Shock Shock is a syndrome characterized by decreased tissue perfusion and impaired cellular metabolism. This results in an imbalance between the supply of and demand for oxygen and nutrients. The exchange of oxygen and nutrients at the cellular level is essential to life. When a cell experiences a state of hypoperfusion‚ the demand for oxygen and nutrients exceeds the supply at the microcirculatory level. Classification of Shock The four main categories of shock are * cardiogenic‚: *
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Introduction This essay is focused in the Emergency Department and specifically the concept of family presence during resuscitation. Morgan (1997‚p13) defines witnessed resuscitation as “ an imitative which allows relatives to be present in the resuscitation room while their loved one is being witnessed”. The author works in an Emergency department and from experience it has become apparent that many relatives on arrival to the emergency department request to be with their family relative. It
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Sepsis; pathophysiology‚ etiology and treatment Abstract To define the disease known as sepsis‚ briefly discuss its pathophysiology‚ etiology‚ signs‚ symptoms‚ and treatments. Outline protocols for sepsis screening‚ early directed goal therapy‚ and to establish the nurse’s role in the process. Sepsis is a complex disease‚ or response to a disease process that can lead to patient mortality rates up to 60%. Gram negative infectious organisms invade the blood stream‚ and activate a systemic
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ASSESSMENT | NURSING DIAGNOSIS | NURSING INTERFERENCE | NURSING GOAL | NURSING INTERVENTION | NURSING EVALUATION | SUBJECTIVE:The mother of the patient verbalized “nabara toy anak ko ken sangit nga sangit”OBJECTIVE: v/s taken as follows:RR: 42 BPMPR: 144 BPMTemp: 38.6°CWBC: 8.81^10>skin warm to touch>loud cry | Hyperthermia related to inflammatory process or hypermetabolic state as evidenced by increase in body temperature of 38.6 °C‚ elevated WBC of 8.81^ 10 ‚mild jaundice ‚crying
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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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had an unwritten status of "slow code" that the nursing staff would assign to patients that‚ according to consensus‚ would not survive. This slow code meant that the staff would call the code after the patient was too far-gone for successful resuscitation or that advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) protocol drugs would not be given. It may have been less than adequate CPR or decreasing the concentration of oxygen used. I had the understanding that life saving resources was not to be wasted on
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important that I would like to accomplish first. I would like to accomplish becoming a Neonatal Nurse. Being a neonatal nurse has always been something I’ve been wanting to become since I was little. There are many reasons why I would like to accomplish this‚ but here are just a few. The first reason is I have always loved being around babies since I was little. When I was little I would always pretend to be a neonatal nurse with my baby dolls. Also‚ I love volunteering at the hospital with my mum and
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up choosing Nursing. I would have picked being a doctor‚ but the nurse is the one who is one on one with the patient most of the time‚ and that’s what I want. I saw the vast specialties that nursing had to offer‚ and I immediately chose Neonatal Nursing. Neonatal nurses are the
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Bacteria can cause neonatal sepsis and can be dangerous to a newborn baby. Neonatal sepsis is a clinical condition of bacteremia described by systemic signs and symptoms of infection in the first month of newborn life. Bactria can transfer in several ways‚ such as during birth‚ pregnancy‚ and from the new surrounding of environment after birth. Newborn infants are at much higher risk of getting sepsis than children or adult because their immune system is not developed and they cannot fight any infection
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I. Introduction a. Audience hook: Lives could be saved if more of the population was trained in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and the use of an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). According to the Heart Rhythm Society “An estimated 382‚800 people experience sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in the United States each year” (Sudden Cardiac Arrest Facts). Only 32% SCA victims get CPR because most bystanders do not have training. Training CPR and AED would save lives (About SCA: Sudden Cardiac
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