Assignment task: The learners are providing care to an 72 year old elderly long-term resident of an extended care facility. The patient was recently treated for a urinary tract infection. The patient was brought to the Emergency Department (ED) today due to increasing unresponsiveness over the past 24 hours.
Q1. Differentiate between the following terms:
A. Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
B. Quick sequential organ failure assessment
C. Sepsis
D. Septic shock
E. Multiple organ dysfunction syndromes
Q2. Identify the nursing priorities in the care of the patient with sepsis and septic shock.
Q3. What is early goal-directed therapy in the management of sepsis?