Critical Care Unit Observation

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During my time in the Critical Care Unit, I was able to observe Kylie, who is a RN. She has been working in the CCU for two years. Kylie became a RN by receiving associate's degree, and then later went back to school and received her BSN. Kylie started working as an RN before returning to school to receive her BSN. My day in the CCU was a pretty mellow day, not much was going on. There were only around 10 patients in the CCU while I was there, the CCU can hold up to 16 patients at one time. Most of the patients admitted to the CCU were elderly patients who had a hard time breathing. For the patients who had trouble breathing,the respiratory therapist would come to their rooms and would perform breathing exercises with them. There were two other

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