Senior Nursing Poster Session (Virtual)
Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Senior
Major
Nursing
2nd Student Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Senior
2nd Student Major
Nursing
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Jessica Nabor
Presentation Format
Poster Presentation
Abstract/Description
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia is a serious infection in the lungs that affects individuals who are being mechanically ventilated. These patients, who are already critically ill, have decreased defense mechanisms that allow pathogens such as bacteria to invade the sterile respiratory tract (Cooper, 2021). Many of the risk factors for the development of VAP may be preventable, and it is up to the ICU nurses, who care for these mechanically ventilated patients, to play a role in the implementation of certain guidelines and/or bundles that may help with the prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia ( Aysegul et al., 2020). Although ventilator associated pneumonia may never be 100% prevented, the existing prevention guidelines are the best available resources to improve outcomes for ventilated patients. In our presentation, we elaborated on the most common prevention guidelines used in practice today.
Location
Virtual/Online
Start Date
November 2021
End Date
November 2021
Fall Scholars Week 2021 Event
Senior Nursing Poster Session
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Preventing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Virtual/Online
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia is a serious infection in the lungs that affects individuals who are being mechanically ventilated. These patients, who are already critically ill, have decreased defense mechanisms that allow pathogens such as bacteria to invade the sterile respiratory tract (Cooper, 2021). Many of the risk factors for the development of VAP may be preventable, and it is up to the ICU nurses, who care for these mechanically ventilated patients, to play a role in the implementation of certain guidelines and/or bundles that may help with the prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia ( Aysegul et al., 2020). Although ventilator associated pneumonia may never be 100% prevented, the existing prevention guidelines are the best available resources to improve outcomes for ventilated patients. In our presentation, we elaborated on the most common prevention guidelines used in practice today.