{"id":4432,"date":"2017-09-07T13:56:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T17:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelnursesource.com\/notes\/?p=4432"},"modified":"2018-04-19T15:13:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T19:13:30","slug":"sepsis-awareness-nurses-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelnursesource.com\/notes\/sepsis-awareness-nurses-basics","title":{"rendered":"Sepsis Awareness for Nurses | The Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Remaining one of the most common and devastating conditions known to modern medicine, sepsis is a disease that has significant healthcare implications across the world and right here in the United States. By some estimates<\/a>, this condition actually causes more deaths than prostate cancer, breast cancer, and HIV\/AIDS combined each year! Overall, the cost of public contraction of sepsis costs the healthcare industry nearly $17 billion annually. Sepsis awareness<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Although most nurses recognize that sepsis can be fatal, it\u2019s not always the case that individuals are fully aware of the early warning signs and the appropriate measures to take<\/a>. Like most medical emergencies and serious illnesses, early assessment and prompt treatment can improve someone\u2019s long-term outcomes. This makes it absolutely critical to increase sepsis awareness for nurses and others in the healthcare industry. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sepsis Awareness for Nurses<\/h2>\n

Considering that September is Sepsis Awareness Month<\/a>, now is as good of a time as ever to really talk about the role of nurses in the fight against this dangerous condition. First, it\u2019s important to understand the progression of this condition in general terms. <\/span><\/p>\n

Systematic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)<\/span><\/h3>\n

As the first stage to someone developing sepsis, SIRS is a clinical syndrome<\/a> that can be the result of complications with surgery, trauma, myocardial infarction, pancreatitis, or burn injuries. Essentially the body works to treat serious infections as a result of these complications, presenting at least two of the following:<\/span><\/p>\n