PCT and ED/Critical Care Nursing Part 3

Kirsten Springer, RN, CCRN is the Sepsis Coordinator and a staff nurse in Mission Hospital's Surgical Neuro Trauma ICU. Her background and day-to-day experience provides deep-dive insights on the role of nurses in the ER and critical care settings when diagnosing sepsis patients and how to incorporate and optimize PCT. Kirsten will explain the need to challenge the status quo in order to enhance quality in the ER/critical care setting regarding response to suspected sepsis; discuss the value of diagnostic testing as it pertains to the timing and accuracy of sepsis diagnoses; and provide anecdotal case studies that exemplify why quality should always come first when monitoring for and treating sepsis cases.