Nurse Nacole

JULY 9, 2025

Category: Critical Care Nursing Noninvasive ventilation is not always prudent as the first step in advanced hypoxemic respiratory failure, as it may lead to a more difficult transition to mechanical ventilation in cases of noninvasive ventilation failure.

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Nurse Nacole

JULY 7, 2025

Category: Critical Care Nursing Noninvasive ventilation requires the patient’s cooperation and an anatomically preserved, functional upper airway. It is not a replacement for invasive mechanical ventilation, nor is it suitable for all patients with acute respiratory failure.

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Caregiver Support Services

JANUARY 26, 2025

The room should be well-ventilated and at a comfortable temperature, typically between 68 and 74 degrees Fahrenheit. Learn the benefits and risks of bed rails for older adults to determine if this tool is right for your client. Keep essentials like water, tissues, and remote controls within easy reach to avoid unnecessary discomfort.

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Nurse Nacole

JULY 12, 2025

Prone positioning recruits dependent lung regions, which helps improve ventilation-perfusion matching and may help gas exchange. Category: Critical Care Nursing Prone positioning is adjunctive therapy used in the treatment of hypoxic respiratory failure.

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Caregiver Support Services

JUNE 29, 2025

CPR Pocket Masks for Effective Ventilation When performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, safety and hygiene are critical. Pocket masks provide a barrier between the caregiver and the patient while ensuring effective ventilation. This is where pocket masks become essential.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Let’s say they’re in the ICU now on a ventilator. So on the clinical side, people are really focused on how long do they have to be on the ventilator and managing that. Eric 27:31 They are unrepresented, they’re in the ICU on a ventilator. Should we keep them on the ventilator? Their advanced directive.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Eric 19:31 So it was interventions like feeding tubes, mechanical ventilation, dialysis at the very end of life. Wait, how is that actually defined? Like, how close to the end of life is it all just in seriously ill patients, I guess. Like if somebody just drops.

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GeriPal

MAY 29, 2025

Eric 05:30 And Andrew, I remember when I was a med student, I had a patient with a diffuse brain injury in the ICU on a ventilator. So that is different because the stimulus is different in that example. And we have a couple of those cases. Decision was made to transition to comfort care.

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Nurse Nacole

JUNE 22, 2025

Category: Critical Care Nursing Ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) mismatch is the most common cause of hypoxemia and arises when perfusion is maintained in regions that are no longer participating effectively in gas exchange: for example, atelectasis, pneumonia or lung edema.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 11, 2025

What’s New: Facility Features That Put Patients First 54 private exam rooms for increased comfort and privacy Separate treatment areas for pediatric and behavioral health patients Bedside triage and streamlined workflows Three-bay trauma suite, expandable to six in mass casualty events djoining radiology bay for rapid diagnostics Advanced ventilation (..)

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Hospice News

JUNE 25, 2025

It’s making sure gas and electric companies have medical justification not to turn off utilities when a child needs a ventilation device, or communicating with local fire departments and paramedics that there is a complex, non-mobile child in the house. “It really is the concept that it takes a village and requires a lot of services.

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Nurse Nacole

JUNE 28, 2025

Category: Critical Care Nursing Hypercarbic respiratory failure (PaCO2 >45 mm Hg) represents the failure of the lungs to remove a sufficient amount of CO2 in a given time interval and is characterized by decreased alveolar minute ventilation.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

JULY 17, 2022

The authors of this paper conclude: “Reducing contacts, always wearing well-fitted FFP2 respirators when indoors, using ventilation and other methods to reduce airborne virus concentrations, and avoiding situations with loud voices seem critical to limiting these latest waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.”.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

JANUARY 18, 2024

The article, titled “Daily Toothbrushing to Prevent Hospital — Acquired Pneumonia — Brushing Away the Risk,” emphasizes the significance of routine oral care in preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), a serious concern that affects both ventilated and non-ventilated patients.

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Daily Nurse

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Mattoon, Illinois-based flight nurses Kelly Hamill and Dakota Shadwell of the Air Evac Lifeteam are receiving nationwide recognition for using the new Bubble CPAP non-invasive ventilation equipment to save the life of a preterm baby born at about six months gestation, who weighed only two pounds. 5-8 in Washington.

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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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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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Together for Short Lives

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

An estimated 3,000 seriously ill children require long-term ventilation to stay […]. The post Emergency Fund Created to Support Children with Short Lives? appeared first on Together for Short Lives.

