Nursing unit
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A nursing unit is an area in a hospital or other health care delivery setting where patients with similar needs are grouped to facilitate the delivery of care by health care professionals trained in that specialty. Typically a nurse manager or matron is in charge of the unit.
[edit] Types of nursing units
[edit] Inpatient units
- Bone marrow transplant
- Burn unit
- Geriatrics
- Hematology/Oncology
- Labor and Delivery
- Cardiology
- Medical/Surgical (frequently abbreviated as "Med/Surg")
- Medicine
- Mother/Baby
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Neuropsychiatric
- Oncology
- Organ transplant
- Orthopaedics
- Otolaryngology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Rehabilitation
- Surgery
- Telemetry
- Urology
[edit] Outpatient clinics
- Burn treatment
- Diabetes
- Disabilities and developmental disorders
- Chemical dependency
- Dermatology
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Emergency treatment
- Medicine
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Oral surgery
- Orthopaedics
- Otolaryngology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Radiation oncology
- Renal dialysis
- Rheumatology
- Surgical
- Urology
[edit] Intensive care units
- Cardiovascular intensive care unit (CCU)
- Medical intensive care unit (MICU)
- Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
- Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)
- Step-down care units
- Surgical intensive care unit (SICU)
[edit] Surgical units
- Ambulatory surgery
- Main operating room
- Post-anesthesia care unit (PACU)
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