Question 1

why are critical care nurses so important?

Accepted Answer

Nurses: All doctors need nurses, to help out with patients, procedures, exams, scheduling, monitoring, and many other duties, especially in institutions and busy practices.

Question 2

who do people get fed who are  in critical care?

Accepted Answer

Hypermetabolic: Critically ill patients are typically hypermetabolic meaning they're requiring large amounts of energy to repair and maintain normal physiologic systems. This energy requires food to replenish or else muscle will be lost to provide energy stores. Even with feeding, many people have a net loss of weight and muscle mass with critical illnesses.

Question 3

what is the definition or description of: critical care?

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Care of very ill. : Critical care is a broad category for the care of the very ill. It encompasses a number of specialties, including cardiac critical care, medical critical care, neuro-critical care, surgical critical care and cardiovascular surgical critical care.  Each specialty focuses those patients who may be at risk for life-threatening problems, or who require special equipment such as  ventilatory support.

Question 4

what are the differences between a nurse and a critical care nurse?

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Different specialty : Some nurses get extra training to become critical care nurses, since patient require more complex treatments.

Question 5

how is eclampsia treated by the critical care team?

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Manage symptoms: Intensivists work with the obstetricians in a multidisciplinary, multispecialty collaborative practice team. Major treatment is to treat symptoms and manage preeclampsia. Specific treatment may include control of blood pressure, drugs for seizures. The only real treatment is delivery of the baby; the ICU team helps control the symptoms until the OB believes risk/benefit is in favor of delivery.

Question 6

are intensive care and critical care the same thing?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Yes, there are different intensive care unit ( cardiovascular, surgical or medical). The physician practicing in these units are Critical Care physicians.

Question 7

what do critical care pharmacists do?

Accepted Answer

ICU Pharmacist: A critical care pharmacist is a pharmacist who specializes in the critical care or ICU where the needs of the patient are different than the regular floor of the hospital. They assist the Intensivist by recommending dose adjustment, alternate medication options in addition to preparing the IV mixture of the medication.  They are an integral part of the ICU treatment team.

Question 8

is critical care cost covered by medicare?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Generally there is coverage for critical care if you have medicare. Payment is linked to diagnoses and is fixed, so it doesn't cover all charges. However, patient's are only responsible for their deductibles.

Question 9

can  a critical care nurse work in a trauma unit?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Most icu's have the capacity to handle trauma and critical care nurses usually have plenty of experience managing these patients. There are some icu's that specialize specifically in trauma, but they also use critical care nurses.

Question 10

do nurses have to be certified in critical care to work in the icu?

Accepted Answer

No: Training in critical care is a must for rns who work there, but a special certification can be obtained (ccrn) which denotes advanced training and expertise. Rn's have to pass a special test to get this qualification and only a minority of critical care rn's have it.

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