Essays on: ICU

Title: Review of Literature on Response to Alarms
Last modified: 23rd Apr 2021
Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to review the literature for healthcare professionals’ (HP) understanding and response to monitor alarms in the hospital and any solutions proposed....

Title: Staffing Guidelines in the Intensive Care Unit
Last modified: 25th Feb 2021
Introduction: Introduction Problem Statement and Justification The problem is that the healthcare system does not have strict staffing guidelines that can be implemented in the intensive care unit (ICU). Each state...

Title: Reducing the risk or development of HAIs of Critical Care ICU patients
Last modified: 22nd Oct 2020
Introduction: Clinical Problem: Patient’s admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are critically compromised and have higher risk of Healthcare Associate Infections (HAIs)....

Title: Patient Safety in the ICU
Last modified: 18th Jun 2020
Introduction: PATIENT SAFETY Patient Safety in the ICU Safety in patient care has been of concern since the release of the Institute of Medicine Report in 1997 attributing human error to between 4 percent and 16 pe...

Title: Clostridium Difficile Infection in Medical ICUs of a Teaching Hospital in Iran
Last modified: 16th Jun 2020
Introduction: INTRODUCTION Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of infectious diarrhea in hospitals (1). CDI has been associated with an increase in morbidity, hospital length of stay, medical exp...

Title: Recommendations for Post-Intensive Care Follow-Up
Last modified: 25th May 2020
Introduction: Dear Dr Gillies, You have been an exemplary leader in Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service (DDHHS) since 2009.  During this time, you have undertaken many difficult roles where you endeavoured t...

Title: Decreasing Infection Rates with Chlorhexidine Baths in Intensive Care Units
Last modified: 19th May 2020
Introduction: Decreasing Infection Rates with Chlorhexidine Baths in Intensive Care Units Abstract Clinical Problem: Patients in intensive care units are very ill and susceptible to infection. Patients in intensive...

Title: Nursing Essays - Nurse Patient Safety
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Nurse Patient Safety The ICU Nurse and Patient Safety Abstract Nurses play a central role in direct patient care and safety surveillance at the point of care. This role suggests a need for conse...

Title: Stress And Job Satisfaction Of ICU Nurses
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Stress is a concept describing the interrelatedness of person and environment. It is the response by a person to stressors in the environment. Selye’s General Adaptation Theory (Selye, 1976) des...

Title: Sepsis is the leading cause of death in non-cardiac intensive care
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Twenty percent of all intensive care admissions are attributed to severe sepsis. Sepsis is the leading cause of death in non-cardiac intensive care units (Angus et al., 2001). The Surviving Sepsis Cam...

Title: Sleep Deprivation Among ICU Nurses On Shift Rotation Nursing Essay
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Sleep is a basic human need” (Maslow 1970, p.92), we all have at least unclear belief of what sleep is, and as a human being we require different types and depth of sleep in different amount and...

Title: Practical Application Of Lewins Force Field Analysis Change Model Nursing Essay
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The aim of this paper is to to describe practical application of Lewin’s (1951) force field analysis change model in reducing Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients’ length of stay (LOS) in a ...

Title: Patients Transitions In The Intensive Care Unit
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Adequate preparation of critically ill patients throughout their transition experience within, and following discharge from the Intensive Care Unit is an important element of the nursing care process ...

Title: The Assessment Process Of Patients In Intensive Care
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: This essay will present a reflective account of communication skills in practice whist undertaking assessment and history taking of two Intensive Care patients with a similar condition. It will endea...

Title: Communication With Family Members Of Critically Ill Patients
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Critical Care Unit (CCU) or Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is designed to meet the special needs of acutely and critically ill patients in a hospital setting. In many acute care setting, the concept of ICU...

Title: Benefits of Different Oxygen Levels Administered in ICU
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: ABSTRACT: There have been numerous studies conducted to identify the benefits of different oxygen levels administered in ICU (Intensive Care Unit) patients. However, the studies do not reveal a defi...

Title: Transferring Ill Patients from ICU
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction The chosen topic for the case study is the delivery of care in transferring critically ill patients in Intensive Care Unit. It is related to core competency 3 aspect of care on Hygien...

Title: Conflict in the Work Place
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Kathryn Moultrie  The conflict in my workplace that I was involved took place in the unit (ICU/Open heart), I was assigned to for eight months s staffing resource nurse. I had admitted a critical p...

Title: Management of ICU Delirium
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: 1. Introduction In the critical care setting, haemodynamic failure is recognised by monitoring the patient’s blood pressure and pulse and treatment may involve fluid resuscitation or the use of ino...

Title: Reflection on Communication in Intensive Care Setting
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: LPD 3 SUMMATIVE ESSAY My identified learning need is enhancing my ability to communicate articulately and assertively with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) members, as I portrayed lack of assertivene...

Title: Family Support Programme for ICU Patient Relatives
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Constantin Vintilescu From DNP Online Community Davidson, E., Daly, J., Brady, R. & Higgins, P. (2010). Facilitated Sensemaking A Feasibility Study for the Provision of a Family Support Program ...

Title: Benefits of Intentional Nurse Leader Rounding in the ICU
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Benefits of Intentional Nurse Leader Rounding in the ICU Abstract Include a concise abstract of the document. Abstracts should be about 100-200 words in length. Consult the APA...

Title: Length of stay in pediatric intensive care unit
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: 1.1 Scope of Review The following review of the past work done in the area of intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay is divided into two parts. The first part covers the studies done on the PICU le...

Title: Using CHG Wipes among ICU Patients to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infection
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Abstract Clinical Problem: Patients in Intensive Care Units (ICU) that acquire healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are associated with increased length of stay in the hospital, rates...

Title: Risk Factors For Neutropenic Fever Health And Social Care Essay
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Cancer patients, who receive cytotoxic antineoplastic therapy sufficient to harmfully affect myelopoiesis and the developmental integrity of the gastrointestinal mucosa, are at high risk for invasive ...

Title: Decrease Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Patients on ventilator support are very prone to respiratory infections. These patients have no means or control over what enters their lungs or what does not. One prevalent infectious process that ca...

Title: Pediatric Trauma Scoring System in Predicting Mortality
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: PEDIATRIC TRAUMA SCORE AS PREDICTOR OF OUTCOME OF PATIENTS ADMITTED TO CENTRALIZED SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IN A GOVERNMENT TERTIARY HOSPITAL: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY I. Justification of the...