Critical Nurses

Subspecialities of critical nurses incorporate such areas as Neonatal Intensive Care (or NICU, also called Nursery ICU), Pediatric Intensive Care (or PICU), and Adult Intensive Care (or ICU). The patient population of those units is normally depending on the age group of the patient.Further expertise of care is found depending on the dysfunction, ailment or main injuries of the patient population. For instance, a unit that is an Adult Intensive care unit, focused on the care of trauma patients could be an Adult Trauma Intensive Care Unit. The main focus of the unit is mostly on either an adult or a pediatric/neonatal population, as the treatment options differ for the age ranges.

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