Patients with aspiration pneumonia often require intensive nursing care. These cases can be challenging to nurse but utilise the extensive knowledge of experienced veterinary nurses and allow us to demonstrate our skills. The requirement for frequent monitoring, oxygen therapy, physiotherapy, management of...
To determine if there are any unique features of nursing home‐acquired pneumonia we carried out a case‐control study wherein each patient admitted with nursing home‐acquired pneumonia was age‐ and sex‐matched with a patient with community‐acquired pneumonia. There were 36 men and 38 women ...
tailored to each patient’s condition. While their use varies by setting, the nurse’s expertise shapes the care plan to prioritize patient needs. Based on assessment data, here are examples of common nursing diagnoses for pneumonia:
and the medical staff assessment there would be far superior than in the nursing home' [FM7, page 1&3]). This was particularly the case if the LTCF resident had dementia: 'I think the confusion is more in the hospital. [The last time my mother was in the hospital] the nurse said,...
However, in a study of nursing homes expe- riencing outbreaks of infection due to influenza A, unvaccinated residents were more likely than those NURSING HOME-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA 151 vaccinated to become ill with a respiratory infec- tion (risk ratio [RR], 2.6; 95% confidence interval [CI], ...
et al. Efficacy of 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine in preventing pneumonia and improving survival in nursing home residents: double blind, randomised and placebo controlled trial. BMJ 340, c1004 (2010). PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Falkenhorst, G. et al. Effectiveness of the 23-valent...
Pneumonia is the most serious of the common infections that occur in nursing homes, with a high case-fatality rate and considerable mortality among survivors. Risk factors for nursing home-acquired pneumonia (NHAP) have been defined, and prediction models for death due to NHAP have been developed...
An outbreak of Legionnaires' pneumonia occurred at a nursing home in December1990. A 79-year-old female and a 73-year-old male clerk who were staying at the nursing home developed pneumonia with only a 5-day interval. serogroup I was isolated from transtracheal aspirate of the former and ...
Conclusions Even though nurses and administrators strongly support the use of a pneumonia clinical pathway in nursing homes, implementation plans should be tailored to individual facilities and be informed by the perspectives of both administrators and staff. 展开 关键词: Qualitative case study nursing ...
Nursing home residency Treat as healthcare-associated pneumonia Poor dental hygiene Anaerobes Suspected large-volume aspiration Oral anaerobes, Gram-negative enteric bacteria Structural disease of lung (e.g. bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis) P. aeruginosa, Burkholderia cepacia, S. aureus Lung abscess Commun...