The nursing care plan and management for clients with acute renal failure are to promote renal function, correct or eliminate any reversible causes of kidney failure, and provide supportive care. Specific interventions include monitoring and managing fluid and electrolyte imbalances, optimizing nutrition,...
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) presented a cluster management plan for mechanically ventilated patients that included four core measures: elevating the bed, waking up daily, avoiding stomach ulcers, and preventing deep vein thrombosis. Furthermore, each of the approaches has been shown...
As a critical care nurse practitioner, my notes include everything and anything related to my patient. I take the time to sit with the patient (and their loved ones) and let them tell me what happened. I don't know what is important until I hear it. So I just listen. I write the ...
Healthy ageing refers to the development and maintenance of the functional ability of ageing individuals. Aged care nurses provide nursing care to elderly individuals and usually work in aged care residential facilities, nursing homes, home care services, and/or hospital departments. The registered nur...