New to the ICU: Need a book

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HI EVERYBODY,

I'm going start in an ICU and am super nervous. I have quite a commute to and from work. Anyone have reccomendations on Audio books for critical care? What is a good book critical care book for individuals new the ICU setting?

THANKS

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Quick Reference to Critical Care: 9781608314645: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.com

I have this book and it's great. It helped me in med/surg and it helps me in the ER. From reading the reviews it is great for ICU. Very clear and easy to read and easy to find what you're looking for.

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Have you looked into podcasts?

ICU Rounds by Jeff Guy and EMCrit from Scott Weingart are both excellent references. Dr. Guy doesn't do his any longer, but there are about 100 on there with excellent information. There are many more but those were my favorites for ICU.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg.

Technically it is a book, but its content is available completely free on his website, definitely have a look through Mark Hammerschmidt's ICU FAQ at index www. icufaqs. org

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Specializes in ICU.

Buy a used copy of the AACN procedure manual.

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Specializes in Critical Care; Recovery.

Go to YouTube and type in critical care. You will be amazed at the resources that pop up. Here are a few YouTube channels that were helpful: IUCriticalcare; medcramvideos; strong medicine

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I wanted to thank all of you for the references for study materials. I have accepted a job as a sicu nurse at a leve 2 trauma center. I have only crossed-trained on icu at a level 3 and did clinicals in icu during my adn. I love intensive care. However, what is the "real" difference between icu and sicu?

I will be studying these sites and books over the next couple of weeks.

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Specializes in Critical Care; Recovery.

SICU will take primarily surgical patient that are critically ill. In many hospitals, the heart surgeries go to SICU, unless CCU or a CTICU is available to take them. My hospital has 4 ICUs and I work in the 24 bed SICU. We generally take the sickest patients including heart surgeries (valve repair, CABG), thoracotomies, abd surgeries, etc. We also take pretty much anything else such as severe sepsis, traumas, dka, neuro, gi bleeds. You name it. A general icu will take whatever that particular hospital throws at it. It depends on the capabilities of that hospital andante include a mix of medical and surgical patients. In the SICU I work for, we are typically the ones who see pa catheters, balloon pumps, etc. everywhere will be a little different.

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