Question

Sepsis is often unrecognized yet it results in high mortality rates. Find a current (less than 5 years old) peer-reviewed nursing journal article related to sepsis and summarize it.

Answer 1

Nurses form the heart of patient care .They are the good source to identify a patient who is gonna land up in sepsis due to their medical condition.

An article about Sepsis Six describes the role of a nurse and other healthcare providers in the care of a patient with sepsis. In simple it is termed to be a bundle of care.

The six care should be included in the patient management are

• The proper use of antibiotic after the correct diagnosis with diagnostic procedures helps to fight the infection effectively
• The blood culture is the confirmatory test to identify the disease causing microorganisms and treating it
• The patient's oxygen saturation is the most important thing which plays the first and vital role in acid base balance and sepsis
• The measurement of the urine output gives an idea of how the vital organs functions and plan the treatment
• Intravenous fluids comes as a resuscitation in maintaining the fluid balance in the patient
• Lactate is the key marker of sepsis

The mortality rate of sepsis is approximately 40% in the hospitalised patient.This bundle of care as sepsis six has brought a dramatic alert and decrease in its rate.