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Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (NVHAP) Is Killing Patients. Yet There Is a Simple Solution.

Daily Nurse

Blog Health & Wellness Health Literacy Hospitals News Patient Care hospital acquired infections NVHAP (non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia) oral healthFour years ago, when Karen Giuliano, Ph.D.,

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Fundamentals

Nurse Nacole

Category: Fundamentals Decongestants are sympathomimetic agents that stimulate alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptors, causing vasoconstriction in the respiratory tract mucosa and thereby improving ventilation.

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Emergency Fund Created to Support Children with Short Lives?

Together for Short Lives

An estimated 3,000 seriously ill children require long-term ventilation to stay […]. Families caring for a seriously ill child dependent on vital equipment to stay alive can now receive much-needed aid as we launch our new Cost of Living Support Fund to help UK families caring for children with short lives with their soaring energy bills. The post Emergency Fund Created to Support Children with Short Lives? appeared first on Together for Short Lives

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Palliative Care – a Human Right – so apparent during COVID

Life & Death Matters

Much of the discussion about ethical issues has centered around the availability of ventilators, but little has been said about the need and the responsibility to provide palliative care, ways to integrate a palliative approach for those who are seriously ill, and how to best support those […]. Deaths from COVID-19 are approaching 3 million world-wide.

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Checklist Prompters Support ICU Rounds

Daily Nurse

The evidence-based bundle includes various elements related to pain, agitation, delirium, ventilator care, and family engagement. Rounding checklists can help hospital care teams improve patient outcomes.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

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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Covid Reinfections: Covid Is Not A One And Done Virus

Comforcare Home Care

Avoid crowded indoor places with poor ventilation Covid reinfections have become a fact of life and second and sometimes third coronavirus cases are becoming more common.

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Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert

GeriPal

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. Summary Transcript Summary.

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I think therefore I am? – What’s the best thing you did today?

Palliverse

Through his non-invasive positive airways pressure ventilation mask he chuckled and his whole chest shook. Photo by Mark Daynes on Unsplash.

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What Legal Documents Should Seniors Have?

Always Best Care Senior Services

Some documents to help include: Advanced Directive: This document outlines what type of care the person wants to receive , including ventilators, feeding tubes, or resuscitation. Aging is a natural part of life, and there comes a time when seniors require more help.

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COVID-19 Class of 2020: My Hospital Residency’s Twists and Turns

Nurse.com

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. During my hospital residency in 2020, I worked in several ICUs, all of which had been converted to COVID-19 wards.

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What Lessons Have We Learned from the First COVID Surges? Jim Wright & Darrell Owens

GeriPal

Not one elderly person died on a ventilator. Summary Transcript Summary. Imagine that you are the medical director of a large (>150 bed) nursing home. Two-thirds of the patients in the home now have COVID-19. Seventeen of your patients are dead.

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Understanding Nurses Experiencing Moral Injury

Nurse.com

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. What was frequently confused as burnout in previous years has recently been accurately identified as moral injury for nurses.

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The Problems of Long-term Effects Of Covid

Boca Home Care Services

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. Long Haul Covid. The majority of individuals who contract COVID-19 completely recover within a few weeks.

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I think therefore I am? – The most beautiful sound I ever heard…

Palliverse

As many doors and windows have been left open to allow greater ventilation to allow viruses and other infective materials to be circulated out of the building but the sound of the wind is not the subject of this post. Photo by darin ashby on Unsplash.

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Resume FAQs for Nursing Students and New Nurses

Nurse.com

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.

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Understanding Nurses Experiencing Moral Injury

Nurse.com

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. What was frequently confused as burnout in previous years, has recently been accurately identified as moral injury for nurses.

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Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray

GeriPal

And yet, when the reality of breathing difficulties, BIPAP, the talks of tracheostomy and ventilators set in, what had seemed so clear on that piece of paper, no longer seemed so clear. Summary Transcript Summary. Comics. Cartoons. Graphic Novels. Graphic Medicine.

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Wrongful Death Suit Calls Out Breached Standards of Care

Nurse.com

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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Do You Believe in Cancer and Coronavirus Miracles? Here's research.

Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

He spent 30 days in the ICU and was on a ventilator three times while at MedStar Franklin Square where he almost died. Are miracles real or just wishful thinking when a good health prognosis is wanted?

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Hospice Nurses Take a Holistic Approach to Dementia Care

Nurse.com

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.

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A Career In NICU Nursing

Diversity Nursing

These nurseries may provide assisted ventilation on an interim basis until the infant’s condition either soon improves or the infant can be transferred to a higher-level facility.

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Signs Your Senior Loved One May Need a Caregiver

Seniority, the Mavencare Blog

We can't always help our aging loved ones as much as we would like.

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How Long Can You Be in Palliative Care?

Seasons Hospice

This type of request is often made by those wishing to avoid life-prolonging treatments such as ventilation or artificial nutrition when there is no hope for recovery. Is There A Length Of Time For Palliative Care?

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Case Management Fast-Growing Role, Despite Pandemic Difficulties

Nurse.com

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.”.

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The Dance of Donation

Red M.D.

The patient was admitted to the neuro-trauma ICU, but even 72 hours later, despite a GCS of 3T, continued to over breathe the ventilator. “Code trauma. ETA 5 min.” The message flashed across my pager on a Wednesday during morning rounds.

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The Importance of Creating an Advance Directive

Always Best Care Senior Services

A living will is a document that outlines your wishes when it comes to life support, resuscitation, ventilators, dialysis, feeding tubes, or comfort care. Many people only think about end-of-life care as it pertains to getting older.

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Care Across the Health Care Continuum: Communication and Education are the Keys to Success

Home Care Pulse

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.

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COVID-19 Class of 2020: My Hospital Residency’s Twists and Turns

Nurse.com

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. During my hospital residency in 2020, I worked in several ICUs, all of which had been converted to COVID-19 wards.

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Who should get Palliative Care? Kate Courtright

GeriPal

And instead of only being focused on the mechanical ventilation parameters that day, we force them to focus on prognosis. Summary Transcript Summary. In the US, geriatrics “grew up” as an academic profession with a heavy research base.

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Wrongful Death Suit Calls Out Breached Standards of Care

Nurse.com

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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Should we prioritize the unvaccincated for treatment? Govind Persad and Emily Largent

GeriPal

Interested in your thoughts on revising this framework at a national level, the NIH framework versus clinicians making individual choices about who to allocate this, a scarce treatment to whether it’s Paxlovid or an ICU bed or a ventilator or a dialysis compounds.

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Palliative care for children: planning and communication

Elizz

Level of resuscitation status in the event of a sudden deterioration (cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ventilation, intubation); as well as treatments that should be administered to your child (analgesia, antibiotics, anticonvulsants, transfusions).

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Palliative care for children: planning and communication

Elizz

Level of resuscitation status in the event of a sudden deterioration (cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ventilation, intubation); as well as treatments that should be administered to your child (analgesia, antibiotics, anticonvulsants, transfusions).

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Palliative care for children: planning and communication

Elizz

Level of resuscitation status in the event of a sudden deterioration (cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ventilation, intubation); as well as treatments that should be administered to your child (analgesia, antibiotics, anticonvulsants, transfusions).

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Can I Include End of Life Care Wishes in My Will?

Seasons Hospice

In your living will, you should clearly state your preferences for medical treatment, including life-sustaining measures such as artificial ventilation and feeding tubes. Make Your End Of Life Wishes Known.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

GeriPal

I don’t need a checkbox form, I don’t need to know about CPR or mechanical ventilation. Summary Transcript Summary. One of my favorite Piece of My Mind essays in JAMA is by Rebecca Sudore, titled, “ Can We Agree to Disagree? ” . And today our guests agree to disagree. .

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Top Family Caregiver Mistakes:  Part 1.5; Not having healthcare, financial, and legal affairs in order

Hope Hospice

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. Hope Hospice is publishing a five-part monthly series about common family caregiver mistakes. Following is Part 1.5,

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Top Family Caregiver Mistakes:  Part 2; Not hiring in-home help

Hope Hospice

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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