Tag Anne l. Donovan

Critical Care Medicine

ICU DEFINITIONS, INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE, AND PHYSICIAN STAFFING Intensive care units (ICUs), as defined by The Joint Commission, are geographically separated nursing care areas that provide intensive observation, diagnosis, and therapeutic procedures for patients who are critically ill. Though the first…

Palliative Medicine

Key Points ▪ Palliative care is an interprofessional approach to symptom management and decision making for patients with a wide range of serious illnesses and is not limited to patients who are imminently expected to die. ▪ Palliative care teams…