Once all supplies are gathered explain procedure to patient, then flush connection tubing with saline flush and leave connected. 3. Now that the tubing is primed and you have all of your supplies open and in arms reach, it is time to begin. 4. Assess arm for optimal IV placement.…
- The purpose of the Electrocardiogram test is to monitor and measure the quantity and quality of the electrical rhythm of the heart. Understanding the electrical rhythms of the heart is important because your heart's electrical system controls the timing of your heartbeat and you would have to understand how the electrical rhythm of the heart should be to know what problems may be occurring. There are three common variables that are encountered in an electrocardiogram which are the direction in which the signal is moving, the speed at which the signal is moving and the mass of the tissue through which the signal is moving. There are three different parts of an electrical signal which are P wave, QRS complex and T wave. P wave passes slowly…
Management of Central Lines Sarah Dunbar, Lourie Grijalva, Brittany Matthews, Megen Price, & Lauren Sapp Introduction According to the Joint Commission (2012, p. v), Central Venous Catheters (CVCs) are the most frequent cause of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections, and about 3 million are placed in the United States annually. A central line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is an infection in the blood that develops as a result of introducing bacteria into these central lines. “In the United States, from 250,000 to 500,000 CLABSIs are estimated to occur every year, which result in a rate from 10% to 30% of mortality” (Perin, Erdmann, Higashi, & Sasso, 2016). Currently, one third of all hospital acquired…
Unfortunately, there are approximately“One million catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) per year, associated with an additional cost of $676 per admission (or $2836 when complicated by bacteremia)” (Meddings et al., 2013, p.1). It is evident by the statistics presented, catheter-associated urinary tract infections remain a problem…
The purpose of this lab was to measure the exact mass of a primary standard, to find the precise number of moles of potassium hydrogen phthalate (KHP) included to the reaction, the molarity of NaOH at the equivalence point, the molarity of an aqueous solution containing NaOH, as well as how much volume was needed to get to the equivalence point specified by the end point. The first step in this experiment was to prepare a solution of NaOH with an unknown molar concentration. Then, determine the concentration of the NaOH by titration, using KHP which has a known concentration and is considered a primary standard. during this experiment, Phenolphthalein was found to be the best indicator for the titration of vinegar with NaOH, due to it having…
O Each day the urinary catheter remains in place the risk of CAUTI increases 3-7 % per day (Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI), 2011) O Urethral catheters can lead to patient discomfort, morbidity, and even mortality (Saint, 2010) O 41% of physcians and nurses fail to follow Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations to evaluate and determine if a catheter should be…
Nice post Dana! As we know, prevention is better than cure, and many UTI's can be prevented if we didn't use so many indwelling urinary catheters. The most common hospital-acquired infection is urinary tract infection (UTI), which accounts for almost 40% of all nosocomial infections (Saint, 2008). Most hospital-acquired UTIs are associated with urinary catheters, a commonly used device among hospitalized patients (Saint,2008). Urinary catheterization occurs in 25% of patient hospitalization, but other methods of prevention should be assessed first (Saint, 2008).…
Dialysis Tubing Nicholas MacLean and Erin Girhiny Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 Mrs. Booth SBI 4U Purpose The movement of different molecules through dialysis tubing was observed.…
As a future adult/gerontology nurse practitioner (AGNP), my role will be focusing on helping patients to manage chronic illnesses, illness prevention, and health promotion. In addition, The AGNP collaborate with other health care providers such as physicians and specialist to better manage and treat patient illness. The problem I am really interested in researching is catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in hospitalized patients. Working as a registered nurse in a medical/surgical unit I have been exposed to different patients with indwelling Foley catheters and other requiring placement of the Foley catheter for various reasons. However, research has found that many patients tend to be at risk of unnecessary catheterization and are also at a greater risk of both infectious and non-infectious complications from the procedure (Carter, Reitmeier, & Goodloe, 2014).…
Introduction to medical sonography was a helpful experience. I took this class because I was told that it will give me an experience to decide if sonography was the right career for me. During lab simulation is where we beginning hand on experience as a group with the machine. Lab time helped me learn how to use a transducer. The transducer can be mentally challenging when holding and using it.…
Patient safety is the main concern, always. There are over one million urinary tract infections caused by catheters each year, resulting in 8,205 deaths each year. Hopefully these numbers begin to decrease every year resulting in fewer catheter-associated infections, and ultimately fewer patient…
However, when a patient’s health status has improved, there are still a high number of catheters remaining indwelling leading to a higher instance of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). Evidence-based research on CAUTI has shown that the early discontinuations of Foley catheters are better for patient outcomes. According to Smakulski et al. (2015), CAUTI is a problematic in almost every healthcare facility, affecting just about every unit.…
During the first lab period, The gram stain show that the unknown bacteria was a gram neative rod shaped microbe. After this step was established, this next part was to select the best tests and mediums to determine the unknown bacteria. This medium are use to test the metabolic characteristics of the unknown bacteria. In order to identify the unknown bacteria from other bacterias the following medium was used: MSA plate, SIM plate, nitrate reduction test Nutrient gelatin and Urease broth. For Metabolic tests, only Catalase test were performed on the unknown bacteria.…
Urinary tract infection can happen to anyone, anytime, without warning. Women are more prone to UTI’s simply because the urethra is so short and because the urethra opening is so close to the anal opening. There are several risk factors for acquiring a UTI. Certain types of birth control can make women more prone to UTI’s. For example, the diaphragms and certain spermicides have been known to make women experience more UTI’s.…
According to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, due to evidence based practice on UTIs nurses now try to avoid using indwelling catheters to help prevent…