Tag: Intensive Care
An intensive care unit, also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit or critical care unit, is a special department of a hospital or health care facility. Intensive care is needed if someone is seriously ill and requires intensive treatment and close monitoring, or if they're having surgery and intensive care can help them recover.
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Review of Literature on Response to Alarms
Nursing Literature Reviews
The purpose of this paper is to review the literature for healthcare professionals’ (HP) understanding and response to monitor alarms in the hospital and any solutions proposed....
Last modified: 23rd Apr 2021
Staffing Guidelines in the Intensive Care Unit
Nursing Essays
Introduction Problem Statement and Justification The problem is that the healthcare system does not have strict staffing guidelines that can be implemented in the intensive care unit (ICU). Each state...
Last modified: 25th Feb 2021
Nursing Essays - Nurse Patient Safety
Nursing Essays
Nurse Patient Safety The ICU Nurse and Patient Safety Abstract Nurses play a central role in direct patient care and safety surveillance at the point of care. This role suggests a need for conse...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Practical Application Of Lewins Force Field Analysis Change Model Nursing Essay
Nursing Essays
The aim of this paper is to to describe practical application of Lewin’s (1951) force field analysis change model in reducing Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients’ length of stay (LOS) in a ...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Patients Transitions In The Intensive Care Unit
Nursing Essays
Adequate preparation of critically ill patients throughout their transition experience within, and following discharge from the Intensive Care Unit is an important element of the nursing care process ...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
The Assessment Process Of Patients In Intensive Care
Nursing Essays
This essay will present a reflective account of communication skills in practice whist undertaking assessment and history taking of two Intensive Care patients with a similar condition. It will endea...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Communication With Family Members Of Critically Ill Patients
Nursing Essays
Critical Care Unit (CCU) or Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is designed to meet the special needs of acutely and critically ill patients in a hospital setting. In many acute care setting, the concept of ICU...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Reflection on Communication in Intensive Care Setting
Nursing Essays
LPD 3 SUMMATIVE ESSAY My identified learning need is enhancing my ability to communicate articulately and assertively with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) members, as I portrayed lack of assertivene...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
