CRITICAL CARE NURSING

1. CRITICAL CARE NURSING Mariya Antony BSc Nursing Student

2. CRITICAL ILLNESS • It is a condition where life cannot be sustained without invasive therapeutic interventions. • Treatment varies but include mechanical ventilation, multiple invasive lines and administration of many medications and fluids.

3. CRITICAL CARE NURSING • It is a speciality within nursing that deals specifically with human responses to life threatening problems. • It deals with human responses to life threatening [problems – trauma or major surgery. • The care of seriously ill patients from point of injury or illness until discharge from intensive care.

4. 7 C’s of critical care • Compassion • Communication • Consideration • Comfort • Carefullness • Consistency • Closure

5. Principles Of Critical Care Nursing

6. Anticipation • Early detection and prompt action • Collaborative practice • Communication • Prevention of infection • Crisis intervention and stress reduction.

7. 1. Anticipation • Recognize higher risk patients and anticipate the requirements, complications and be prepared to meet the emergency. • All necessary equipments and supplies are mandatory for smooth running of unit.

8. 2. Early detection and prompt action • The prognosis of patient depends on early detection of variation, prompt and appropriate action to prevent or combat complication. • Monitoring of cardiac respiratory function is of prime importance in assessments.

9. 3. Collaborative practice • Critical care nursing as technical sub specialized body of knowledge requiring a team work of ICU staffs. • Collaborative practices is needed more for a better acre of an ICU patient.

10. 4. Communication • Intrapersonal, inter departmental, inter personal communication has a significant importance in smooth running of unit.

11. 5. Prevention of infection • Nosocomial infection cost a lot in ICU. • Critically ill patients are at risk due to immunocompromised state with antibiotic usage and stress , invasive lines, mechanical ventilation, prolonged stay and severity and environment of CCU.

12. 6. Crisis intervention and stress reduction • Crisis intervention is a short-term management technique designed to reduce potential permanent damage to an individual affected by a crisis. • Partnerships are formulated during crisis. • It is the duty of a critical nurse to understand the different crisis the patient and family is undergoing and plan for the interventions at the earliest. • Stress reduction measures are also included in planning a care for patients.