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Thesis
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in the Emergency Department Setting
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
12/2007
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3683
Abstract
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is the second most common nosocomial infection in the United States, second only to that of urinary tract infections. Risk factors for development of ventilator-associated pneumonia include intubation, trauma, emergency intubations and coma/stupor. The focus of prevention strategies is targeted at intensive care units. In the US, the trends in medicine have led to boarding critically-ill, and often ventilated, patients for extended periods of time in departn1ents other than the intensive care unit, primarily the emergency department. This multifaceted problem stems from a decline in the number of inpatient beds, nursing shortages and increasing population size with age related illnesses. These changes in health care means that the emergency department nurse is managing ventilator patients for prolonged periods of time. The education on prevention of VAP does not include the emergency department. The purpose of this manuscript is to determine from the literature review whether educating emergency nurses in VAP prevention procedures would be beneficial for patient outcomes.
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- Title
- Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in the Emergency Department Setting
- Creators
- Stacie Renee Olson
- Contributors
- Lorna Schumann (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590736201842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis