Category: Critical Care

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides various clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for physicians, nurses, and other parties involved in patient care. For this paper, safe medication use in intensive care units (ICUs) the CPG was selected due to its relevance to the current needs of inpatient care. The identified guideline aims at…

Limited access to healthcare services has been on the agenda of the modern healthcare system for quite a long, warranting the status of critical concern. Therefore, creating the Critical Access Hospital Accreditation Program as an inseparable part of the National Patient Safety Goals 2020 project was inevitable and indispensable (The Joint Commission, 2019). The program…

Medicine appears to be the sphere of active developments and constant improvements, as high quality of service presents a matter of importance. This way, the article Effectiveness of Supporting Intensive Care Units on Implementing the Guideline End-of-Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit, Nursing Care: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial is intended to advance a…

Table of Contents Yinet Literature Review Paper PICOT Question Critical Illness The magnitude of the Problem Interventions Conclusion References Yinet Literature Review Paper Critical illness denotes a severe condition that is usually fatal (McAdam, Fontaine, White, Dracup, & Puntillo, 2012). Therefore, critical illness signifies a condition, disease, or sicknesses such as cancer, renal disorder, heart…

The intensive care unit nurse is the position I am going to interview. The question where the candidate must provide the most precise response would involve a real-life scenario. The answer must include a detailed description of actions that should be taken in a stressful situation. The special skill required to perform is the practical…

Table of Contents Introduction Areas and Reports to Review Departmental and Capital Budget Requests Conclusion References Introduction The management control of a health care department is a challenging task. It includes planning and programming, budgeting as creating a financial plan based on the estimation of revenues and costs, and accounting as the process of documenting…

Neonatal intensive care units (NICU) have in the past saved the lives of many babies who are born prematurely, with low birth weights or with different health conditions. Despite the survival chances created in the NICU, there are simultaneous risks especially as babies contained in the NICU have weak or immature body defenses. This is…

Though the use of physical restraints in acute and intensive care units is predetermined with the objective factors and working necessity, the complications resulting from the implementation of the method question its effectiveness and appropriateness. The issue of using physical restraints in health care institutions is a rather debatable topic, and some experts consider it…

The current public health crisis associated with the global pandemic of COVID-19 imposes significant ethical considerations related to justice and equality for the patients. The rising scale of the pandemic causes problems with resource allocation when providing health care to the continuously increasing number of patients impacted by the coronavirus. Therefore, changes to medical care…

Table of Contents Introduction Leadership Style Future Planning Current Issues and Trends Conclusion References Introduction As the subject of the interview, the senior nurse of the intensive care unit (ICU) of a Miami hospital, Mrs. S., is engaged. Mrs. S. is a registered nurse with a BSN degree. She has been working in this hospital…