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Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Similarly, good ventilation can make summers more bearable. Adapting Home Environments for Comfort Seniors’ comfort can be greatly influenced by their home environment. Adjustments may be needed to accommodate seasonal changes. For instance, ensuring proper insulation can keep homes warm during winter.

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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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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The pandemic demonstrated that capacity was not just about beds or a ventilator, but reliant on the presence of a knowledgeable, highly skilled RN 29,30. Association of nurse staffing and nursing workload with ventilator-associated pneumonia and mortality: a prospective, single-center cohort study. 6 th October 2021. J Hosp Infect.

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Nurse Nacole

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Category: Fundamentals Achieving adequate ventilation with a bag-mask device requires an open upper airway and a good mask seal. Overly aggressive bag-mask ventilation causes stomach inflation and increases the risk for aspiration.

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Nurse Nacole

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Category: Fundamentals There is some evidence that cricoid pressure helps prevent gastric inflation during bag-mask ventilation, though cricoid pressure during bag-mask ventilation reduces tidal volume, increases peak inspiratory pressure and prevents good air exchange.

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Nurse Nacole

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Category: Fundamentals The laryngeal mask airways are widely considered to be essential adjuncts for rescue ventilation and difficult intubation, can be inserted in less than 30 seconds, and provide effective ventilation in more than 98% of patients.

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Nurse Nacole

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Category: Fundamentals Extraglottic airway devices can be blindly placed above or posterior to the larynx to allow rapid ventilation and oxygenation. They are good rescue devices for patients who are difficult or impossible to ventilate and oxygenate with a face mask.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 8, 2024

This passion led her to BAYADA Pediatrics, where she thrived for over two decades, specializing in caring for children who rely on a ventilator for respiratory support. After earning her LPN, Angeleen honed her skills in caring for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities before transitioning to complex pediatric care.

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Nurse Nacole

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Category: Critical Care Nursing The term ventilator mode refers specifically to the amount of respiratory support provided by the ventilator. The most common ventilator modes can be categorized on the basis of how often the ventilator will initiate a breath for the patient.

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Nurse Nacole

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Category: Critical Care Nursing How the ventilator defines a breath is referred to as the control variable. The ventilator can give breaths based on delivery of a set pressure or a set volume, referred to as pressure-controlled ventilation and volume-controlled ventilation.

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Nurse Nacole

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Establishment of a patent airway, oxygenation and bag-mask ventilation (BMV) remain the cornerstones of good emergency airway management. Category: Fundamentals Basic airway procedures are critically important and often lifesaving.

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Nurse Nacole

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Category: Fundamentals Capnography is more sensitive than clinical assessment of ventilation in detecting apnea along with other respiratory complications. This leads to more awareness of respiratory complications associated with procedural sedation.

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Nurse Nacole

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Category: Fundamentals Extraglottic devices, such as laryngeal mask airways (LMAs) and the King Laryngeal Tube (LT), are also important for the initial resuscitation of apneic patients and for rescue ventilation when intubation fails.

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Nurse Nacole

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Category: Fundamentals Capnography provides information about ventilation (how CO2 is eliminated by the pulmonary system), perfusion (how CO2 is transported through the vascular system) and metabolism (how CO2 is produced by cellular metabolism).

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Nurse Nacole

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

A PETCO2 reading higher than 70 mm Hg in patients without chronic ventilation problems indicates respiratory failure. Category: Fundamentals Acute bronchospasm results in a capnogram with a curved ascending phase and an upsloping alveolar plateau.

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Diversity Nursing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

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. 1500 g at birth with problems that are expected to resolve rapidly and who would not be anticipated to need subspecialty-level services on an urgent basis.

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Nurse Nacole

JANUARY 30, 2024

Category: Fundamentals For mechanically ventilated patients, the head of the bed should be elevated to 30 degrees to improve respiratory mechanics. Aseptic technique should be used throughout all suctioning procedures to prevent the introduction of bacteria.

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Nurse Nacole

JANUARY 21, 2024

Category: Fundamentals The tracheostomy cuff provides a tight seal to allow positive pressure ventilation and prevent aspiration. Cuff pressure should ideally be maintained below 25 mm Hg. Overinflation can cause disastrous injury to the tracheal wall and mucosa.

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Nurse Nacole

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Category: Fundamentals The goal of bag-mask ventilation is to achieve adequate gas exchange while keeping peak airway pressure low. Squeezing the bag forcefully creates high peak airway pressure and is more likely to inflate the stomach.

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