Critical Care Unit / Intensive Care Unit
Critical Care Unit / Intensive Care Unit
Critical Care Unit / Intensive Care Unit
Move less
Malnourished
• P= Patient care
• N= Nursing
• E= Eating (clean area for food preparation and delivery)
• U= Unclean (dirty linen, equipment)
• M= Medication storage (drugs, I V fluids)
• A= Administration (clerking, stationary)
• T= Teaching
• I= Infection elimination (sterilizing area)
• C= Clean area (fresh linen, equipment)
• S= Storage (back up equipment)
• V= Visitors
BED STRENGTH
The number of ICU beds in a hospital ranges
from 1 to 10 per 100 total hospital beds.
IDEALLY 8 TO 12 BEDS
ADDITIONAL APPROACHES TO
IMPROVING SENSORY
ORIENTATION FOR PATIENTS MAY
INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF A
CLOCK, CALENDAR, BULLETIN
BOARD, AND/OR PILLOW SPEAKER
CONNECTED TO RADIO AND
TELEVISION.
ACCESSORIES
3 OXYGEN OUTLETS, 3 SUCTION OUTLETS
(GASTRIC, TRACHEAL & UNDERWATER SEAL),
TWO COMPRESSED AIR OUTLETS AND 16
POWER OUTLETS PER BED.
THERAPEUTIC EQUIPMENT
Teamwork
Principles of critical care nursing (contd….)
The patient population treated varies with
the type of ICU.
b) Infection control
c) Equipment sterilization
d) Procedures in ICU
f) STANDING ORDERS.
g) ORGAN DONATION.
POLICIES & PROTOCOLS (cont...)
The efficient use of expensive resources in the ICU is a priority.
U A
O N
Y K
Communication with the patient in
critical care unit and family
To develop a level of comfort and expertise in
communicating with critically ill patients and their families
nurse should first consider their own experiences with and
values concerning illness.
• Cerebral palsy
• Heart disease
• Patients who require
• Diabetes intravenous therapy, wound
• Cancer care or other special nursing
care
• Neurological illness, • Post-operative observation
including
Parkinson’s Disease • Plastic surgery recuperation
What Types of Problems Occur When
Transitions Are Poorly Managed?
During transitions, patients are at risk for medication
errors and for not receiving the right services.