Intensive Care Setting: A Case Study

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- Planned, organized, and established priorities based on individual patient’s needs and scheduled activities and adjusted priorities and activities in response to unanticipated events.
- Delivered care and provided care coordination for patients in an intensive care setting.
- Initiated and coordinated interprofessional team assessments and plans of care including physical, spiritual and psychosocial needs of patients across the continuum of care.
- Developed plans of care to achieve identified patient goals in an intensive care setting including planning for transitions within and from the hospital setting.
- Communicated regularly with the interprofessional team members throughout the patient care experience.

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