ICU is the
Intensive Care Unit. It is where the sickest or most injured patients are kept.
Our hospital had a ICU staff ratio of 1 patient/1 nurse. It is equipped with
almost every item to substain a life within easy reach and has separate care
practices per case. It also has a stricter set of rules on visitation and “get
well” items that are receivable.
CCU, Ctitical Care, is the step down unit from
ICU. There is still a lot of monitoring but not a one on one team. Those
patients who aren't bad enough to need a private nurse, or can risk being more
than 5 steps away from staff but still bad enough or unstable enough they need
extra monitoring, special care plans, etc. will usually start or end their stay
here.( Second day heart procedure patients, concious stroke/accident victims,
etc.) Hope these differences helped a bit.
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