NR 451 (NR 451)

iCARE Paper Currently, I work as a charge nurse in a hospital’s step-down ventilators unit. I work for a full 12-hour night shift where I must interact with other inter-professional teams to achieve the goal of quality patient care. Insurance and Care (icare) is an organization which was fundamentally created for the purpose of delivering insurance and care schemes. It is thus the focal point of excellent services for long-term care needs for patients with severe injuries hence improving...

Star Point 1: Discovery (Identify topic and practice issue) Identify the topic and the nursing practice issue related to this topic. (This MUST involve a nursing practice issue.) The topic is hospital acquired infections. The nursing practice issue is catheter associated urinary tract infections and the high incidence on an acute rehabilitation unit. Briefly describe your rationale for your topic selection. Include the scope of the issue/problem. The nursing practice issue I would like to ...

NR 451 WEEK 2

In the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) interprofessional teams are present, alive, and well. case managers are available to assist patients with discharge needs, social workers assist the case managers by searching out community resources and assisting in arrangements for durable medical equipment and servies. Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy are involved in the care of ICU patients, especially after prolonged ventilator use, in order to assess patient’s physical stren...

Identify the topic and the nursing practice issue related to this topic. (This MUST involve a nursing practice issue.) The topic is hospital acquired infections. The nursing practice issue is catheter associated urinary tract infections and the high incidence on an acute rehabilitation unit. Briefly describe your rationale for your topic selection. Include the scope of the issue/problem. The nursing practice issue I would like to investigate is healthcare associated infections (HAI), parti...

Identify the topic and the nursing practice issue related to this topic. (This MUST involve a nursing practice issue.) The topic is hospital acquired infections. The nursing practice issue is catheter associated urinary tract infections and the high incidence on an acute rehabilitation unit. Briefly describe your rationale for your topic selection. Include the scope of the issue/problem. The nursing practice issue I would like to investigate is healthcare associated infections (HAI), parti...

Star Point 1: Discovery (Identify topic and practice issue) Identify the topic and the nursing practice issue related to this topic. (This MUST involve a nursing practice issue.) Topic is hospital acquired infections (HAIs) and the nursing practice issue is central lineassociated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) and the high incidence in ICUs and Medical Stepdown Units Briefly describe your rationale for your topic selection. Include the scope of the issue/problem. The nursing practice iss...

As an acute clinician nurse we perform dialysis treatments on patients in the hospital setting. We utilize primary team care model and it allows us to provide optimal direct highest care to our clients with great level of autonomy and quality. As part of a team care we collaborate together with primary nurse, nephrologists and other interdisciplinary teams to provide best quality of care to maximize optimal clinical outcomes. Moreover, providing care based on Compassion, Advocacy, Resilienc...

Health Bill H.R. 2581: Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2019  Presented in this bill are ratios of safe care to be established that “provides adequate, appropriate, and quality delivery of health care services and protects patient safety; and is consistent with the requirements of this title”. These ratios include:  1:1 trauma emergency units.  1:1 operating room units, provided that a minimum of 1 additional person serves as a sc...