PriMera Scientific Medicine and Public Health (ISSN: 2833-5627)

Review Article

Volume 2 Issue 3

Unique Perpective of a Critical Care Nurse

Rajni Pal*

March 01, 2023

DOI : 10.56831/PSMPH-02-045

Abstract

     Quality assured patient care is expected by nurses all over the world. Caring has been acknowledged as the inner and essence of nursing. For a critical care nurse, caring for a patient implies saving life. While working in an intensive care unit, learning about various life saving procedures such as Cardio pulmonary resuscitation, endotracheal intubation. inserting a central venous catheter is a wonderful experience. Postings in different intensive care units gives worthwhile experiences in different specialties. However, when providing reassurance to patient about their wellbeing, they taught us how to fight with life. Apart from providing care to the patients, critical care nurse acts as a communicator, a liasor between patient, relatives and health care team. The demand of critical care nurses is in increasing trend all over the world. One should not think twice before choosing critical care as a speciality. From creating a spark of hope in patient’s eyes to provide them care at the end of life, critical acre nurses acts as a sole support for the patients and family.

Keywords: critical care nurse; perspective of critical care nurse

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