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ICUNursingRefresherToolkit
Toolkit
Toolkit
Introduction to the Refresher Toolkit
The ICU Nursing Refresher Toolkit brings curated, key Nursing Skills and eLearning lessons to ICU nurses managing high volumes of COVID patients, as well as nurses called from other units to assist with COVID care in the ICU.
Earn Continuing Education credits for successfully completing the four refresher CE courses on this page, and access additional resources to support your work in an intensive care unit.
Trusted medical knowledge sourced directly from Nursing Skills
Skills
Core Knowledge
Vent ED & CoMorbid
- Arterial Catheter Blood Sampling
- Endotracheal Tube Intubation: Assisting
- Endotracheal Tube and Tracheostomy Cuff Care
- Endotracheal Tube and Tracheostomy Tube Suctioning
- Mechanical Ventilation: Pressure Support and Control and Volume-Assured Pressure Support (Respiratory Therapy)
- Oxygen Therapy: Nasal Cannula or Oxygen Mask
- Transducer System Setup and Zeroing
- Ventilation Noninvasive CPAP and BiPAP
Well-Being in Uncertain Times
WELLNESSRESOURCES
AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses) offers offers a range resources on health and wellness topics that may be useful during times of stress or anxiety.
- Quiet the Mind: Mindfulness, Meditation, and the Search for Inner Peace
- Grit Makes Us Unstoppable
- Resiliency Tips and Strategies to Manage Moral Distress and Burnout Syndrome
- Promoting Well-Being and Resilience in Critical Care Nursing, Journal Article
- You Matter, Blog
- Positive Emotion Skills Intervention to Address Burnout in Critical Care Nurses, Journal Article
