The Nurse Break

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Also called bronchopulmonary dysplasia, it can often be caused by needing prolonged oxygen therapy, pulmonary damage during mechanical ventilation, infections, or simply underdeveloped lungs due to prematurity. The SensorMedics is a mechanical ventilator known as a High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilator (HFOV).

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Daily Nurse

DECEMBER 29, 2023

For example, patients who have difficulty weaning from mechanical ventilation should first undergo a detailed workup to search for any underlying medical causes before anxiety sensitivity is considered as a primary cause.

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Nurse.com

AUGUST 5, 2022

Each new rotation in a COVID-19 ICU made us feel like we were patients who had just undergone CPR, been brought back to life, and were back on a ventilator for the next round. The post COVID-19 Class of 2020: My Hospital Residency’s Twists and Turns appeared first on Nurse.com Blog. We repeated this pattern over and over again.

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Daily Nurse

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Over the past 11 years, participants have reported achieving significant results, including: Decreased nurse overtime, turnover, moral distress, burnout, and staffing challenges Reduced length of stay, ventilator days, infection rates, delirium, pressure injuries and falls An average median return on investment of 605% per team Nationwide, more than (..)

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Nurse.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This ensures that the family and the care team honor the patient’s wishes like determining do not resuscitate (DNR) status, using ventilator support, and providing enteral feedings. A National Institute on Aging blog suggests targeting the patient’s hearing, touch, or sight senses to bring comfort.

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Nurse.com

AUGUST 22, 2022

Additional equipment such as fans and ventilators made it difficult for nurses to be heard as they tried to offer kind words of comfort to patients. The post Understanding Nurses Experiencing Moral Injury appeared first on Nurse.com Blog. COVID-19: Managing Staff Mental Health During a Pandemic (.50

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The Nurse Break

JUNE 4, 2022

Also called bronchopulmonary dysplasia, it can often be caused by needing prolonged oxygen therapy, pulmonary damage during mechanical ventilation, infections, or simply underdeveloped lungs due to prematurity. The SensorMedics is a mechanical ventilator known as a High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilator (HFOV).

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

He spent 30 days in the ICU and was on a ventilator three times while at MedStar Franklin Square where he almost died. Frances Shani Parker's Website Frances Shani Parker, Author "Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes" [link] Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog [link].

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Nurse.com

AUGUST 16, 2022

In past blogs, I have discussed the importance of adhering to standards of care and how severe the consequences can be if this isn’t done. She was treated with repeated blood transfusions and placed on a ventilator, among other medical interventions, but she died in the hospital two weeks later.

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Nurse.com

AUGUST 22, 2022

Additional equipment such as fans and ventilators made it difficult for nurses to be heard as they tried to offer kind words of comfort to patients. The post Understanding Nurses Experiencing Moral Injury appeared first on Nurse.com Blog. COVID-19: Managing Staff Mental Health During a Pandemic (.50

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The AANA article reminded readers that the danger of the situation was exacerbated by the fact that CRNAs had little technological assistance in the 1950s, so thoracic surgery did not necessarily include mechanical ventilation or paralysis.

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Nurse.com

OCTOBER 5, 2023

It’s common for kids with cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, seizure disorders, and even those on ventilators to be in public and private schools. The post School Nurse Career Guide appeared first on Nurse.com Blog. Children with special needs and complex health conditions are integrated into every school.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 8, 2024

The campaign highlighted six critical interventions: Rapid Response Teams Improved Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction Medication Reconciliation Preventing Central Line Infections Preventing Surgical Site Infections Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia IHI reported in 2016 that the first ten years saw 75% of U.S.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Your Multifaceted Skills When we think of nursing skills , we often think of so-called hard skills like venipuncture, rhythm interpretation, wound debridement, or ventilator management. We also need to remember that the 21st-century nurse has computer skills, including using EMRs and other technologies.

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Nurse.com

DECEMBER 1, 2022

You can mention significant experiences you had or skills you developed, such as working with ventilators or assisting with procedures like placing an IV, in a bulleted list below your clinical experience. The post Resume FAQs for Nursing Students and New Nurses appeared first on Nurse.com Blog. spring 2022).

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The Nurse Break

JUNE 7, 2022

Is there a cardiac contributing factor to why patient cannot be weaned off the ventilator? Some of these young patients (as young as 30s) are so unwell very quickly that conventional ventilation and its adjunction therapies were no longer able to support the patient through their disease process. Does the patient have PE?

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Nurse.com

AUGUST 5, 2022

Each new rotation in a COVID-19 ICU made us feel like we were patients who had just undergone CPR, been brought back to life, and were back on a ventilator for the next round. The post COVID-19 Class of 2020: My Hospital Residency’s Twists and Turns appeared first on Nurse.com Blog. We repeated this pattern over and over again.

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Nurse.com

JULY 1, 2022

But now, there were many ventilator-dependent patients, for example, who had to be placed in facilities that the case managers were unfamiliar with and in many cases didn’t even know where these facilities were located.”. The post Case Management Fast-Growing Role, Despite Pandemic Difficulties appeared first on Nurse.com Blog.

