Wade Turrentine Mr. Kucharik College Comp I 11/15/09 The Duties of a Certified Nurse Aide A Process Paper Being a Certified Nurse Aide (C N A) is an extremely rewarding experience. You discover a whole new side of yourself when you’re at work. It allows you to be able to handle many more somewhat disgusting situations by knowing that the person receiving this care is in need of it. This is due to the fact that they either can’t care for themselves or have a disease that inflicts
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HAI presentation script Crystal N. Singer (Slide 1) Good afternoon everyone‚ Did you know that healthcare associated infections are in the top ten leading causes of death in the United States? According to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2010)‚ “Healthcare-associated infections‚ also known as HAI’s are the most common complication of hospital care‚ resulting in 1.7 million infections and ninety-nine thousand deaths each year.” It is unfortunate that so many people suffer each
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Improvement. (2015) 100‚000 Lives campaign. Retrieved from: IHI.org What are HAI’s? • An infection the patient contracts after having contact with a healthcare provider or facility they did not already have. • It may result from a procedure such as a catheter or from overuse of antibiotics. • Association of Professionals in Infection Control (APIC).org Healthcare associate infection‚ (2014). CDC center for disease control and prevention What can be done? • To prevent surgical site infections the
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needle following standard exchange technique a 5-French vascular sheath was left in place. A 5-French omni flush catheter was then advanced over the wire and the tip positioned at the level of the renal arteries. The CO2 abdominal aortogram was then acquired. The catheter was then repositioned at the aortic bifurcation and bilateral oblique CO2 pelvic arteriogram was acquired. The catheter was then crossed over the aortic bifurcation with a .035 inch guide wire with the tip positioned within the left
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What is Statistics? "Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to collection‚ analysis‚ interpretation and presentation of data" (Wikipedia contributors‚ 2006). Statistics are a valuable kind of information because they can provide data for making comparisons and determining trends. There are many uses for statistics‚ "but perhaps its most important purpose is to help us make good decisions about issues that involve uncertainty" (Bennett‚ Briggs‚ & Triola‚ 2003‚ p. 8). Kinds of Statistical
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The main strategy for the zero CAUTI movement is the utilization of an aggressive‚ nurse-driven catheter discontinuation order set (Smith‚ 2015). The orders include evidence-based indicators for the utilization of indwelling urinary catheters‚ any purpose divergent from the evidence based indicators for a catheter‚ for example‚ convenience in the incontinent patient‚ is strictly forbidden. The procedure has greatly decreased the number of CAUTIs at UD‚
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procedure is done by introducing a catheter (thin tube) through a small puncture in an arm or leg artery to the heart. The narrowed artery is opened by inflating a tiny balloon in it. As depicted in Fig. 2‚ the procedure is simple • Through a small a surgical cut made in the artery‚ a Teflon-coated catheter (thin tube) is inserted and threaded to the vessel obstruction. • A flexible thin wire is moved in the guiding catheter beyond the afflicted Area. • A balloon catheter positioned in the blockage by
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Chapter 66: Nursing Management: Critical Care Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A 68-year-old patient has been in the intensive care unit for 4 days and has a nursing diagnosis of disturbed sensory perception related to sleep deprivation. Which action should the nurse include in the plan of care? a. Administer prescribed sedatives or opioids at bedtime to promote sleep. b. Cluster nursing activities so that the patient has uninterrupted rest periods. c. Silence the alarms on the cardiac monitors to allow
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dilated her to three centimeters‚ but even with the pitocin infusion‚ she didn’t dilate anymore. The next intervention involved a Foley catheter. The resident inserted the catheter into her uterus and filled up the balloon with 4 cc of water. The nurse‚ Lindsey‚ was in charge of slowly pulling the inflated catheter out. By the time Lindsey was able to pull out the catheter‚ the patient would be dilated to 5 centimeters. As Lindsey pointed out‚ these methods were very “primitive‚” but they certainly got
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spinal or epidural anesthetic will be injected. If you receive an epidural anesthetic and need more than one dose‚ a tiny‚ flexible tube (catheter) will be placed where the anesthetic was injected. Additional doses will be given through the catheter. If you need pain medicine after surgery‚ the catheter will be kept in place. If an epidural catheter has not been placed in your injection site or left there‚ a small bandage (dressing) will be placed over the injection site. AFTER THE PROCEDURE
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