Essays on Critical Care Nursing

Prior to taking my first nursing course in college, I set a goal to one day become a nurse anesthetist. This has been an educational and professional goal ever since I shadowed a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) prior to applying to nursing school. My desire to become a CRNA has increased exponentially since gaining experience in the critical care nursing field. I strive to take on the challenge, knowledge, and responsibility of advancing my professional career to the highest level of nursing. CRNAs have the responsibility of providing safe anesthesia in the operating room and communicating effectively with ...

Root cause analysis

The healthcare system recognizes its first priority as the safety of the patient and the ability to afford the patient groups quality care. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has an obligation to ensure that healthcare facilities live to this expectation and one of the methods that have been employed over time to oversee the sustenance of quality and safe care is the requirement that all healthcare facilities regularly conduct root cause analysis of their facility (Chen, Schein & Miller, 2015). The RCA process is based on the need to determine any existing misses and errors that ...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Abstract The intensive care unit in most hospitals plays the role of providing care to patients dealing with life-threatening conditions. The technological and other set ups in these hospital units are vital in ensuring that these patients continue to receive the best regarding care while with the intentions of having them emerge with desirable outcomes. There are however challenges relating to the care that these patients receive since, in most cases, they are usually under mechanical ventilation. A patient under this condition faces the risk of developing ventilator-associated pneumonia if the ventilators are not handled with the required care. ...

Trauma Intensive Care Unit

Critical Care Nursing: Trauma Intensive Care Unit Trauma is identified as a disease progression that takes place subsequent to the submission of vigor or energy of a person affected by it. It is also recognized as a type of injury caused by a physical wound or damage originated from an external compelling force that more than a body can seize or indulge. Furthermore, victims of traumatic experiences or accidents need a high multifaceted medical assistance that is why these patients are admitted to the Trauma Intensive Care Unit for the purpose of monitoring their health condition so that they can surmount and overcome the ...

Ventilator Assisted Pneumonia

Ventilator Assisted Pneumonia

- O'Keefe-McCarthy, S., Santiago, C., & Lau, G. (2008). Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Bundled Strategies: An Evidence-Based Practice. Worldviews On Evidence-Based Nursing, 5(4), 193-204. doi:10.1111/j.1741-6787.2008.00140.xSummary of Article: In an effort to create care practices and a ventilator bundle to reduce ventilator-induced pneumonia, the study started with a compliance audit by quality control to determine baseline information. - Research Elements: The design included education of staff, placement of reminder signage, and collecting data from the period of October 2008 to December 2009. The quality department conducted compliance audits. Specific objectives were determined, striving for 100% compliance and reduction of VAP ...

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Introduction Grief is the response of an individual to the loss of something or someone with whom the individual has a bond. (Smith, 2012). Every individual has a different reaction to grief. Grief therefore may be considered a personal phenomenon. However, the loss may not always be personal. Grief may be experienced for a loss of opportunity at work or loss of a friendship. One may therefore state that there are different types of grief. The process of grieving however may remain the same irrespective of the type of loss. Kübler-Ross describes grief in five stages. This is the most commonly accepted ...

Communication with families and critically ill

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Introduction

Critical illness is a lived experience that is sudden and often than not, affects the sufferer or the patient and the family. The condition of the patient throws the family of the patient into a crisis. The critically ill patients normally fall into a situation of total confusion whether at the beginning of their illness or after they have been treated, and they are emerging from a comma. The confusion that they have can be lasting or momentary. The confusion and the various stress levels normally affect the communication between the critically ill patients and their ...

Introduction and Approval

For this particular research, the organization would need to provide the relevant support needed to make it a success. Moreover, more support would be required from fellow staff. This step would be vital in ensuring that the entire healthcare centre is a part of the study.This essay includes strategies that would be used to train nurses on the basics concerning earlier administration of therapeutic hypothermia to patients suffering cardiac arrest. In this essay, the methods of carrying out the research would be outlined in details. In addition, all the strategies involved and their outcomes will be looked into. For this study ...

Introduction and Approval

For this particular research, the organization would need to provide the relevant support needed to make it a success. Moreover, more support would be required from fellow staff. This step would be vital in ensuring that the entire healthcare centre is a part of the study.This essay includes strategies that would be used to train nurses on the basics concerning earlier administration of therapeutic hypothermia to patients suffering cardiac arrest. In this essay, the methods of carrying out the research would be outlined in details. In addition, all the strategies involved and their outcomes will be looked into. For this study ...