Tag: ICU

Staffing Guidelines in the Intensive Care Unit
19th Jun 2020
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...

Patient Safety in the ICU
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...

Risk Factors For Neutropenic Fever Health And Social Care Essay
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 ...

Decrease Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
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...

Pediatric Trauma Scoring System in Predicting Mortality
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...

Healthcare Professional Understanding and Response to Alarms
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Obstacles and Solutions for Healthcare Professionals (HP)’s understanding and response to monitor alarms: A literature Review Image(1) Abstract: The alarm systems employed in the intensive care uni...