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Huntsville Hospital Risk Management Risk Management programs provide protection to patients, staff members, and visitors from inadvertent injuries while protecting healthcare systems’ financial assets and community reputation. Risk management plans are designed to provide guidance and structure within an organization’s clinical and business services of providing a safe environment while delivering quality patient care. Identifying high-risk areas in healthcare that could possibly cause harm to…

“Cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation (CPCR, formerly abbreviated as CPR) is the treatment required to save an animal (or human) life when suffering cardiopulmonary arrest.”(Gfeller) CPR is the act of manually restoring blood flow and to oxygenate the heart, brain, and lungs by applying firm pressure continuously when compressing over the heart. To perform CPR on a Labrador, you first need to move the patient to a centralized location that has easy access to an anesthesia machine for oxygen…

O’grady et al., (2011) recommend periodical assessment of knowledge for all personnel involved the in central line care, appropriate nursing staff levels in ICUs, and designated competent trained personnel for the insertion or maintenance in central catheters. According to the Center of Disease and Control (2017), “Observational studies suggest that a higher proportion of “pool nurses” or an elevated patient-to-nurse ratio is associated with CRBSI in ICUs where nurses are managing patients with…

CONCEPT ANALYSIS: HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS Tammy Ruddle RN, BSN MTSU Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing Practice 06/30/2017 Abstract The aim is to report a concept analysis of nosocomial infections. This analysis is needed because the concept of infection control is relevant in all aspects of nursing. The definition of infection control is “policies and procedures used to minimize the risk of spreading infection, especially in hospitals and human or animal health care…

“cath lab” is an area of the hospital the procedure performed in it(8). During cardiac catheterization, A doctor will insert a long and thin tube called catheters into blood vessels in the arm, leg or neck, and threaded The through your blood vessels to your heart(7,8). The flow and the amount of blood that the heart is pumping by the catheters, and they are used to measure pressure in diverse parts(8). The doctor is able to take pictures of the heart and circulation by using X-ray dye. The dye…

This includes cleaning the genital areas before and after sexual intercourse, urinate within 15 minutes after sexual intercourse, adequate fluid/ water intake, urinate when there is an urge, discontinue catheters as soon as possible, take more showers than baths or urinate after taking a bath and practicing good hygiene by wiping front to back to avoid contaminating the urinary system the fecal matter or pathogens (Hinkle, 2015). It is important to change…

Module 2 Discussion 1 1. Discuss how primary research and evidence based practice (EBP) differ and how they complement each other. When providing high quality patient care, it is important to use both primary research and evidence based practice. These processes do differ. Primary research involves individual research studies performed to answer specific questions regarding best practice (Polit & Beck, 2012). Evidence based practice (EBP) involves the integration and analysis of primary…

Epidural anaesthesia for painless labour. What is it? What is Epidural Anaesthesia? Epidural anaesthesia is a procedure in which a very thin catheter is placed in the lower part of your back and a pain killer is injected through it. This medicine only blocks the sensation of nerves that cause pain during labour i.e. in the lower part of the body. There is pain relief without any other effect. What are the types of epidural anaesthesia? -Regular epidural. -Combined Spinal –Epidural (CSE) or…

volume was 31.9 +/- 10 mL and the mean operative time was 44.9 +/- 10 minutes. No significant changes were seen in serum hemoglobin and serum sodium. The mean hospital stay was 0.7 day (0 to 2). Nineteen patients had their catheters removed within 24 hours and 1 patient had his catheter removed 48 hours postoperatively. No patient experienced impotence, incontinence, urethral stricture, post-transurethral resection syndrome, or required blood transfusion. In 1 patient (5%) bladder neck stenosis…

Epidural Anesthesia - Procedure, Benefits and Risks Adequate research to write down your birth plan is an important task you and your support system need to educate yourself on. Consult your doctor or midwife to find out what pain relieving options are available to you as labor can be painful and it's not something every woman can deal with unmedicated. Epidural Anesthesia is one of the most complicated yet popular methods used by 50 per cent of women giving birth at hospitals. This pain…