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    Thousands of people die every day around the world from infections acquired while receiving Healthcare. Hands are the main pathways of germ transmission during Healthcare. Hand hygiene is therefore the most important measure to avoid the transmission of harmful germs and prevent Healthcare-associated infections. Any health-care worker, caregiver or person involved in direct or indirect patient care needs to be concerned about hand hygiene and should be able to perform it correctly and at the…

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    Unit 26 ECMO Case

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    Sometimes despite optimal care, some patients become severe developing refractory hypoxemia. In this case extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or ECMO is the last hope. ECMO, a highly invasive procedure similar to a cardiopulmonary bypass machine comes with significant risk and complications, with rates of mortality near 60%.26 ECMO involves a skilled group of caregivers capable of monitoring and managing the patient correctly. Two different methods can be used, veno-atrial which requires a…

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    Self-Care Deficit Theory

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    Patients who are acutely ill and requiring mechanical ventilation on bed rest are at high risk for decreased muscle weakness and prolonged hospitalizations. Patients that survive an acute illness may suffer long term muscle weakness. Early mobilization can increase functional outcomes and decrease length of hospital stay. The purpose of the paper is to examine how the application of Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory can be applied to improving functional status by implementing early…

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    Evaluate research for use in nursing practice. The two patients I followed, both had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy with intraoperative cholangiogram and were advised to be NPO (nothing by mouth) after midnight before their surgery was supposed to take place. According to the University of Minnesota Health (2016), the new evidenced-based research suggested that the old standard rule of “NPO after midnight,” is unnecessary and the new evidence-based research suggested allowing patients to drink…

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    An injury can cause a significant damage to a person. In Oliver’s case, the damage led to a cerebral disorder. There are several numbers of cerebral disorders that may cause a raised intracranial pressure. This includes intracranial haemorrhage and fracture. It is a challenging task for nurses and the multidisciplinary health team to manage, control and prevent secondary injury to the patient. This case study will present how a motor vehicular accident can cause a great impact on a healthy…

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    Nursing Reflection Essay

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    However, upon assessment she was alert and oriented to name place and time, breathing spontaneously via an endotracheal tube at 10 L oxygen therapy, equal rise and fall of the chest, crackles heard at the base of her lungs, cough still persistent. She was not cyanotic, no edema was seen, capillary refill within 2 seconds, mucous membrane pink and moist, blood pressure…

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    Howling Creative Writing

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    When I stop at a house and people come running to the ambulance I’m usually concerned. To me, that means either they don’t know how to cope with what is happening inside and/or that whatever is happening inside is terribly frightening. This was the case when we stopped at the day care. From the second we stopped, people seemed to come at us from all directions and we were almost mobbed by the crowd. A huge woman almost physically pulled me out of the ambulance because she felt I wasn’t moving…

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    Emphysema Case Study

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    1. Mr. Hayato was diagnosed with emphysema more than 10 years ago. Define emphysema and explain its underlying pathophysiology. Emphysema is a lung condition that is "characterized by the breakdown of the lungs' elastic structure and destruction of the walls of the bronchioles and aveoli." This condition breaks down the elastic structure of the surface area that is involved in respiration. Emphysema is associated with "abnormal levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood," which would…

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    Laryngospasm and Bronchospasm Alyssa Acosta San Joaquin Valley College Abstract Laryngospasms and bronchospasms are both spasms that occur during within the upper respiratory tract (Frey & Ross, 2014). They can either occur in the operating room, during induction of anesthesia or can occur in a normal setting, triggered by things other than anesthesia. Depending on severity and setting, laryngospasms and bronchospasms can be either non life-threatening or life-threatening (Drugs.com,…

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    Healthcare-Associated Infections definition Healthcare-Associated infections are patients’ infections that happen when the patients are receiving treatments in a health care setting for health issues either medical or surgical condition. There are many places where healthcare-associated infections can happen such as hospital’s inpatient care, outpatient clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, nursing homes, end-stage renal disease facilities, and rehabilitation centers (Health.gov, 2016). Types of…

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