Temporary Pacing After Cardiac Surgery
No abstract available (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - July 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: DEPARTMENTS: ECG Challenges Source Type: research
Blending Quality Improvement and Research Methods for Implementation Science, Part I: Design and Data Collection
No abstract available (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - July 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: DEPARTMENTS: Clinical Inquiry Source Type: research
Ebola at the National Institutes of Health: Perspectives From Critical Care Nurses
This article provides perspectives of the critical care nurse manager and bedside nurse who participated in the development of the care processes for patients with EVD at the National Institutes of Health to help health care colleagues better understand issues experienced and to help prepare them if they encounter patients with EVD. (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - July 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Symposium Infectious Disease Source Type: research
Challenges in Hospital-Associated Infection Management: A Unit Perspective
Maintaining a successful unit-based continuous quality improvement program for managing hospital-associated infections is a huge challenge and an overwhelming task. It requires strong organizational support and unit leadership, human and fiscal resources, time, and a dedicated and motivated nursing staff. A great deal of effort goes into implementing, monitoring, reporting, and evaluating quality improvement initiatives and can lead to significant frustration on the part of the leadership team and nursing staff when quality improvement efforts fail to produce the desired results. Each initiative presents its own unique set...
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - July 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Symposium Infectious Disease Source Type: research
Antibiotic Dosing in Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Renal Replacement Therapy
Continuous renal replacement therapy is frequently used to manage acute renal failure in critically ill patients. Antibiotic drugs used to treat infections in critically ill patients need to be dosed on the basis of the method of renal replacement therapy to be used, degree of residual renal function, and the sensitivity of the organism to be treated. Antibiotic dosing regimens must then be continuously monitored and adjusted according to modifications made to the renal replacement circuit and the patient's underlying condition. (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - July 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Symposium Infectious Disease Source Type: research
Intravenous Antibiotics Used in the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
This article discusses current intravenous antibiotics that are available for the empiric treatment of MRSA infections along with a newer phenomenon known as the “seesaw effect.” (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - July 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Symposium Infectious Disease Source Type: research
Antimicrobial Resistance: Thinking Outside the Box
No abstract available (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - July 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: CE Tests Source Type: research
Antimicrobial Resistance: Thinking Outside the Box
The health care system is challenged by another serious issue: antimicrobial resistance. Clostridium difficile is the most common infection in health care institutions and is becoming resistant to standard treatment. Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae can be found in almost every state in the United States. Confounding the antimicrobial resistance issue is the fact that few new antimicrobials are being developed by pharmaceutical companies. The situation is so critical that the White House issued a strategic plan in September 2014 to deal with antimicrobial resistance. One challenge in that plan is to better understan...
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - July 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Symposium Infectious Disease Source Type: research
Introduction to Infectious Disease Symposium
No abstract available (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - July 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: SYMPOSIUM INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Symposium Introduction Source Type: research
Feeding Protocols for Neonates With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Review
Optimizing nutrition in neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is essential, given the high rate of growth failure in this population. Infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome are predisposed to nutritional deficiency as a result of their increased metabolic demand; however, early enteral feeding also increases the risk of serious gastrointestinal morbidity and mortality caused by poor intestinal perfusion. Consequently, providers have difficulty deciding when and how to safely feed these patients. A review of the literature found that implementation of a structured enteral feeding protocol may decrease the risk...
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - July 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Features Source Type: research
Redesigning Orientation in an Intensive Care Unit Using 2 Theoretical Models
Conclusion: Incorporating a theoretical basis for orientation has been shown to be successful in increasing the number of nurses completing orientation and improving retention, turnover rates, and knowledge gained. (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - July 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Features Source Type: research
The Nurse Leader's Role in Supporting Healthy Work Environments
No abstract available (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - July 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: DEPARTMENTS: Creating a Healthy Workplace Source Type: research
Postgraduate Fellowships: What Is in It for New Acute Care Nurse Practitioners?
No abstract available (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - July 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: DEPARTMENTS: Issues in Advanced Practice Source Type: research
Can Health Care Survive Current Electronic Health Record Usability?
No abstract available (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - July 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: DEPARTMENTS: Technology Today Source Type: research
