ICU NurseICU nurses work in a wide variety of environments and specialties, such as emergency departments and the critical care units. Critical care nursing is the field of nursing with a focus on the care of the critically ill or unstable patients. Intensive care nurses are also required to be comfortable with a wide variety of medical equipment and their usage in the critical care setting. The medical equipment includes machines such as hemodynamic and cardiac monitoring systems, mechanical ventilator therapy, intra-aortic balloon pumps and many other advanced life support devices.
ICU Nurses also attend conferences to ensure that the staff is kept up to the current state of advances in medical equipment and intensive care. An ICU nurse should provide total patient care which includes range of motion, tube feeding, I&O, and cauterization. He/she should be able to administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients and should work to promote general health by educating the public on warning signs and symptoms of disease. A resume for an ICU nurse should be written with great care, you need to include in it all your essential points like your skills, experience, knowledge and qualifications.
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