are in a critical condition are admitted to the ICU. At first, the patients are treated in the emergency department, but if they cannot recover from the emergency department they ...

Nantsupawat, A., Nantsupawat, R., Kulnaviktikul, W., & McHugh, M. D. (2015). Relationship between nurse staffing levels and nurse outcomes in community hospitals, Thailand. Nursing & health sciences, 17(1), 112-118. The study examines the relationship that exists between the staffing levels of nurses and the subsequent nurse outcomes whereby the study was conducted in various community hospitals in Thailand. According to the author understanding the various factors that influence nurse outcome especially job dissatisfaction as well as emotional exhaustion could enable policy makers as well as hospital administrators in developing strategies to enhance the satisfaction of nurses and minimize emotional exhaustion ...

The complexity of healthcare settings demands that care organizations have a definitive manner in which care is delivered. There are many forms of care delivery methods in nursing, but Finkelman (2012) outlines various distinct methods: total patient care/case method, team nursing, primary nursing, progressive patient care, functional nursing, care and service team models, among others. Some of the models are no longer in use in nursing practice, but they have made a significant contribution to the current models. Also, some of the models have maintained their main characteristics, but have been adapted to fit the modern demands of healthcare. ...

The healthcare sector in the U.S has significantly reviewed and modified its technical, policy and structural capabilities to help improve quality of outcomes and patient safety. There has been so much focus on the need to ensure that the healthcare system achieves the optimal value for money though eliminating the cases of illnesses, infections and injuries that have previously occurred within the settings. Despite these measures, the cases of hospital acquired Illnesses and infections have been rife. This has been associated with poor outcomes namely, high mortality rates, high morbidity rates and more glaringly the erosion of the public ...

A matter of ongoing ethical concern for nurses, doctors and other medical professionals is the need for clear guidelines when it comes to the decision to suggest that a patient or family consider filling out a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) order. These kinds of advanced healthcare directives are becoming ever more common as our population ages. While it has been widely accepted that medical professionals should respect legally implemented end-of-life treatment preferences for those patients whose lives are drawing to a close for those who suffer a sudden and nonrecoverable illness, the technical and practical aspects of how these ...

The critical care units of hospitals treat frequently treat patients by administering oxygen via the insertion of tubes into tracheostomies, the nose, or the mouth; nosocomial infections may result, leading to ventilator-associated pneumonia, or VAP (CDC.gov, 2015). The infection is not generally associated with non-sterile techniques during insertion, but rather from tube contamination. The nosocomial infection is most often diagnosed in intensive care departments and research has been directed toward identifying methods of oral care as a means of prevention. Comparisons of the effectiveness of sodium bicarbonate swabs with that of chlorhexidine swabs have been made and the hospital ...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Abstract The intensive care unit in most hospitals plays the role of providing care to patients dealing with life-threatening conditions. The technological and other set ups in these hospital units are vital in ensuring that these patients continue to receive the best regarding care while with the intentions of having them emerge with desirable outcomes. There are however challenges relating to the care that these patients receive since, in most cases, they are usually under mechanical ventilation. A patient under this condition faces the risk of developing ventilator-associated pneumonia if the ventilators are not handled with the required care. ...

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 ...

Abstract

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, central line-associated bloodstream infections lead to the deaths of thousands of people every year in the United States. These infections actually represent about 10% of all hospital-acquired infections translating to about 71, 900 infections per year in US hospitals. Also, this condition adds billions of dollars to the total health care system costs. However, these infections are actually preventable. This paper analyzes literature related to this topic and tries to establish the best method for solving the problem of central line-associated bloodstream infections. The paper suggests the standardization of central ...

Introduction

Fundraising has been essential for a lot of organizations, particularly charities and non-profit making organizations. Numerous organizations opt to host fundraising events to gather for expenses for needed programs or services. Raising funds have several other benefits besides securing funds for the entities. A consistent and solid fundraising plan assists the organization to spread its mission and to achieve its goals (Larson, & Gray, 2011). This paper will examine Student Fundraising-Project Case Study and discuss and study next steps that the Council of Fraternities and Sororities (CFS) need to take. It will also evaluate three fundraising projects CFS can take ...

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Abstract Visitation in the Intensive Care Unit in health facilities has been a controversial issue for a long time. There has been continuous wrangles between the health practitioners and the patient’s family and friends over the issue of visitation, which means that a solution has to be sought. The proposal is to seek an intervention method and policy that will ensure visitation is allowed and that it is carried out with necessary regulations. The proposal paper, therefore, seeks to ...

