Nursing Accountability in Caring Central Venous Catheter Katie Rha Grand Canyon University NRS 430V August 19‚ 2011 Accountability means “obligation of being answerable for one’s own judgments and actions.” If someone gives you a job to do‚ you may be able to get others to carry out that task‚ but you are still held accountable to produce the results. In the nursing profession‚ a nurse is accountable for the actions towards his or her patient‚ even if he or she has delegated
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central venous catheter or an arterial catheter for hemodynamic monitoring or long term venous access for inpatient or outpatient use for fluids‚ TPN‚ chemo‚ home antibiotics or hemodyalisis; central venous catheters are here to stay. Their convenience and ease of access makes them almost a necessity in patient care‚ but at what cost? Regardless of their purpose and ease of use‚ it is up to us as nurses and healthcare workers to recognize when patients are at risks for infection due to venous catheter
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terminates into a large vessel near the heart. However‚ unlike other central lines‚ its point of entry is from the periphery of the body thus enabling PICC certified nurses the power to insert a line. A PICC line provides the best of both worlds concerning venous access. A PICC differ from peripheral IV access but similar to central lines in that a PICC’s termination point is centrally located in the body allowing for treatment that could not be obtained from standard periphery IV access. A PICC is much less
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Keywords used include: chlorhexidine‚ bathing‚ central venous catheters‚ catheter-related bloodstream infections‚ impact‚ and reduction. There were no randomized controlled trials found investigating the effect of chlorhexidine bathing on CLABSI. Three articles were chosen for review‚ two of which are quality
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Heparin Flushes Maintaining Central Line Patency 00972099 Gateway Community College Abstract A common problem that complicates use of central venous access devices (CVADs) is occlusion by thrombosis. Heparin has been used in flushing solutions in attempts to prolong the patency of arterial and central venous lines by preventing these occlusions. Its use‚ however is not without risks such as hypersensitivity reactions and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Recent studies suggest that non-heparinized
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QI Project- Decreasing Infections in Central Lines Jill Jasinski UW Eau-Claire BSN @ Home Program Executive Summary One of the most serious complications of central venous access is catheter-related bloodstream infection and is the leading cause of nosocomial infection. The focus of this QI project is to decrease the number of blood stream infections in patients with central lines. Benefits of this project include healthier patients and reduced costs to the patient and hospital. Prevention
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associated with brachial vein placement is 10% (Allen AW‚ 2000) III. Correct tip placement results in less risk of complications. a. “PICC positioning within the lower SVC-CAJ region leads to fewer subsequent malpositions‚ decreased rates of catheter and venous thrombus and infection‚ and better overall catheter performance.” (TM‚ 2003) b. In a left sided PICC placement if the catheter is too short the tip will poke into the right wall of the SVC‚ constant movement of the PICC from cardiac pulsation and
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Homework Module 5 Grand Canyon University December 9‚ 2012 Dr. Kendall Morris 1. All patients are entitled to receive safe and appropriate nursing care. They are entitled to receive care from a competent and knowledgeable nurse. Patients are entitled to receive competent and safe care including receiving the correct medications. The five rights are right patient‚ right drug‚ right dose‚ right route and right time. The purpose of the five is to make sure the patients
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This catheter is inserted into the neck. It typically is threated through the jugular veins into the vena cava leading the right atrium. (Central Venous Access Devices‚ n.d.) When they are done inserting the line they must take a chest x- ray insuring that the catheter is in the right spot‚ if the catheter is not in the right spot and medications are given it can be deadly to the patient. Due to the
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ABTRACT Central Venous Catheter Blood stream infections (CVCBSIs) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with end- stage renal disease treated with chronic haemodialysis (Jaber 2005).The purpose of this review is to determine whether the use of Biopatch on the exit site of central venous catheter (CVC) can help prevent infection. Before any research was undertaken‚ a focused question was formulated and a search strategy was then developed to compare the available evidence. A
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