Sepsis Management & Infection Control
SEPSIS MANAGEMENT
INFECTION CONTROL
Target Audience
For experienced nurses interested in a comprehensive medical-surgical review and/or in preparing for certification or recertification in medical-surgical nursing.
Objectives for Learning Outcomes
After completing this session, you will be able to:
- Define SIRS, sepsis and severe sepsis.
- Identify signs of severe sepsis.
- State elements of Severe Sepsis Resucitation Bundle.
- Describe pathophysiology of sepsis syndrome.
- Describe actions you can take to reduce patient harm through improved infection control.
- Identify tools that improve quality of care, shorten length of stay and perhaps save a life, e.g., by asking each day, "Are these lines, drain and foley catheters still needed today?"
- Describe a cohort and explain why some cohorts are more difficult to form than others.
Mary Jo Kelly, RN, MN, CCRN, CCNS, ACNS-BC, Acute Surgery and Pain CNS, HMC
Will Shelton, M(ASCP), CIC, Director, Epidemiology and Employee Health, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle
Available Credit
Activity Availability
Available:
10/22/2012
Expires:
04/18/2014
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Required Hardware/software
To enroll in this course and complete course requirements, you need access to a computer with a DSL or broadband connection. Before you register, test the computer you will use to be sure you can hear sound, view streaming media and work with Word and PDF documents.