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 of catheter-related infection involves several measures which should be used in combination. The organization
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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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ensure the safe‚ sterile placement and removal of the Foley catheter. It also provides guidelines for catheter care and specimen collection from the catheter. Accountability: The physician is responsible for writing the order for placement of the Foley catheter. The registered nurse‚ licensed practical nurse‚ advanced care partner‚ emergency medical technician or paramedic is responsible for placing an indwelling urinary catheter (Foley catheter). The above personnel must have demonstrated the knowledge
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Intravascular catheter complications and maintenance Intravascular catheter complications and maintenance Approximately half of the 40 million patients that require hospitalization in the United States have to receive intravenous (IV) treatment. A total of 41.8% of those hospitalized patients received IV therapy and experience phlebitis or other complications due to the therapy (Uslusoy & Mete‚ 2008). With staggering numbers as these‚ IV care proves to be a large area of nursing responsibility
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Primum non nocere (first do no harm) is an ancient Latin phrase that reminds nurses that the first principle of healthcare is not to harm those entrusted to our care (Nazarko‚ 2008). A research article in health has the main objectives of obtaining evidence to solve healthcare problems and investigating healthcare issues (Richardson-Tench‚ Taylor‚ Kermode‚ & Roberts‚ 2011). This paper will critique a research article on urinary catheterisation and attempt to critically analyse the effectiveness
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Global and China Intravenous Catheter Industry 2013 Market Research Report The report firstly introduced Intravenous Catheter basic information included Intravenous Catheter definition classification application industry chain structure industry overview; international market analysis‚ China domestic market analysis‚ Macroeconomic environment and economic situation analysis and influence‚ Intravenous Catheter industry policy and plan‚ Intravenous Catheter product specification‚ manufacturing process
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1 Chapter c0001 1 Nursing knowledge and practice Maggie Mallik‚ Carol Hall and David Howard KEY ISSUES s0005 u0190 u0195 u0200 u0205 s0010 u0210 u0215 u0220 u0225 u0230 u0235 u0240 s0015 u0245 u0250 u0255 s0020 u0260 u0265 INTRODUCTION SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE l Definitions‚ theories and models of nursing l Role and image of the nurse l People as recipients of nursing care l Contexts for delivering nursing care Nursing care is provided for people with widely
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I. SAFE AND QUALITY NURSING CARE CORE COMPETENCY 1: Demonstrate knowledge based on health/illness status of individual/ groups Indicators : ○ Identifies health needs of patients/groups ○ Explains patient/group status CORE COMPETENCY 2: Provides sound decision making in care of individual/groups considering their beliefs‚ values Indicators : ○ Problem identification ○ Data gathering related to problem ○ Data analysis ○ Selection appropriate action ○ Monitor progress of action
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Accountability and Responsibility The National Council of State Boards in Nursing defines delegation as "transferring to a competent individual the authority to perform a selected nursing task in a selected situation" (National Council of State Boards of Nursing‚ Resources section‚ 4). When delegating‚ the registered nurse (RN) assigns nursing tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) while still remaining accountable for the patient and the task that was assigned. Delegating is a management
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in focusing the normal principals of care and justice and also motivates certain civic action. Social responsibility is “strongly linked to the values of professions in general and nursing in particular” and that “the underlying constructs of social responsibility‚ communication and teamwork are woven into the fabric of nursing ’s history and its code of ethics”(Kelley‚2008). Communication‚ social responsibility and teamwork‚ are an integral part of the nursing profession. These three attributes of
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