Intensive Care Nursing

Through a series of system based topics you will be introduced to current, topical and evidence based approaches in Intensive Care Nursing:

US Navy 030117-N-5996C-003 One of four intensive care units (ICU) aboard Comfort

Objectives

1. Understand a systematic assessment of the intensive care patient.
2. Understand systems and therapies in Intensive Care
3. Interpret and integrate the results of an assessment to inform management strategies.
4. Discuss current topics and issues in Intensive Care

Your Tasksː Knowledge & Skills To Learn

1. Learning objectives for the ICU nurse.

Topics

General

1. Systematic Assessment
2. Deteriorating Patient Assessment
3. End of Life Care in ICU
4. Cubicle Safety Checks

Neurological

1. Neurological Assessment

Cardiovascular

1. Intra-aortic Balloon Pump(IABP)checklist
2. 12-Lead Electrocardiogram

Pulmonary

1. Airway Adjuncts
2. Mechanical Ventilator Management
3. Prone Position Procedure

Gastrointestinal

1. Liver Failure

Genitourinary

1. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

Multisystem

1. Sepsis Scenarios
2. Trauma
3. Essential Nursing Cares (eye)

Diagnostic/Laboratory

1. Arterial Blood Sampling
2. Chest X-Ray Interpretation

Terminology

Intensive Care terms from around the world include ICU, ITU, Critical Care.

Acknowledgments

This resource was initiated by User:ICUnurses.

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