Abstract

Ventilation Associate pneumonia is a nosocomial infection that affects immobile patients, especially those admitted in the Intensive Care Unit. The management of these patients has been challenged and it triggered numerous studies on the most efficient ways of managing such patients. In the ward care of a patient that is ambulant and can describe changes in their condition it is easy not to pay attention to the positions of the patients. However, in the acute wards, the positioning of such patients is significant in prevention of complications. One of the main challenges is pneumonia. The positioning of the head ...

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 ...

The identification of the program of study and professional development plan (PDP) is critical when pursuing graduate study. The PDP and the program have to be in line with the personal and professional goals (Thompson, 2011). This assignment will be highly significant in describing my educational and professional background and look keenly into the professional and personal goals about my course and the practicum.

Educational and Professional Background

My name is XXXX, and I wish to begin with a brief description of my personal life. I currently reside in XXXX. I am married, I have children, and I work in a neonatal intensive ...

Abstract

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 ...

Abstract

Nursing shock patients in the Intensive Care Unit entails medication accuracy and critical judgment to save the lives of the patients. As such it is important to know the nature, pathophysiology and types of shock, which are named as hypovolemic, cardiogenic, neurogenic, and distributive tasks. Also it is important to know the roles of ICU nurses in the health care service for the shock patients, from the time the patient is sent to the ICU up to the monitoring and communication with the relatives of the patients. This paper is intended for a qualitative literature review which follows ethical ...

PICOT question is an approach used to identify the components of any clinical issue. Pressure Ulcer that is also commonly referred to as bedsore is an injury of the skin or tissues caused by moisture, friction, and pressure. The disease arises when a patient does not have space for mobility or cannot change its position on his own by lying on the bed.

PICOT question for Pressure ulcers in the hospital is as follows:

Does turning and repositioning of critically ill patients after regular intervals help to prevent pressure ulcers as compared to pressure redistributing support surfaces?P: Critically ill patientsI:  Repositioning and Turning patient at regular intervalsC: Pressure redistributing support ...

Introduction to healthcare-associated infections

Hospital associated infections (HAI) a patient safety issue of concern to all hospitals The Joint Commission considers the reduction of hospital-associated infections as an essential intervention in the provision of safe patient care. Prevalence of HAI as reported in Magill et al. (2014)

In 2011, 722,000 HAIs were reported in American acute care hospitals

One in every twenty-five hospital patient gets at least one HAI on any given day More than 50% of the HAIs occur outside intensive care units Effect of HAIs on health care system An estimated 75,000 HAI patients die while hospitalized (Magil et al., 2014) HAIs lead to longer length of stay HAIs are associated ...

Standards-Based Approach

I was assigned to offer nursing care to a patient with intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP) that needed a detailed cared. The name of the patient was Jassim, aged 63 years old; diagnosed with post-operative myocardial infarction. The indication for IABP was supported by the presence of acute left ventricular failure post cardiac surgery. The patient had low cardiac output syndrome after cardiac surgery. Having received training on the care of patients with IABP, I was confident that I would provide safe and effective care. However, it turned out to be a little challenging than I had expected. My aim ...

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF A HEALTH CARE FACILITY

Hospitals are complex business structures in addition to complex medical organizations. The structure of the hospitals is very important to ensure that all departments are properly supervised and functioning. Hospitals are sorted by bed count and on average a medium size hospital contains an inpatient unit of approximately 200 beds . Regardless of bed size all hospitals need certain departments functioning to be able to provide services and meet the overriding regulations that are required. The following organizational chart serves most hospitals well. Of course, larger hospitals may find that the departments need to be separated further and other managers ...

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 ...

Intensive Care Unit- ICU

Introduction As I walk to work, I often get to wonder how busy the intensive care unit gets. I have worked as a critical care nurse, for the last six years, in the intensive care unit. The acuity of the patients is unpredictable. Patients get admitted with a variety of medical conditions.

An ICU patient faces life-threatening injuries or illnesses that require critical care. It requires a specialized team of health care professionals to provide the treatments and care needed for such patients in the ICU. The team of healthcare professionals in the ICU includes; doctors, residents, interns, APRN's, nurses, respiratory ...

Denise, Lemke(2007) Sympathetic Storming After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Critical Care Nurse 2007;27;30-37 Brain injury is very common in traumatically injured people. They sometimes require sedation and intubation to reduce the brains workload. They could be restless and agitated in association with signs and symptoms like posturing, tachycardia, fever, diaphoresis, hypertension, papillary dilatation, tachypnea and hyperthermia. This is referred to as sympathetic storming. It is seen in about 1/3rd of comatose patients with severe traumatic brain injury. Sympathetic storming could occur within a day post injury and could last up to weeks afterwards. It is thought ...

