Helpful Information for the Critical Care Units

Helpful information in the Critical Care Units (CCU) including information for Nurses who want to update their skills as well as for Nursing Students who need more information to help digest the vast amount of information during their Nursing programs.

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ICUfaq - Excellent all the way around ...

Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts

EKGusa - ABG tutorial

RealNurseED - ABG tutorial self-learning

12LeadECG - Introduction to 12-lead ecg, the art of interpretation

CCMTutorials - Intubation, ventilators, respiratory distress, critical care

Simulation of Respiratory Mechanics

Auscultation Assistant

Stethographics

Rale Reference Collection

Blaufuss Multimedia - Heart sounds/cardiac arrhythmias

ECGLibrary - Cardiac tracings/advanced

TheMDSite - Website by Dr. Dale Dubin, author "Rapid Interpretation of EKG's"

AdvancedCardiacLifeSupport.info - Mock Codes

ECGLearningCenter

RNCeus - ECG Strip identification/evaluation

ECGSim - Interactive simulation program

ECGLibrary

Skillstat - ECG recognition w/time limit

ICUMedicus - ICU case of the week

MedlinePlus - Arrhythmias

LearningRadiology - Radiology interpretation

Practical Clinical Skills EKG Practice/Drill

Atlas of Human Cardiac Anatomy (University of Minnesota)

Specializes in Public Health/Underserved Populations.

Thanks this is great!

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Specializes in Neuro ICU.

Wonderful links here!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I'm a new grad that will be starting in the Neuro ICU the end of July and have been searching web sites for helpful information; very excited about being in ICU but a bit scared as well.

Dixie :yeah:

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Specializes in CCU.

Thanks this is great. I am a preceptor(un offically) and this is extremely helpful. My daughter will be graduating next year with her BSN and I will pass this on to her----maybe she already knows.:redbeathe

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Hi everyone i would like to say thank you to sirI for all the links.

I'm interested in mechanically ventilated patients so what I would like to find is a site that explain endotracheal suctioning.Please help.

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Thanks for the links! I'm still in orientation but will start my first CCU job in a few weeks. I found icufaqs.com and Nurse Bob's site while in school, and found them both to be great resources. However, I'm also looking for some actual reading material - I'm kind of old school, and I like to be able to look some things up in a real book. If possible, I'd love a recommendation of something that's actually slightly more readable than a nursing school textbook. How is the AACN's critical care book? I know it's nor CCU specific, but it seems like it might be a valuable resource to invest in. I copied this from the first page of the thread:

Cardiothoracic Surgical Nursing (author: Finkelmeier: ISBN#0781717132)

Cardiovascular Nursing (author: Kinney, and Packa)

Cardiovascular Critical Care Nursing (author: Woods: ISBN#044308193X)

Rapid Interpretation of EKG's by Dr. Dale Dubin

Since I'm not going into CSU but CCU, I thought the first one might not be the best coice. I looked for the Kinney/Packa book, but neither amazon nor b&n have any books with that title and those authors. The only books that popped up by Kinney and Packa were from the early 1990s. I then looked for the Woods book, and only found an edition from 1983 with that ISBN. I'm afraid that too much would be out of date - has that little changed in CCU nursing in 25 years? Are these still relevant, or is there something else I should go out and get? I was the big nerd in NS who actually read all my textbooks. I've checked out Dr. Dubin's book before, and I've been meaning to order that one. Probably will when I get my next check. I welcome any recommendations! I love having the internet as an additional resource, but I'd like to have a book I can actually read front to back and refer to reinforce my knowledge of new pt's conditions. Thanks guys!!

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Specializes in Telemetry & PCU.

sirI -thanks so much for this thread

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Specializes in Med-Surg ward.

Thanks for all the links! They are really helpful.

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I'm studying for PCCN...wish me luck!!!! Thanks for helpful links...using them as we speak

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.
chloetwist said:
I'm studying for PCCN...wish me luck!! Thanks for helpful links...using them as we speak

Good luck, @chloetwist!

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Specializes in ICU.

Thanks sirI and everyone else that has contributed to this information.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.

Thanks for the info all!!!

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Thank you sirI. I got a lot of help from prep for CCRN & now this is another wonderful set of resources. You all are great. Thanks again

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