Sepsis Care

The patient is an 84-year-old female who is in the hospital after a bowel surgery. The learner receives a handoff from the previous nurse and should recognize signs that the patient is sick. The learner must perform an assessment where they will find fever, tachycardia, decreased urine output, abdominal pain, and hypotension. The learner then draws labs, including blood cultures, prior to administration of the ordered intravenous antibiotics. They must also perform fluid resuscitation and start vasopressors. The patient will decompensate if these actions are not done promptly, although the learner will be given a second chance to stabilize the patient.

Learning Objectives

‘- Demonstrate active listening during nurse handoff
– Perform an assessment of a patient with signs of sepsis
– Communicate findings to the physician
– Implement the sepsis bundle of orders

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MINIMUM:

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-4350
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 2060
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 12 GB available space

RECOMMENDED:

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-2300 | AMD FX-4350
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 3060
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 12 GB available space