helps to prevent pressure ulcers in the intensive care unit (ICU) population. A pressure ulcer in the ICU can be life threatening. The PICO(T) question for this evidence-based research project was‚ “ In adult intensive care unit patients‚ does the application of sacral mepilex‚ or like dressing‚ to the lower back/ coccyx/sacral area‚ lead to a decreased incident of pressure ulcer formation in the coccyx/sacral area throughout the patient’s intensive care unit stay?” A literature search using the
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Grap‚ Mary.‚Munro‚ Cindy.‚ Hummel‚ Russel.‚ Jessica.‚ Elswick‚ and Sessler Curtis. 2005. Effect of Backrest Elevation on the Development of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. AACN. Retrieved from ajcc.aacnjournals.org on March 3‚ 2012. Abstract • Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a common complication of mechanical ventilation. Backrest position and time spent supine are critical risk factors for aspiration‚ increasing the risk for pneumonia. Empirical evidence of the effect of
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hospital administrative staff is insufficient to meet Rountree’s targets. The shift will result in a sales strategy for which a highly trained and specialized work force will be organized into three specialized product groups: Anesthesia‚ Critical Care‚ and Architectural Products. As evidenced by recent failed product launches‚ Ohmeda’s current sales organization is not well suited to implement Rountree’s new business strategy of being a provider of high-tech equipment. Sales generalists and
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event of there untimely death and if no prior decision is made they let the person die. These are the topics we will be discussing in this paper. On one side miracles do happen but on the other at what cost ‚ well one woman named danielle didn’t care what the price was as long as she had a second chance at a life with her husband. Matt her husband had been in a bad motorcycle accident and went into acoma just 7 months after getting married ‚ but even when the doctors gave her the recommendation
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ill patients often require lifesaving interventions‚ such as mechanical ventilation (MV) to replace or assist in spontaneous breathing. To achieve this intervention‚ a machine called a ventilator is used. Hospitalization that is complicated by intensive care stays and mechanical ventilation is both difficult and stressful for patients and their families. Patients not only have to the endure pain and discomfort associated with MV‚ but they also are unable to communicate due to an endotreachal tube
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Overview: Neonatal Nurses are specialized nurses to provide care to the newborns having serious medical problems like prematurity‚ infection‚ surgical problems and birth defects after birth. These nurses provide to the critically ill newborns for the first 28 days of their life. But in many cases these newborns may need attention and care for months also. Neonatal nurses provide care to the babies till their 2 years of age. There are approximately 40‚000 babies born with low weight in United
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of health care. The distance to travel to the closest hospital is approximately 25-30 minutes‚ more during rush hour traffic. The Sentara Healthcare Organization decided it was time to locate a facility in the area to provide health care and also to provide health care to the neighboring city‚ eastern North Carolina and an island between Virginia and North Carolina. The organization began with a freestanding emergency room with an advanced imaging center attached to provide health care with a plan
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system is compromised‚ the entire family is disrupted. The unfamiliar environment leaves family members in severe stress and in a state of shock. Family members also require attention and needs to help cope with the stress of a family member in intensive care unit. These needs are grouped into five categories: receiving assurance‚ remaining near the patient‚ receiving information‚ being comfortable‚ and having support available. There should be specific nursing interventions that can help the needs
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first time to work as a registered nurse but I assure you that a high level of competency would be applied to any assignment given to me. Given the opportunity‚ the areas that I wished to be assigned are the following: 1. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) 2. Orthopedic and Neurological Ward (Ward 2/3) 3. Surgical Ward (Ward 4) I also participated in the Basic Life Support and First Aid Training at Red Cross Youth Training Center‚ Zamboanga City. Thank
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(VAP) is the most common infectious150-250 complication in the the manuscript It shouldwas be concise and by critically ill adult admitted to an intensive care unit. A review of the literature conducted objective No indent for the searching several abstract databases; Proquest‚ Cinahl‚ and Ovid SP‚ using the keywords: nosocomial pneumonias‚ oral care‚ nursing interventions‚ VAP‚ mechanical ventilation and critically ill patients. The evidence is overwhelming that increased nursing education that
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