Hospital-acquired pneumonia

realize that asthma is a chronic disease that is treatable, but it has no cure. In fact, asthma symptoms could last his whole life, but it could be less or more severe at different points in his life. Then, his parents had to spend many nights in the hospital and were always aware of signs of an asthma attack. Moreover, they were always worried about what activities were safe for him and how many days of school he was missing. In the beginning of our interview, I also asked my uncle how asthma…

to be considered while caring for this patient are complications such as pressure ulcers, hospital acquired pneumonia and DVT. As well as patient falls and restraint prevalence which could impact the length of stay. Why is this patient being restrained? What alternatives have been tried keep this patient out of restraints? Immobility can be deadly as it increase the risk for DVT, hospital acquired pneumonia and pressure ulcers. It is important to mobilize the patient by getting him up at…

rise as a result of baby boomers retiring, the acuity of patient care admitted to the hospital, and nurses changing their profession as the result of being burnt out. The idea of nursing shortage in the clinical setting, can be associated with the risk of poor quality care rendered to the patient. As the quality of care rendered to the patient declines, the patient becomes at risk for hospital acquired pneumonia, decubitus, and urinary tract infection. Also, the nursing staff will be paid for…

infections are one the most common type of hospital-acquired infection, even in occurrence with pneumonia. This is an ongoing problem in today’s health care system. Nurses have many duties to the patient by implementing and following protocols to prevent infections and should also work with the whole health care team to avoid them. Preventing surgical site infections is very important in the perioperative environment. This is so important that the CDC and Hospital Infection Control Practices…

The hospital you are admitted in may seem clean, but evidences suggest that the hospitals are one of the most likely places to get infected while harboring numerous pathogens. During patients’ care, the hospital staff can also become contaminated and carry disease causing microorganisms. This may cause harmful infections in the patients entering hospitals who are already immune compromised [11]. So, hospital acquired infections or health care associated infections (HAI) are the contaminations…

experience a shorter length of stay, fewer postoperative complications (i.e pneumonia/ deep venous thrombosis), and a fewer readmission rate for a 6-month period. Patients experienced less back pain, vascular complications (like DVT), urinary discomfort, and they had an overall better well-being perception. By shortening the length of stay, we decrease the risk of hospital acquired infections, delirium, and many other hospital acquired issues. Along with physical effects, not ambulating also has…

video-assisted teaching regarding the knowledge on Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit among staff nurses of selected hospitals. OBJECTIVES 1. To assess and compare the knowledge of staff nurses before and after video assisted teaching on prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia. 2. To find an association between the level of knowledge regarding prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia and selected demographic variable. OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS 1.…

teaching hospitals across the country. The researchers attempted to identify the relationship between low nurse staffing ratios on medical- surgical units with high patient turnover and patient outcomes (Park, Blegen, Spetz, Chapman, & De Groot, 2011). The relationship between staffing levels and the registered nurse’s failure to rescue were also explored. The study defined patient admissions, transfers, and discharges as turnover. Negative patient outcomes were defined as hospital acquired…

errors while staying in the hospitals. All that could happen is someone misplace the decimal and that could be a life threatening mistake. To avoid this mistake, before getting checked on or even going into surgery make sure that she tells the doctor her exact medicine or over the counter medicine that she takes on a daily basis. Sometime to make it easier patients can stick all the medication they are taking and put it in a bag and bring it with them to the hospital. Patients don 't want the…

include the following bio-psychosocial functioning and patient satisfaction. Two examples of nursing-sensitive patient outcomes include the following rate of central line catheter-associated blood stream infection, rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia, and prevalence of pressure ulcers. Rate of central line catheter-associated blood stream infection is a serious…