Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 340 EXAM 1 CRITICAL CARE

Critical Care  Direct delivery of medical care within a specialized unit with specialized personnel o Mainly for the treatment of life-threatening problems o Levels of Care  I: Most comprehensive, typically a teaching environment  Staffed by specialty Drs & RNs  II: Limited care to specialty patients  burn units  III: Limited availability for comprehensive critical care  med-evac to a more comprehensive facility if out of scope for care o Types of Units  Open Unit  Docs aren't ICU based, so frequent calls out occur  multidisciplinary team is based in ICU  Possible use of an Intensivist for patient management  Closed Unit  Physician collaboration  Multidisciplinary team with an Intensivist  Better patient outcomes than with an open unit o Sentinel Events  actual or potential outcomes that can cause patient harm or death  commonplace in ICUs o Strategies for Error Prevention  Forcing Functions