Conditions for applying for ICU nurse qualification examination:
(a) Must have a certificate of graduation from a medical school specializing in nursing (including specialties) recognized by the health administration and education departments.
(b) Must have obtained a certificate of nursing practice through the National Nursing Licensure Entrance Requirements.
The ICU has a central monitoring station that directly observes all monitored beds. Each bed occupies an area of 15-18 square meters, and the beds are separated by glass or cloth curtains.ICU equipment must be equipped with bedside monitors, central monitors, multifunctional respiratory therapy machine, anesthesia machine, electrocardiograph, defibrillator, pacemaker, infusion pumps, micro-syringes, oxygen suction devices in standby mode, tracheal intubation and tracheotomy and other required emergency medical equipment.
Type division:
ICU is divided into comprehensive ICU and specialized ICU (such as burns ICU, cardiovascular surgery ICU, neonatal ICU, etc.) and part of the comprehensive ICU.
Specialty ICU: cardiology care unit (CCU), respiratory care unit (RCU), and so on. CCU is one of the specialized ICUs, the first C is the abbreviation of coronary heart disease (Coronary heart disease), which is specialized for severe coronary heart disease.
Comprehensive ICU: admits and treats critically ill patients from all departments of the hospital.
Partial comprehensive ICU: between comprehensive ICU and specialized ICU. Such as surgical ICU, internal medicine ICU, anesthesiology ICU and so on.
Reference for the above: Baidu Encyclopedia - Intensive Care Unit