Question 1

what exactly is a neonatal intensive care unit?

Accepted Answer

Very specialized: It is a very specialized unit for taking care of newborns with problems like prematurity, respiratory issues, infections, and sometimes heart prpblems. It requires a large enough population base, a neonatologist (special highly trained pediatrician), and a sufficient level of support services and specially trained nurses and other personnel.

Question 2

why do some hospitals have a neonatal intensive care unit and others dont?

Accepted Answer

Very specialized: It is a very specialized unit for taking care of newborns with problems like prematurity, respiratory issues, infections, and sometimes heart prpblems. It requires a large enough population base, a neonatologist (special highly trained pediatrician), and a sufficient level of support services and specially trained nurses and other personnel. Most hospitals do not fulfill these requirements.

Question 3

how would a college student become a  neonatal intensive care nurse?

Accepted Answer

Education & training: You would first need to get a degree in nursing (bsn) and become a registered nurse (rn) by qualifying through the state board. Next you need undergo specialty training in neonatal intensive care with several possible routes and certifications including master of science in nursing (msn) with a focus on neonatal nursing and neonatal nurse practioner (nnp). Requirements vary from state to state.

Question 4

what does it mean for an hospital to have a  level iii neonatal intensive care unit?

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Level 3 NICU: Level 3 neonatal ICU  means they can take care of extremely premature infants that require respiratory support and have neonatologists in house 24/7. Infants can be cared for from onset of viability 23-24 weeks.

Question 5

general concerns and questions about newborn with respiratory distress syndrome in intensive care?

Accepted Answer

Prematurity: Leads to immature lunga with inadequate surfactant, a detergent that helps keep alveoli open. High o2 concentrations can cause retrolentil fibroplasoia leading to blindness.

Question 6

what is the delirium rating for intensive care unit?

Accepted Answer

Delirium rating: Patients in the intensive care unit can become quite disoriented.  There can be many reasons....Drugs, sleep deprivation, underlying dementia, depression, the disease(s) themselves, metabolic factors, etc.  The delirium rating scale is one way to try to quantify and discriminate the severity and contributing factors when delirium occurs.

Question 7

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 8

what can i expect as a patient in an intensive care unit?

Accepted Answer

Intensive care: The patient experience varies between intensive care units. Certain factors than can affect this are visitation policies, presence of 24 hour in house intensivist coverage, whether it is a teaching institution (presence of residents, fellows, medical students), rounding policies (do rounds include families, are rounds multidisciplinary). Certain universal things are the presence of monitors/alarms.

Question 9

please help? is the "post operative room", the same as "intensive care unit" (icu)?

Accepted Answer

Not necessarily. : A postoperative or post anesthesia unit specializes in care of patients who have recently emerged from anesthesia (and veryrecent surgery). An intensive care unit specializes in high level (intensive) physiologic monitoring, ventilators, and powerful vasoactive  medications and sedatives that need to be closely titrated. There can be overlap in some places, but they are separate in others.

Question 10

70yo man fell off ladder, broke back, can't move, intensive care. what can be done?

Accepted Answer

Trauma: It all depends on the injuries sustained.  If the patient is in the icu, there must be specialists already involved in his care. Let the doctors perform the necessary tests in order to provide the best medical care in the most timely fashion.

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