Ressler‚ A Muzzin‚ B Knoblich‚ E Peterson‚ and M Tomlanovich. "Early Goal-Directed Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock." The New England Journal of Medicine. 345.19 (2001): 1368-77. Print. This study examines the benefits of early treatment for sepsis and septic shock in emergency room medicine and intensive care units. Researchers randomly assigned septic patients to either an experimental group or a control group; patients in the experimental group received early goal directed
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was still very weak. His major concern in life wasn’t his failing health‚ but the fact there were a number of unfinished orders in the shoe shop. I planned to spend the day at the hospital‚ but I could see I would be helping my father more by taking care of all the unfinished business at the
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(cardiogenic pulmonary edema‚ CPE) or overhydrating.”( Arif‚ S. K.‚ Verheij‚ J.‚ Groeneveld‚ J. A.‚ & Raijmakers‚ P. G. (2002). Hypoproteinemia as a marker of acute respiratory distress syndrome in critically ill patients with pulmonary edema. Intensive Care Medicine‚
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supports that a ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) prevention program can decrease the incidence of VAP in patients on mechanical ventilation. Educating health care workers about the several evidence-based interventions known to reduce the incidence of VAP will enhance accountability‚ reduce VAP‚ improve patient outcomes‚ and decrease patient care costs. Three research reports from professional journals that support the implementation of a ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) prevention program are titled:
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Bed-to-nurse ratios‚ provision of basic nursing care‚ and in-hospital and 30-day mortality among acute stroke patients admitted to an intensive care unit: Cross-sectional analysis of survey and administrative data Sung-Hyun Cho a‚*‚ Sung-Cheol Yun b a Department of Nursing‚ Hanyang University‚ Seoul‚ Republic of Korea b Department of Preventive Medicine‚ College of Medicine‚ University of Ulsan‚ Seoul‚ Republic of Korea A B S T R A C T Background: The literature reports inconsistent evidence
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Reducing ICU Delirium Balas‚ M. C.‚ Vasilevskis‚ E. E.‚ Burke‚ W. J.‚ Boehm‚ L.‚ Pun‚ B. T.‚ Olsen‚ K. M.‚ … Ely‚ E. W. (2012). Critical care nurses’ role in implementing the “ABCDE” bundle into practice. Critical Care Nurse‚ 32(2)‚ 35-47. http://dx.doi.org/10.4037/ccn2012229 This article was written by a group of university professors at schools of medicine‚ research nurses‚ and a program clinical manager. The authors summarize the recent peer-reviewed research contributing to the development
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Using appropriate literature this paper will examine intermediate care and critically analyse inter-professional working in the care of adults. An introduction Inter-professional care will then be examined using various sources of literature. This paper will conclude by looking at the implications raised and examine future implications for nursing practice. In recent years‚ there has been an increasing need for multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary as well as multiprofessional and interprofessional
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Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (2011) 27‚ 202—210 available at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/iccn ORIGINAL ARTICLE Development of a scale for ‘‘difficulties felt by ICU nurses providing end-of-life care’’ (DFINE): A survey study Satomi Kinoshita a‚∗‚ Mitsunori Miyashita b a Department of Nursing‚ Kanagawa University of Human Services‚ Faculty of Health & Social Work‚ School of Nursing‚ 1-10-1 Heiseicho‚ Yokosuka city‚ Kanagawa 238-8522‚ Japan b Department of Palliative
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Abstract In 2010 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) generated a report making recommendations that outline progressive planning for the future of nursing. The Institute has responded to barriers and offers solutions to the rapidly changing healthcare model in light of the affordable care act (The future of nursing: Leading change‚ advancing health‚ 2011). This paper will consider the impact of the IOM on nursing
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Oral Care in Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia September 19‚ 2013 Literature Review The review of literature was conducted using the following databases CINAHL‚ PubMed and Medline using the keywords oral care‚ mouth care‚ ventilator-associated pneumonia‚ ventilator‚ critical care and hygiene. Of the articles retrieved there were randomized‚ nonrandomized and quasi experimental. Location of the studies included single centers to university hospital settings in multiple critical
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