Lesson 11 Flashcards
An area of expertise within nursing that focuses specifically with human responses to life threatening situations
Critical Care Nursing
Is responsible to ensure that critically ill patients are seriously conditioned individuals
Critical care nurse
Ensure the families of the medically ill patients should receive optimal care
Critical care nurse
They rely upon a dedicated knowledge, skills, and experience and of course automated system of support
Critical Care Nurse
Areas where patients require complex assessment, high-intensity medication, continuous therapy, and interventions and unrelenting nursing attention and continuous watchfulness
Critical Care Applications
What are the among the special area of critical care application?
Intensive Care Units
Pediatric Intensive Care Units
Neonatal Intensive Care Units
Emergency Department
Recovery Rooms
They contribute to the healthcare areas, making it easier for patients to recover, and keeps proper management of health.
Technology
Provide real-time resource utilization data and management of information and access critical care areas
Critical Care Information System
Enables the “electronic collection of hospital and patient-specific critical care data of the entire patient in the critical care areas
Critical Care Information System
What system is used in the hospital of the Philippines?
Health Information System / HIS
Health Information System is used in the areas of?
Clinical laboratory
Pharmacy
Radiology
Pulmonary
Cardiology
Bedside Nurse Charting
It is installed in the computer system, which enables the user to have an access and use of the critical care information system
Special software
Acquires data such as heart rate from ECG, parameters from arterial and pulmonary arterial invasive bp, temperature, etc.
Bedside monitoring system
What device can be used to get heart rate??
ECG
What device can be used to get arterial saturation and heart rate?
Pulse oximetry
