Complex Care Nursing – Critical Thinking Week 1

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Critical Thinking Week 1

Answer these questions after watching the narrated powerpoints:

1. What comes to mind when you hear the following terms?

Intensive care

Critical Care

ICU and CCU

Trauma

2. Think about the critical care environment:

How would you describe the ICU?

What sights, sounds and smells do you experience?

What sensations might you experience?

How would your family react to the situation?

3. What are some examples of situation in which a nurse might have moral or religious convictions that would interfere with the duty to treat? What actions are required of the nurse when conflict exists?

4. Discuss situations when care and treatment may be considered futile.