Preventing Sepsis

Preventing sepsis is an important nursing responsibility. Nurses in every role can improve outcomes by recognizing and preventing sepsis.
Nurses are key in sepsis early recognition, management and education because we are with the patient 24 hours a day. Having access to the latest evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and using them for clinical decision support is crucial to improving patient outcomes.
Find more resources here: www.nursingcenter.com/sepsis

[@marycanary]

In October of last year, I remember feeling some discomfort in the right side of my stomach but at first I wasn’t really concerned because I thought it was just a really bad case of constopation because I’ve always had issues with that but when the pain kept getting worse and worse my mom went ahead and took me to one of those urgent care clinics and I remember that by that time I was in so much pain that I could barely walk.Anyway,it was the doctor at the clinic that insisted on sending me to the ER in an ambulance after he tried to get a blood pressure.and couldn’t.Which is probably one of the main reasons why I managed to recover as well as I did because as it turned out I had developed toxic mega-colon and I wound-up developing septic shock and I wound up having to spend several months in an inpatient rehab center because I wound up becoming completely paralyzed as a result of the septic poisoning and I had to have both occupational and physical therapy in order to retrain my muscles so that they could learn how to work right so that I could not only learn how to walk again but also so that I could learn how to use my arms and hands because I became so sick as a resault of the septic poisoning that I couldn’t even feed myself and my parents had to get me a water bottle with grips on it because I couldn’t get a good enough hold on the styrofoam cups that the hospital used without having to worry about dumping my ice water all over myself.Anyway,they later told my parents that if they had waited any longer than they did before bringing me in, I probably wouldn’t have survived,in conclusion,you know your body and if you think something’s wrong,seek medical help immediately because it’s better to safe than sorry.

[@angelicasanchez4562]

My brother had covid 19 but he survived of that two weeks later he developed pneumonia his body in less than 4 days collapsed first was his kidneys he was hospitalized and induced in to a coma for 72 hours he never wake up.. he was crying though tears come out even when he was slept 😢 so scared to die! It was to much neglected personal that hospital is the worst practically they let him die poor brother! God bless him and let him rest in Peace.

[@theresageiger584]

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[@Universal035]

@LIPPINCOTTNURSINGCENTER Hello, I've been diagnosed with folliculitis since 2013 caused by staphylococcus infection. I also had furnacles & fear that I may have Sepsis. I heard that this is a uncurable deadly disease & I'm afraid to die from this. I don't know what to do.

[@ScalyRaptor1944]

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[@dorisbritton1982]

My husband was on a nursing home doctor never came in to check him he was in pain8 hours later they called a transport that didn't come so finally they called a ambulance he passed away at 3:35 the next day

[@euchariaotu6365]

So sorry. Accept my deepest condolences

[@monishchowdhury3281]

My father expired on 14th April 2020 for SEPSIS ..

[@ElectedOfficial1]

We have a tenant who was in ER with sepsis. Her legs are always swollen and discolored.. Is sepsis catching and why is ER sending her home? I believe this is the second bout of sepsis in a short amount of time. I hope you will answer. She wants company and I don't know what to do or not do. We need this education. We have 50 apartments in our bldg.

[@marycanary]

Do they have medical insurance because if they do there medical insurance might pay for them to receive home health care for awhile until they recover enough to take care of themselves. That’s what I’ve had since I finally came home a couple of months ago.

[@euchariaotu6365]

I was diagnosed of sepsis early this year, my organs are OK. I was given IV and antibiotics. What I don't understand is, do H-pylori cause sepsis too?

[@bronxbully6261]

You lucky wife died jan 4 from sepsis you must have caught it early

[@villeforever82]

Hi. I just wanted to ask..what is IV and which kind of antibiotics have you been given to? Thank you...

[@euchariaotu6365]

IV are intravenous drips. And the antibiotics I can't remember anymore. It's been a year.