The risk of death by patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) stems not only from their critical illness but also from nasocomial infection. Among the critically ill patients, pneumonia is one of the most common nasocomial infections, affecting 27% of the patients (Cai, 2011). Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) or ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) as it is commonly referred occur 48 hours or more after admission and endotracheal intubation (mechanical ventilation) of the patient (Drakulovic, 1999). The frequency of nasocomial pneumonia varies among the types of ICUs with high incidences of VAP mortality reported in children’s pediatric intensive care unit ( ...

Nurses are often confronted by various ethical challenges or dilemma situations during their professional practice. It is therefore important that they be familiar with the ethical codes of conduct and decision-making. As one of the most trusted professions, the nursing ethical codes of conduct were first adopted by the International Council of Nurses in 1953. The codes guide nurses in decision-making whenever they face barriers in executing their professional obligations. One of the difficult situations in which these codes help nurses to navigate through is in maintaining patients’ privacy and confidentiality. This is particularly true for student nurses who ...

Part 1. Differences between quantitative and qualitative research

Research is the parlance used to refer to the search of knowledge. It is described by Kothari (2004) as both a scientific and systematic search for information and an art of scientific investigation. There are two approaches used in research, namely quantitative and qualitative research and they vary greatly on how the research is done. Quantitative research only uses measurable data to analyze while the qualitative research approach mainly uses data that are narrative and subjective. The goal or research objective of quantitative data is to use statistical models using a systematic procedure. This approach uses various steps to progress logically ...

Trauma Intensive Care Unit

Critical Care Nursing: Trauma Intensive Care Unit Trauma is identified as a disease progression that takes place subsequent to the submission of vigor or energy of a person affected by it. It is also recognized as a type of injury caused by a physical wound or damage originated from an external compelling force that more than a body can seize or indulge. Furthermore, victims of traumatic experiences or accidents need a high multifaceted medical assistance that is why these patients are admitted to the Trauma Intensive Care Unit for the purpose of monitoring their health condition so that they can surmount and overcome the ...

Abstract

Healthcare professionals caring for preterm infants in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) agree that there is a need to reduce noise in NICU as it affects neurological and behavioral development of premature infants. Healthcare professionals have embraced medical technologies and other interventions to address this issue; an aspect that has reduce neonatal and childhood mortality rate and increased survival of premature infants. Music is one of the effective intervention strategies employed in NICU, but there is a controversy about its effects on the development of preterm infants. Despite this controversy, empirical studies affirm that music enhances alert responses, growth and development, ...

Communication in Nursing

The basic communication elements are (1) the sender, (2) the channel, (3) the receiver, and (4) the message. All of those elements need to be unambiguous to achieve effective communication, which means that the sender must send a clear message to the receiver through an appropriate channel. Effective communication is critical in healthcare because it affects patient safety, treatment outcomes, conflict resolution, and job satisfaction. However, various factors other than the basic communication elements affect the quality of communication in healthcare. Those factors include the organisational structure, leadership and management styles, organisational culture, staff motivation, and the organisational goals.

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Literature review of CVL

Introduction The management of the sick with serious disease like cancer requires a stable central venous access to be used for a variety of treatment that includes antibiotic and blood samples or product. It also allows the resuscitation of fluid, hemodialysis and parenteral nutrition and cytotoxic chemotherapy to access blood-stream so that medical professionals can observe and microbial culturing of the patient. In addition, it is used to monitor the pressure of central venous. The importance of educating the patient was emphasized too so as to avoid keeping the patients in darkness and not knowing what is happening to them ...

Introduction

The intensive care unit is one of the risk prone areas in hospitals. The unit handles pretty complex patient cases and as such disasters and accidents are somewhat inevitable. This underscores the need of having sound disaster management mechanisms within this unit to insulate the hospital from various effects of disasters. Disaster management mechanisms are installed as proactive measures to shield the hospital from the devastating effects in the event of a disaster occurrence. As exemplified by Jamieson and Biddison (2014)-“Disaster Planning for the Intensive Care Unit: A Critical Framework. In The Organization of Critical Care” it is ...

Introduction

Accountability is one of the key concepts that fortifies the professional practice nursing. Accountability is said to be at the heart of nursing and on an overall scale, it helps in the improvement of nursing practice. The term has often been defined differently in different medical circles but in its most basic definition, accountability is simply a special phenomenon in nursing practice whereby nurses working in any caregiving setting take the credit for, are entrusted with, are blamed for and are also be judged within moral and ethical boundaries (Rowe, 2000 p. 550). This means that the nurse is answerable ...

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Abstract

Unplanned extubation can be defined as the premature removal of ETT. It can be deliberate or accidental. Usually, it is caused by mechanical ventilation, which is the common process in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Unplanned extubations represents fourth most common adverse event in NICUs in North America. Unplanned extubation can result in several complications such as acute cardiorespiratory deterioration, bronchospasm, hypotension, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and subglottic stenosis. Duration of intubation, short length of ETT, less common use of sedatives and muscle relaxants, and time spent out of bed in the hand of parents, i.e. movements, are some of ...

Other Details

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 ...

Communication with families and critically ill

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Introduction

Critical illness is a lived experience that is sudden and often than not, affects the sufferer or the patient and the family. The condition of the patient throws the family of the patient into a crisis. The critically ill patients normally fall into a situation of total confusion whether at the beginning of their illness or after they have been treated, and they are emerging from a comma. The confusion that they have can be lasting or momentary. The confusion and the various stress levels normally affect the communication between the critically ill patients and their ...

Leadership Shadowing Experience

Introduction Nurse shadowing is an effective way for nursing students and people interested in getting into nursing as a career to get experience on day-to-day activities of a nurse. Shadowing involves following an experienced nurse and learning through observation and asking questions. This report is a shadowing experience for an intensive care nurse leader. The report covers the observed management and leadership styles, problem-solving skills, communication skills, interpersonal relations, and workplace diversity. Further, the author compares the management theories taught in school with the concepts applied in the clinical setting.

Management Style

The nurse I shadowed is a nurse manager at an intensive care ...

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 Question: Do health care workers comply with hand washing strategies at the hospital level?

Annotated Bibliography Asare, A., Enweronu-Laryea, C. C., & Newman, M. J. (2009). Hand hygiene practices in a neonatal intensive care unit in Ghana. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 3(05), 352-356. In this study, the researchers sought to assess hand hygiene practices and the nature of patient contact in physicians and nurses at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Ghana. The study was descriptive and cross-sectional, lasted two weeks, and the amount time of observation daily was 5 hours. The researchers assessed compliance to alcohol rub as well. Compliance to hand washing before and after patient contact ...

Of principal concern is the prevention and control of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) by medical practitioners in intensive care units (ICUs). VAP is one of the most frequently reported infections acquired by patients under mechanical ventilation healthcare. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) persists to be a frequent and potentially deadly complication of ventilator care (Chulay, 2005), often occurring within environments characteristic of the intensive care unit (ICU) that are high-tech and high touch. Patients who are ventilated and intubated present the unique challenge for critical care registered nurses (RNs) to incorporate evidence-informed practices concerning the delivery of high-quality care (Crunden, 2005). Ventilator-Associated ...

Possible Causes of the Problem

Grieving among nurses is a common emotion. By grieving, nurses demonstrate empathy that each human being goes through in life whenever a friend or family member is in a dilemma. However, there has been a misconception that nurses are not meant to demonstrate any feelings towards the patients that they serve. It is important to understand that most nurses develop relationships and bonds with the patients that surpass professional ethics. By spending much time with the patients, nurses develop relationships that affect them when the patients succumb to the problems that they are facing. The main problem that will be shown in this ...

Abstract

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 ...

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 ...

According to the joint commission 2001’s healthcare standards, every patient is supposed to be assessed for pain before any medical step is taken. Pain assessment and management are essential for any healthcare services to be of top quality. There are several ways used to determine the scale of pain among children and adults. They include the verbal way where the patient is asked to rate the scale of the pain he or she feels on a verbal scale from no pain to worst pain, observing the facial impression of the patient, and also using a numeric scale where the patient ...

Research on MRSA Bath

Evidence Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research A. 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 ...

I have a very great passion for nursing profession. One of my biggest objectives is to become a distinct nurse with strict adherence to the nursing code of ethics. This will enable me to make a positive change in peoples’ lives. I wish to become an example to many and show them that it is possible to provide quality health care to the patients despite high demands that our patients could be having. Another objective is to expand my knowledge base through pursuance of academic advancement. My aim is to be a holder of a bachelors degree after which I will enroll for a master’ ...

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 ...

