Hospital Performance in Caring for Injured Patients

Financial Burden of Border Hospital in Caring for Cross-Border Patients: A Short Note From Thailand

The ethics of caring for hospital-dependent patients

BACKGROUND Hospital-dependent patients are individuals who are repeatedly readmitted to the hospital because their acute medical needs cannot be met elsewhere. Unlike the chronically critically ill, these patients do not have a continuous need for life-sustaining equipment and can experience periods of relative stability where they have a good quality of life. However, some end up spending mont...

The haemodynamic response to pre-hospital RSI in injured patients.

BACKGROUND Laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation provoke a marked sympathetic response, potentially harmful in patients with cerebral or cardiovascular pathology or haemorrhage. Standard pre-hospital rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia (RSI) does not incorporate agents that attenuate this response. It is not known if a clinically significant response occurs following pre-hospital RSI or what...

Caring for Patients on

AJN t May 2005 t Vol. 105, No. 5 http://www.nursingcenter.com suspended because her gastric residual volumes have been greater than 100 mL per hour. She is lying flat in bed with a temperature of 103°F. Heavily sedated, she responds only to suctioning. What are the most important interventions to consider, and what are the best, evidence-based nursing practices to help Ms. Liston be liberated f...

Caring for our patients.

Elkeen weet wat die gehalte van versorging wat die verpleegkundige aan haar pasiënte gee behoort te wees. Word hierdie behoort te wees egter so oorgedra na die werklike situasie? Dié vraag word objektief beskou aan die hand van navorsing oor pasiënt-tevredenheid, voorligting oor borsvoeding, die sterwende pasiënt en drukplekversorging. Die verpleegkundige moet haar pasiënt nie net met haar gevo...