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Incentive spiromem; postoperative pneumonia; non-ventilator; hospital acquired pneumonia;
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Registered Nurses' Knowledge Of Pneumonia Prevention Implementing Incentive Spirometry In Adult Hospitalized Postoperative Patients: A Quality Improvements, Melissa Gaffney
Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview
In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018) estimated there were 157,500 cases of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP). Of those, ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) had declined with increased efforts aimed at prevention, while nonventilator pneumonia (NV-HAP) did not have such prevention interventions and escalated, with approximately 2300 cases and 5600 respectively reported in one state (Baker & Quinn, 2018). The 2012 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample reported only 4 million people were at risk for VAP, while approximately 35 million more people were at risk for NV-HAP in the United States. The purpose of this project …