10 results match your criteria: "University of Washington Medical Center Northwest[Affiliation]"
Advancing a Nursing Culture of Inquiry: Strategies for the Community.
AACN Adv Crit Care
September 2024
Cathy Wolkow is Clinical Nurse 2, Intensive Care Unit, University of Washington Medical Center Northwest, Seattle, Washington.
Engaging With Aging: A Qualitative Study of Age-Related Changes and Adaptations.
Innov Aging
October 2022
School of Nursing Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Background And Objectives: In the context of global aging, there is a need to better understand how older adults adapt to their changing health status. Engaging with aging (EWA) is an emerging framework proposed by Carnevali, which provides a new lens to understand an active, conscious daily-living process of managing age-related changes (ARCs) taken on by older adults. Study aims were to (a) describe the ARCs experienced by community-dwelling older adults and (b) identify the strategies and resources used by older adults to accommodate the daily-living challenges caused by the associated ARCs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAuthenticity Is Integral to Effective Leadership.
J Nurses Prof Dev
July 2022
Cheri Constantino-Shor, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CRNI, is Director of Professional Engagement and Nursing Excellence, University of Washington Medical Center-Northwest, Seattle.
Detection and Response to an HIV Cluster: People Living Homeless and Using Drugs in Seattle, Washington.
Am J Prev Med
November 2021
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; HIV/STD Program, Prevention Division, Public Health-Seattle & King County, Seattle, Washington; Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Introduction: The HIV epidemic in King County, Washington has traditionally been highly concentrated among men who have sex with men, and incidence has gradually declined over 2 decades. In 2018, King County experienced a geographically concentrated outbreak of HIV among heterosexual people who inject drugs.
Methods: Data sources to describe the 2018 outbreak and King County's response were partner services interview data, HIV case reports, syringe service program client surveys, hospital data, and data from a rapid needs assessment of homeless individuals and people who inject drugs.
Nurse Extender Orientation Program: Transitioning Displaced Staff to Support Acute Care Nurses in Response to COVID-19.
J Nurses Prof Dev
September 2021
Amadae Breaux, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, is a Clinical Nurse Educator, University of Washington Medical Center-Northwest, Seattle.
Containment of a COVID-19 Outbreak in an Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry Unit.
J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc
January 2021
Keri Nasenbeny, MHA, BSN, RN, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
The first known COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in the United States was identified on February 28, 2020, in King County, Washington. That facility became the initial U.S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProlonged persistence of PCR-detectable virus during an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in an inpatient geriatric psychiatry unit in King County, Washington.
Am J Infect Control
March 2021
Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Background: We describe key characteristics, interventions, and outcomes of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak within an inpatient geriatric psychiatry unit at the University of Washington Medical Center - Northwest.
Methods: After identifying 2 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection on March 11, 2020, we conducted an outbreak investigation and employed targeted interventions including: screening of patients and staff; isolation and cohorting of confirmed cases; serial testing; and enhanced infection prevention measures.
Results: We identified 10 patients and 7 staff members with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Prevalence of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection and Outcomes Among Symptomatic Healthcare Workers in Seattle, Washington.
Clin Infect Dis
December 2020
Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Article Synopsis
- Healthcare workers (HCWs) faced increased risk of COVID-19 infection during the pandemic, with limited data on their infection rates and outcomes in the U.S.
- Two testing centers in Seattle were set up for symptomatic employees, revealing that 5.3% of the 3,477 tested employees were positive for COVID-19, with similar rates for frontline and nonfrontline staff.
- Among those who tested positive, follow-up showed that only 6 required hospitalization, highlighting the importance of quick testing access to ensure employee safety and well-being.
Compassionate Use of Remdesivir for Patients with Severe Covid-19.
N Engl J Med
June 2020
From Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles (J.G.), El Camino Hospital, Mountain View (D.S., D. Chelliah), Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital, Santa Rosa (G.G.), Regional Medical Center (A.S., J.R.) and Good Samaritan Hospital (S.M.), San Jose, John Muir Health, Walnut Creek (J.B.), UC Davis Health, Sacramento (S.H.C.), NorthBay Medical Center, Fairfield (S.I.), and Gilead Sciences, Foster City (A.O.O., A.D., Y.Z., L.Z., A. Chokkalingam, E.E., L. Telep, L. Timbs, I.H., S.S., H.C., S.K.T., L.W., P.D., R.M., A.G., R.P.M., D.M.B.) - all in California; the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo (N.O.), Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center, Urayasu City (R.O.), Hiratsuka City Hospital, Hiratsuka (K.Y.), Yokohama City University Hospital, Yokohama (H.K.), Gunma University Hospital, Gunma (T.M.), and Tosei General Hospital, Seto (Y.M.) - all in Japan; Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, Everett (G.D.), and University of Washington Medical Center-Northwest (M.L.G.) and Virginia Mason Medical Center (S. Chihara), Seattle - all in Washington; Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia (E.A.), IRCCS, San Raffaele Scientific Institute (A. Castagna) and Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Spedali (ASST) Santi Paolo e Carlo, Department of Health Services, University of Milan (A.D.M.), Milan, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, IRCCS, L. Spallanzani, Rome (E.N.), Università degli Study of Brescia, ASST Civili di Brescia, Brescia (E.Q.-R.), San Gerardo Hospital, ASST Monza, University of Milan-Bicocca, Monza (G.L.), and Azienda Unite Sanitarie Locali-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia (M.M.) - all in Italy; Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (T. Feldt); Université de Paris, Infection, Antimicrobiens, Modélisation, Evolution (IAME), INSERM, and Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Department of Infectious Diseases, Bichat Hospital, Paris (F.-X.L.), Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Brest-La Cavale Blanche, Brest (E.L.), and Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Bordeaux (D.N.) - all in France; St. Alexius Medical Center, Hoffman Estates, IL (S.A.); Mackenzie Health, Richmond Hill, ON, Canada (D. Chen); Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (J.C.); Hospital Universitario La Paz-Carlos III, Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid (M.M.-R.); Bernhoven Hospital, Uden, the Netherlands (E.V.); Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna (A.Z.); the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Washington, DC (R.C.); and Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI (T. Flanigan).
Background: Remdesivir, a nucleotide analogue prodrug that inhibits viral RNA polymerases, has shown in vitro activity against SARS-CoV-2.
Methods: We provided remdesivir on a compassionate-use basis to patients hospitalized with Covid-19, the illness caused by infection with SARS-CoV-2. Patients were those with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection who had an oxygen saturation of 94% or less while they were breathing ambient air or who were receiving oxygen support.
Examined as an isolated situation, and through the lens of a rare and feared disease, Mr. Duncan's case seems ripe for second-guessing the physicians and nurses who cared for him. But viewed from the perspective of what we know about errors and team communication, his case is all too common.
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