INTENSIVE CARE UNIT - THE ROLE OF THE NURSE IN PATIENT TREATMENT
Keywords:
intensive care, nurse, nursing care, monitoringAbstract
Intensive care units have been developed for the purposes of disposal of life threatened patients. The beginnings of intensive care were in surgical "shock" rooms which were used during the time allocated independent intensive care units led by anesthesiologist.
The units can be open or closed. In the open units every patient has his doctor that comes when it suits him or to call. In the closed units doctors and nurses constantly work and is responsible for everything that happens in the unit. Working in intensive care is teamwork. Exactly one knows who is responsible for which part. The determination and provision of treatment and rest. Basic control in the ICU is very important to timely detect possible complications of treatment and other issues that can occur as an unfavorable course of treatment. The nurse should be constantly visit patients, provide a complete care, and observe and notice the changes in patients. The remainder of this paper will show that the indications for the reception of patients, organization of work in the ICU, the demands of nursing care, the type of monitoring that are used, burnout in intensive care and special training of doctors and nurses.
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