Critical Care Nursing and Emergency Nursing
Critical care nursing is the field of nursing with a focus on the utmost care of the critically ill or unstable patients following extensive injury, surgery or life-threatening diseases. Critical care nurses can be found working in a wide variety of environments and specialties, such as general intensive care units, medical intensive care units, surgical intensive care units, trauma intensive care units, coronary care units, cardiothoracic intensive care units, burns unit, paediatrics and some trauma centre emergency departments. These specialists generally take care of critically ill patients who require mechanical ventilation by way of endotracheal intubation and/or treatable vasoactive intravenous medications.
Critical Care Nurse work in a wide assortment of settings, filling numerous parts including bedside clinicians, attendant teachers, nurse analysts, nurse supervisors, clinical medical caretaker authorities and nursing professionals.