Tag: ICU
An intensive care unit, also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit or critical care unit, is a special department of a hospital or health care facility. Intensive care is needed if someone is seriously ill and requires intensive treatment and close monitoring, or if they're having surgery and intensive care can help them recover.
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Review of Literature on Response to Alarms
Nursing Literature Reviews
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....
Last modified: 23rd Apr 2021
Staffing Guidelines in the Intensive Care Unit
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 25th Feb 2021
Reducing the risk or development of HAIs of Critical Care ICU patients
Nursing Literature Reviews
Clinical Problem: Patient’s admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are critically compromised and have higher risk of Healthcare Associate Infections (HAIs)....
Last modified: 22nd Oct 2020
Patient Safety in the ICU
Nursing Assignments
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...
Last modified: 18th Jun 2020
Clostridium Difficile Infection in Medical ICUs of a Teaching Hospital in Iran
Nursing Case Studies
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...
Last modified: 16th Jun 2020
Recommendations for Post-Intensive Care Follow-Up
Nursing Assignments
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...
Last modified: 25th May 2020
Decreasing Infection Rates with Chlorhexidine Baths in Intensive Care Units
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 19th May 2020
Nursing Essays - Nurse Patient Safety
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Stress And Job Satisfaction Of ICU Nurses
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Sepsis is the leading cause of death in non-cardiac intensive care
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Sleep Deprivation Among ICU Nurses On Shift Rotation Nursing Essay
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Practical Application Of Lewins Force Field Analysis Change Model Nursing Essay
Nursing Essays
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 ...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Patients Transitions In The Intensive Care Unit
Nursing Essays
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 ...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
The Assessment Process Of Patients In Intensive Care
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Communication With Family Members Of Critically Ill Patients
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Benefits of Different Oxygen Levels Administered in ICU
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Transferring Ill Patients from ICU
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Conflict in the Work Place
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Management of ICU Delirium
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Reflection on Communication in Intensive Care Setting
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Family Support Programme for ICU Patient Relatives
Nursing Essays
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 ...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Benefits of Intentional Nurse Leader Rounding in the ICU
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Length of stay in pediatric intensive care unit
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Using CHG Wipes among ICU Patients to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infection
Nursing Essays
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...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Risk Factors For Neutropenic Fever Health And Social Care Essay
Nursing Essays
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 ...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
