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Heart Failure, Molly Davis
Heart Failure, Molly Davis
Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Heart Failure is defined as the pathophysiologic condition in which the heart is unable to generate an adequate cardiac output such that perfusion of tissues or increased diastolic filling pressure of the left ventricle, or both occurs (Huether & McCance, 2019).
Multiple Myeloma, Anne Doup
Multiple Myeloma, Anne Doup
Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
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Gram-Negative Bacteria And Sepsis, Christine D. Ridge
Gram-Negative Bacteria And Sepsis, Christine D. Ridge
Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Today’s medical world encompasses an environment in which gram-negative bacteria that once were defeated with common antibiotics, have now become resistant. Gram-negative bacteria like Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter, and Acinetobacter are pathogens that are an emerging threat causing sepsis due to multidrug-resistance (Pop-Vicas & Opal, 2014, p.189). The multidrug-resistance mechanisms of gram-negative bacteria coupled with a patient population commonly seen in hospital settings, that consist of immunocompromised adults due to advancing age, comorbidities (e.g. AIDS, history of transplants, diabetes, and chemotherapy), and immunotherapies, create an environment for advanced infection or sepsis to take place.
Complications of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria …