The nursing unit is implementing a care bundle for patients in septic shock. What should the nurses on this unit expect from this care bundle?
1. All patients in septic shock will be treated in the exact same manner.
2. The history of the care of all septic shock patients in the hospital will be entered into a data base that "bundles" the information for research.
3. The bundle will reflect evidence-based care of patients in septic shock.
4. Using these care bundles will restrict the influence that nursing knowledge has on the care of patients with sepsis.
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Rationale 1: The care bundle will group evidence-based interventions for the care of patients, but each patient is treated as an individual.
Rationale 2: This is not the use of a care bundle.
Rationale 3: Care bundles group together several evidence-based practices with the idea that the "whole is greater than the sum of its parts.".
Rationale 4: The development of care bundles will direct the care of these patients, but they are not designed to restrict the care provided by any group.
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