My Moral Compass The personal values that help contribute to my worldview and philosophy of nursing that is most important‚ is my religion. I am a Christian and this means that I am to be Christ like in my every day life and work. I am taught to treat others as I would want to be treated and care for them as I would do for myself. I am to help the sick‚ wounded‚ poor and widowed. Nursing in its roots are very much the same thing. Helping the ones who are unable to help themself. The underlying
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to make teaching the target audience successful (University of Idaho‚ 2009). On the pulmonary step down unit at Christiana Care Hospital Newark campus a learning needs assessment was conducted on if nurses knew how to perform proper mouth care on ventilator patients. Type of Institution Christiana Care Health System is one of the country’s largest hospitals. This health system is ranked 17th in the nation for hospital admissions (Christiana Care Health System‚ 2012). Christiana Care Health System
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snake from India; furthermore‚ he trained it using the milk. He put the snake in the ventilator where it would travel to his stepdaughter’s room‚ down the bell rope‚ falling on the secured bed‚ and hopefully killing the room’s occupant with its venomous fangs. When Dr. Roylott would blow the whistle‚ the swamp adder would retreat back into his room. When Holmes heard the hiss of the snake‚ and saw it in the ventilator‚ he angered it by hitting it with his cane. The angry snake attacked Dr. Roylott when
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time she gained stability necessitated these resources. She required a ventilator for twenty hours a day. She also had a jejunostomy tube that would be used for feeding and gastronomy tube for draining. Also‚ Jenna had an esophagostomy outside of her neck. Jenna also required urinary catheterization ever four hours. Since she wore a back brace on her legs‚ the equipment required daily care and maintenance. She needed a ventilator and external battery that required another wheelchair. The necessity
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To pull plug or not? What is Brain Dead? By definition Brain Dead is when the entire brain‚ including the brain stem‚ has lost all function. Furthermore‚ the upper part of the brain‚ the cerebrum‚ is involved in all conscious functions including sensation‚ movement‚ memory‚ thought and personality. The brain stem is the lower part of the brain and it controls basic vital functions such as wakefulness‚ breathing‚ heart rate‚ blood pressure and temperature. The brain is held in a bony skull
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advocate stating that he did not want a ventilator or CPR. Even though it is important to notify the brother who has medical power of attorney‚ and may have no knowledge of this advanced directive‚ it is clear that Mr. E had stated how to proceed under the circumstances. When calling Mr. Y‚ the nurse should have mentioned that existence of the document‚ along with the Mr. E’s response when Dr. K explained to him that he would need to be placed on a ventilator. In addition‚ when Dr. K was explaining
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A BYTE OUT OF HISTORY Escape from Alcatraz06/08/07 | Aerial view of Alcatraz Island‚ January 1932. | In its heyday‚ it was the ultimate maximum security prison. Located on a lonely island in the middle of San Francisco Bay‚ Alcatraz—aka “The Rock”—had held captives since the Civil War. But it was in 1934‚ the highpoint of a major war on crime‚ that Alcatraz was re-fortified into the world’s most secure prison. Its eventual inmates included dangerous public enemies like Al Capone‚ criminals
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may be deemed futile without their consent. Medical Indications: The primary medical problems the patient has come in with are rib fractures causing a partial flail chest and a subdural hematoma stemming from a fall. Her treatment consists of ventilator support and supportive care until her ribs heal and she recovers from the trauma‚ which trauma doctors have indicated may not occur. Patient Preferences: The patient has not been involved in the decisions regarding her current treatment‚ and did
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chest tube to assist his breathing in the ICU. Although each of these conditions could individually be lethal‚ he was not diagnosed as terminally ill. At first‚ Mr. Bartling asked his physicians to remove the ventilator but they refused. Then Mr. Bartling attempted to remove the ventilator tubes but was unsuccessful. Eventually‚ to prevent his attempt‚ he was placed in restraints so that the tubes could remain in place. The case was taken to Los Angeles Superior Court by Mr. Scott. Because he was
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Coaches for each department. Their role is to be the spokesperson for their unit to help increase compliance with the high reliability culture. We use bundles‚ such as ventilator bundles in our ICU to ensure that we do everything evidence based to prevent ventilator associated pneumonia. These steps have resulted in no ventilator acquired pneumonia for the last year. We also try to implement hourly rounding. This unfortunately has become an example of pencil whipping. Nurses have a sheet at the patients
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