Carle Health System
Urbana, IL, USA
Overview ***$10,000 Sign On Bonus*** Position Highlights: CT7B Advanced Care Number of beds on unit: 24 Patient population (age, diagnosis, specifics about unit): The Advanced Care Unit is a 24-bed unit specializing in the care of acutely unstable patients that do not meet criteria for Intensive Care status but still require frequent, advanced assessments and interventions. Specific patient populations or conditions that require Advanced Care status include complex multi-trauma, uncompensated sepsis, continuous non-invasive ventilation, stroke, complicated withdrawal from alcohol or other recreational drugs, and DKA. The unit also includes an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) where patients with seizure-like events can be safely taken off medication to purposefully induce seizure-like events and provide vital information to the Epilepsy Team about how to treat them. Nurse to Patient ratio: 1:3 Department culture and resources: The Advanced Care Unit is...
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Nursing
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