This assignment describes my own reflective experience while caring for a sick neonate with Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) in the neonatal unit. This has enabled me to explore the meaning and significance of my clinical practice and to recognise the complexities within it. The experience raises a number of issues frequently encountered in daily nursing practice. Within this assignment‚ I will be discussing a particular pre term baby with RDS and critically analyse the use of nasal continuous
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CURRICULUM VITAE JAREENA DUDEKULA‚ B.SC NURSING‚ 4-8-10/A‚ SECOND FLOOR‚ NCB COLONY‚ TIRUPATHI‚ PIN:517501 EmailID:jareena286@yahoo.com/zareenashaikhmohammad@gmail.com MOBILE:9703372148 CAREER OBJECTIVE: To obtain a challenging position with a technology and oriented organization to significantly contribute to the success of organization by utilizing my knowledge and experience in nursing besides improving my skills learning technologies. TOTAL EXPERIENCE: 7YEARS EXPERIENCE AS
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PLANNING FOR CARE Advanced medical directives are documents where a patient have a chance to determine in advance how his health treatment will be conducted in case he/she will incapable to communicate to medical providers. They are two main advanced medical directives. A Durable Power Of Attorney for Health Care: this is an advanced medical directive whereby a patient choose one person who will be responsible for medical decision in case he/she will not be able to communicate or to speak. This patient
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as pneumonia that develops 48 hours or longer after patients has intubated and received mechanical ventilation. An infection may develop if microscopic organisms or germs invade the intubation of the patient’s lower respiratory tract and lung parenchyma (Koenig‚ S. M.‚ 2006). According to the 2009 National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) report‚ the accountability for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) preventions includes hospital’s CEO and senior
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be a consideration with head injured patients a. TRUE b. FALSE 11 Patients with unexplained shock and a frontal or lateral impact injury must be suspected of aortic disruption a. TRUE b. FALSE 12 The diagnosis of an open pneumothorax is by rapid bilateral chest auscultation a. TRUE b. FALSE 13 Serious chest injuries impair the process of internal respiration a. TRUE b. FALSE 14 The chest should be auscultated only in the secondary survey to identify tension pneumothorax a. TRUE b
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Lantos JD‚ Tulsky JA. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation on television. Miracles and misinformation. N Engl J Med 1996;334(24):1578 – 82. G.D. Rubenfeld / Crit Care Clin 20 (2004) 435–451 451 [23] Campbell ML‚ Bizek KS‚ Thill M. Patient responses during rapid terminal weaning from mechanical ventilation: a prospective study. Crit Care Med 1999;27(1):73 – 7. [24] Shapiro BA‚ Warren J‚ Egol AB‚ et al. Practice parameters for intravenous analgesia and sedation for adult patients in the intensive-care unit—an
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Chapter 5 Airway Management Unit Summary After students complete this chapter and the related course work‚ they will understand the need for proper airway management‚ including recognizing and measuring adequate and inadequate breathing‚ maintaining an open airway‚ and providing artificial ventilation. Students will be able to demonstrate basic competency in applying these concepts to appropriate care through the use of airway adjuncts‚ suction equipment‚ oxygen equipment and delivery
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Head injury Any trauma to the scalp‚ skull or brain‚ TBI. Head trauma includes an alteration in consciousness‚ no matter how brief. Common causes: motor vehicle crashes and falls. Firearm‚ assaults‚ sports-related injuries‚ recreational accidents. Deaths occur at three points in time after injury: 1) Immediately 2) within 2 hours 3) 3 weeks after the injury GCS on arrival is also a strong predictor of survival: GCS < 8 30% to 70% chance of survival. GCS > 8 indicating >90% survival. Neurological
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Harmful Habits & Infectious Disease Prevention Managing health and wellness is largely dependent upon our knowledge of controllable and uncontrollable risk factors that exist amongst people and within our environment. Our overall ability to maximize our level of wellness revolves around the choices made on a daily basis including our actions and our diets. In order to take our health seriously‚ we must learn to come to terms with the harmful effects of our decisions as well as the occasion of factors
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for the family going through this unfortunate situation. For example‚ the first activity involves normal breathing. In order for organs to be viable‚ a person who cannot breathe independently will require immediate intubation. According to Nicely and DeLario (2011)‚ “intubation and ventilation is necessary and is not negotiable in a brain-dead patient” (p. 73). A competent nurse will recognize the need for such an intervention and assist in achieving the desired outcome. Henderson’s activities
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