Critical Care Nursing Outside of the Hospital

[CriticalCareRN1]

Hello All!

I have been thinking about this for a long time and was just wondering if there exists for critical care positions outside of the hospital. I'm a very creative person, and I was thinking of creating such an environment later down the line in my career, to bypass the hospital chaos. Anybody know of such companies that work in an environment like this? Would love to speak with a representative of one in Houston

[Ozzy84]

I watched a video on YouTube about eicu. It was amazing things ever I saw. They can communicate with the nurse in bed side during the care and they do analyze date collected from patient to see progression. Just look on YouTube and see. It doesn't necessary to be in the hospital they sometime located outside the hospital. I think also the goal is not reduce number of nurses. They trying to improve quality of care and outcomes as I remember from that video. Also they usually working by 4 different screen or more

[Ozzy84]

[Ozzy84]

[eroc]

Yes, my hospital has an eICU, it is very cool.

[CriticalCareRN1]

St. Lukes! Oh my goodness! See this is what I'm talking about. But bring it to the home. Then your cutting down on MRSA and other nosocomial infections patients acquire in the hospital that increases their stay. Also, now that the hospitals are not getting reimbursed for secondary acquired infections in the hospital, I can see the rise and need of such technology to completely remove the patient from the hospital to the patient's own environment through eICU, decreasing the morbidity and mortality of these patients, as well as cutting costs. This is new, and I want to get in on this!

[dianacs]

FYI:

Hospital at Home

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

St. Lukes! Oh my goodness! See this is what I'm talking about. But bring it to the home. Then your cutting down on MRSA and other nosocomial infections patients acquire in the hospital that increases their stay. Also, now that the hospitals are not getting reimbursed for secondary acquired infections in the hospital, I can see the rise and need of such technology to completely remove the patient from the hospital to the patient's own environment through eICU, decreasing the morbidity and mortality of these patients, as well as cutting costs. This is new, and I want to get in on this!

I think that most of these "new" ideas have been implemented per the links above. Ultimately a nurse with strong acute critical care experience in a respected could easily (skill wise) transition to one of these non-traditional roles.

[CriticalCareRN1]

No doubt @JustBeachyNurse. Very productive thread. Thanks to all!!