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Critical care nursing
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<p>Critical care nursing is the field of <a href="/facts/Nursing/xbmA4GNC">nursing</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Intensive_care/lbc92jbH">intensive care</a> units, medical intensive care units, surgical intensive care units, trauma intensive care units, coronary care units, <a href="/facts/Cardiothoracic/I3dIcapo">cardiothoracic</a> intensive care units, burns unit, paediatrics and some <a href="/facts/Trauma_center/Mzz3FMCt">trauma center</a> <a href="/facts/Emergency_departments/Qo4NcDeP">emergency departments</a>. These specialists generally take care of critically ill patients who require mechanical ventilation by way of endotracheal intubation and/or titratable <a href="/facts/Vasoactive/xJ9NxPoz">vasoactive</a> intravenous medications. </p>