Cross cultural communication barriers in provision of health care are global problems have been reported in various parts of the world. In provision of personalized care, it is necessary for nurses to consider the cultural identity and needs of patients in their care. It is therefore imperative for the nurse to play an ethical role in providing culturally acceptable care to the patients. The establishment of nurse patient therapeutic connection is dependent on the ability to communicate and share a common interpretation (McCarthy, Cassidy, Graham & Tuohy, 2013). Consequently, the therapeutic communication ought to be a focused and objective association that takes ...

Oxygen and Respiratory Disease

Part 1: Introduction Oxygen and respiratory complications are closely associated with oxygen therapy. Long term oxygen treatment can help to make the quality of one’s life better. Oxygen therapy help COPD patients and those with hypoxaemia, low oxygen levels to live longer. Even if oxygen is prevalently used in hospitals, it has often been wrongly prescribed causing further complications to patients. The major indication for oxygen therapy is the respiratory failure. Respiratory failure involves the failure to keep up adequate gas exchange. Documentation in a number of hospitals fails to record the respiratory rate and other vital signs ...

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- The characteristics of the nursing profession that I find the most attractive.

The nursing profession is a noble profession that gives a person the opportunity to show

compassionate care to the sick. It gives the feeling of a sense of accomplishment and happiness knowing that you were able to alleviate the sufferings and difficulties of a person caused by their sickness. Being a nurse is a rewarding and fulfilling profession for me. - Life experiences that prepared me for the nursing profession. I have cared for my parents and siblings whenever they are sick and often take charge of their medications. I take pride in being able to care for ...

Simulation Proposal Dashboard: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge Simulation Lab

Introduction Simulation proposal dashboard presents a critical analysis on the manner in which a specific project would be executed to meet its intended goals and objectives. Studies have confirmed that simulation proposal dashboards help in the identification of the areas that require radical improvement in a proposal that fosters the attainment of the project’s objectives (Bagust, Place & Posnett, 1999). The paper presents a Simulation proposal dashboard for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge Simulation Lab Project. The evaluation of this program will especially be helpful to the management of Vanderbilt children hospital and patients who seeks for health services from the ...

Facilitator:

Nursing research critique Many nurses believe that they offer holistic care to the patients at the hospitals yet the level of holistic care that they offer remains unknown to most of the nurses. No known variable can attach to the relation between the family, friends, nurses and the patients during the medical attention and the holistic care (Geri &Haber, 2003). Nancy baumhover and Linda Hughes undertake a research into the spirituality and support for family presence during invasive procedures and resuscitations in adults with the view of bringing a solution to the existing dilemma in the relationship circus and the ...

Ethical Issues on being both Professional and Human: One Women’s Journey Paper

Introduction Awareness has been heightened in the recent past over the need to take account of the patients’ experiences during illness. Their friends and relatives have are also affected during this hard times and have stories of heart break from pain inflicted when they see their ill friends and family. The stories from this people provide a good means for the generation of logical ideas about the medical practice, the effects and experiences in good health and illness, and the issues of morality. Often, they are particularistic and highly dynamic. This is so because the readers are engaged at a ...

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 ...

A request was sent three weeks prior to the interview date seeking audience with this advanced professional nurse. Within one reply a positive reply was given with a date and time agreed upon by interviewer and interviewee. The purpose of the interview was to evaluate Mrs. C.R’s awareness of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and how it was implemented in the intensive care unit. After a brief greeting the conversation began. Her major concern was hand washing adherence regarding cross contamination within the intensive care unit since nursing burns entail surgical asepsis. Therefore any type of infection can cost the patient’s ...

Critical Analysis

In a qualitative study, Bryon, Gastmans & de Casterle (2012) explored the experiences of nurses with nurse-physician communication that occurred during decision-making for artificial nutrition or hydration (ANH) among hospitalised dementia patients. Twenty-one nurses in nine hospitals in Belgium were selected for semi-structured interviews as they reflected a wide range of personal characteristics and practice experiences. Successful advocacy for the dying patient and his family, a nurse’s ethical responsibility, depends on the quality of interdisciplinary communication. From data analysis which used a grounded theory framework emerged three factors influencing the nurse-physician communication: the attitudes of physicians toward nurses, the attitude of nurses toward ...

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, ...

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 ...

Hospital Acquired Infections

A fact that emerges from the events in the video is that healthcare associated infections are a threat to the health and safety of both the staff and patients in the hospital. Familiar Healthcare associated diseases such MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), bloodstream poisoning and surgical site infections are highly contagious diseases that require special treatment and care in prevention. The cost associated with treatment of such diseases is high because it requires close monitoring of the patient in the intensive care unit. The doctors transferred the patient (Whitney Rose) to the intensive care unit after acute organ failure. This ...