Individualized assessments to be carried out to determine the immediate needs of the critical care patient.
Ongoing assessments to be established to keep tabs on the patient's condition and make any changes in treatment based on hospital policy, procedure and protocol.
Assessment to be used to determine the plan of care for the patient.
Educate the patient and her family on what to expect in the days, weeks and months following ICU treatment.
Following doctor’s or head nurse’s instructions, and performs the instructed treatments and therapies for the patient.
Take forward all necessary medication.
If the patient lapses into cardiac arrest or another condition that requires resuscitation, the nurse follow hospital protocols and administers life-saving techniques.
Quick decisions to treat the patient effectively in case of emergency.
As shift changes occur, it is the nurse's duty to inform the relief nurse of all patient care information.
If the patient requires special procedures, the ICU nurse acts as an assistant to the doctor or head nurse.
Documentation of assessments and drug therapy to be recorded by the ICU nurse.