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presented by Cheryl Lehman, PhD, RN, CRRN
Financial: Cheryl Lehman receives compensation from MedBridge for this course. There is no financial interest beyond the production of this course.
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Cheryl Lehman, PhD, RN, CRRN
Dr. Cheryl Lehman has been a registered nurse since graduating from the Decatur Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in 1978. Since that time, she earned a BSN from Maryville University-St. Louis in 1990; an MSN in Adult Health Nursing from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston in the Clinical Nurse Specialist role…
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1. Introduction and the Role of the Nurse
Post-acute care nurses need to recognize the types of medical complications that may occur in their setting with their specific patient populations. Medical complications that occur in post-acute care have the potential to lead to patient deterioration and readmission to acute care, or even death. Nurses have the responsibility of recognizing the potential for medical complications, preventing their occurrence, and protecting patients from harm. This chapter reviews the frequency of specific medical complications including infection, myocardial infarction and pulmonary complications from published research on the most frequent causes of readmission to acute care.
2. Infection
Infection is a common complication in the patient in the post-acute care setting. Early recognition of infection can be complicated by nursing schedules and workloads, patient acuity, and other stressors encountered during a typical daily shift. This chapter reviews prevention of infection, as well as early and late signs for which to monitor.
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