Critical care nursing introduction

NURS4520 Critical Care
Nursing

,NURS4520 Critical Learning o
Care Nursing 1. Define Critical Care
2. Identify the roles & responsibil
Critical Care Nur

, Critical Care Nursing
• Critical Care Nursing is the Illness and injuries commonly see
delivery of specialized care CC Unit are but not limited to:
to critically ill patients. • Gunshot wounds, traumatic inju
The patients that have life from automotive collisions & fa
threatening illness or injuries. • Respiratory and Cardiovascular
Such patients maybe disorders
unstable, have complex • Surgeries such as abdominal ao
needs, and require intensive aneurysm repair
and vigilant nursing care; • Shock caused by Hypovolemia/
sepsis/ cardiogenic events such
after an acute myocardial infarc
etc.…..