Intensive care medicine

caused mainly due to lack of an institutional oral care guidelines followed at this hospital. Hiroko and Blegen, 2015 carried out a research on how institutional guidelines for oral care and improvement of nursing perception on following the proper protocol helps in diminishing VAP infections. This research was a cross-sectional carried out within 8 hospitals with ICU in 2009. This was a quantitative study giving evidence that proper oral hygiene care with set guidelines wholly or partially…

required. One thing I learned about myself through 4-H is that I am a very caring person. I put others (including my pigs) before myself. I constantly used my time to check my pigs when I could have been doing other stuff but I knew that my pigs needed care. I can use very many useful skills that I have learned this year in 4-H in other areas of my life. One example of this is that I can speak fluently and easily in front of adults and peers because of my demonstration. Another example of…

American Association of Critical Care Nurses American health care, like other business genres, responds to the demands of society (Shi, 2013). Thus, when the polio epidemic took place in the 1950s, American hospitals established the first intensive care units to care for these patients (AACN, 2015). In evaluating these units and assessing the successes and quality of care provided to these patients, cardiac units were developed in the 1960s to care for the increasing demands of the cardiac…

Concept Analysis: Stress, for Families Related to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Admissions Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is considered stressful environment and emotionally challenging for parents and caregivers. Studies have demonstrated immediate as well as post-traumatic stress disorders among parents whose children are admitted in PICU. The term “stress”, as it is currently used was coined by Hans Selye in 1936, who defined it as “the non-specific response of the body to any…

responsiveness to react on the current emergency or need. The nurses that face mostly this stress are the ones assigned in a critical care unit or in the intensive care unit. There are different factors that contribute on this anxiety that is being felt by the nurse. It is necessary to be equipped with knowledge and skills to be able to work as an effective critical care unit nurse. On a study conducted by Ulrich et al. (2010), one of the ethical issues that contribute to a nurse’s stress on…

Nursing in its essence is not simply a career as a medical care-giver but also a counselor, nutritionist, friend, psychiatrist, and so much more. A good nurse, in my opinion, helps their patients not just when they are physically hurting but also when they need mental help as well. They support their patients, listen to them even if just for a moment, so that they feel like they are more than just a person in a hospital bed but a human being. It is my belief that a good nurse holds both their…

and the care given there comes to mind we usually think of the nurses, doctors, and assistants that come to our aide. One big factor that does not receive enough credit for its role is the technology that has been used to help save those lives as well. The development of the equipment for healthcare and hospitals has evolved understandably with the advancement of the new machinery created which has allowed great breakthroughs in intensive care, surgery and operations, and emergency care services…

discussed all meet at one avenue. They all require proper organization, planning and design. Proper planning can lead to improved quality of care the hospital can provide, and allows the hospital to adequately accommodate the patient. Ulrich’s review article covers most aspects of the hospital setting and is supported by dozens of studies. Improving quality of care in a hospital setting begins with improving the setting of healthcare professionals including nurses, doctors and other employees.…

doctors, pediatricians and other nurses, to provide preventative as well as critical care. As a Pediatric Nurse, you’ll also teach your patients’ parents and family members how to prevent childhood diseases, and about proper nutrition for growth and development.” (“Pediatric Nurse”) Nursing involves many different branches of care. All the way from geriatrics to…

medication accounted for 28% of the overall pain management therapies.1 In the face of these challenges, the FDA has asked organizations to provide guidelines and protocols for short and long-term treatment programs, including preventative and corrective care.1…