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 28, 2020

I had planned for this month’s blog, second in our series about common mistakes that family caregivers make, to be about the importance of having a support system in place. The first blog in this series stresses the importance of planning ahead, not waiting for a crisis to force vital decisions. Revisit Part 1: Not Planning in Advance.

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Boca Home Care Services

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Individuals with severe symptoms of COVID typically have to be treated in an intensive care unit at a hospital, with ventilators or other mechanical assistance to improve breathing. The post The Problems of Long-term Effects Of Covid first appeared on Elder Care Home Health Blog. Problems with Fatigue and Mood Swing.

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 28, 2020

The first blog in this series stresses the importance of planning ahead, not waiting for a crisis to force vital decisions. Other end-of-life issues that may be included in an advance directive are the individual’s preferences for comfort care, ventilation, tube feeding, and organ donation.

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 28, 2020

The first blog in this series stresses the importance of planning ahead, not waiting for a crisis to force vital decisions. Other end-of-life issues that may be included in an advance directive are the individual’s preferences for comfort care, ventilation, tube feeding, and organ donation.

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Home Care Pulse

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Alice has stated that she is unsure about a feeding tube but is certain she does not want a ventilator or other assistive breathing device. Without this shared knowledge, the likelihood of Alice’s wishes being respected and carried out decreases.

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The Nurse Break

APRIL 20, 2022

Joel was diagnosed with a catastrophic brain injury and after 2 weeks in ICU on a ventilator, he was moved in a comatose state to the same Children’s ward where I had worked as an RN, 10 years previously.

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Hearts for Hospice & Home Health

JANUARY 6, 2021

Providers should consider patients with sepsis for hospice if the patient: Has impaired kidney failure Not responding to pharmacological treatment Require mechanical ventilation Injury to the liver Hyperlactemia Hospice is available to patients who are at the end of their life. However, some patients meet the criteria.

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The Nurse Break

MAY 16, 2022

In this instance, the normal care would be to use a bag valve mask and ventilate or breathe for the patient, however in a CICO event, you are unable to ventilate and hence unable to oxygenate. CICO is an anaesthetic airway emergency where the induction of anaesthesia has commenced and the patient’s airway is requiring management.

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The Nurse Break

MARCH 27, 2022

One time we had to bag a pt for 3 hours as we raced to shore as our ventilator broke down, which was hard going between 3 of us! You can’t call an ambulance or the Flying Doctors! We could only call the US Coastguard if things were that bad.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 23, 2023

I developed bilateral pneumonia and was hospitalized but thankfully not put on a ventilator. My IPAH made me especially vulnerable and after managing to avoid COVID for two and a half years, it was finally my turn. I spent five days in the hospital and was discharged home on oxygen.

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The Nurse Break

APRIL 4, 2022

The majority are adult patients with all types of conditions, commonly cardiac, complex medical and surgical, or trauma – they are often intubated and ventilated and on inotropes. We retrieve all patients from paediatrics to adults.

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Hope Hospice

JUNE 15, 2020

This refers to choosing a very small group of family and friends who have been following infection-control measures with whom we can interact for short periods of time in an outdoor or well-ventilated environment.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

And Lauren Ferrante has found in a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that trajectories of disability in the year prior to ICU admission were highly predictive of disability post-ICU, on the same order of magnitude as mechanical ventilation. Eric: While they’re ventilated in the ICU, would you do that too? Lauren: Shock.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As we’ve written about on GeriPal when we were a blog (a decade ago!) I’d be willing to take some time on a mechanical ventilation machine to live longer.” And so the idea that patients are walking around with these on their shoulder like, “Hey, I got the mechanical ventilation preference, just want to make sure.”

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Daily Nurse

JULY 21, 2022

Four years ago, when Karen Giuliano, Ph.D., MSN, MBA, FAAN went to a Boston hospital for hip replacement surgery, she was given a pale-pink bucket of toiletries issued to patients in many hospitals. Inside were tissues, bar soap, deodorant, toothpaste, and, without a doubt, the worst toothbrush she’d ever seen. “I I couldn’t believe it.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 28, 2023

The evidence-based bundle includes various elements related to pain, agitation, delirium, ventilator care, and family engagement. Because ICU admissions often last multiple days, discussions often address the same patient over different days.

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The Nurse Break

MAY 1, 2022

So, it’s important the patient is well secured on our stretcher and to ensure our monitor, ventilator and infusion pumps are well secured on our bridge. Although we are using it in transit from the back of the ambulance to the airport, up and down our loading system or in the back of the aircraft.

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The Nurse Break

APRIL 3, 2022

Australian Nursing Blog. Titration of ventilation settings, CRRT troubleshooting, vasopressor management, and supporting loved ones, all the while trying to manage documentation and patients who are critically unwell or aggressive as a result of ICU delirium. To be updated on new articles go here. Categories. Select Category.

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The Nurse Break

DECEMBER 23, 2022

At one stage the backup generators failed, draining the room of the intensive care specialists as they sprinted up to ICU to help ventilate their patients by hand. We had no idea what was going to happen next and we were all dreading the arrival of more seriously burned people. This person was conscious and talking when they arrived.

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