What does MICU stand for?

The committee, which oversaw and coordinated the various aspects of the initiative, included director of critical care medicine/ECare; directors of medical and surgical critical care units; vice chair of emergency medicine; nurses from the medical intensive care unit and ED; residents from emergency medicine, internal medicine, and surgery; the performance improvement coordinator; a hospital data analysis expert; and a pharmacy representative.

Kyle Anthony, RN, BA Medical Intensive Care Unit University Hospitals Case Medical Center Cleveland, Ohio

9) While tight glucose control with insulin was beneficial in a predominantly surgical population of critically ill patients, it did not result in improved overall outcome in a medical intensive care unit population.

Donations may be made to the Medical Intensive Care Unit of the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, 8 Easton Ave, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901-1925.

The pulmonary fellows are actively involved in the management and care of mechanically ventilated patients in both our 18 bed medical intensive care unit and 16-bed respiratory care unit.

The Bentonville expansion includes a second cardiac catheterization lab and a new medical intensive care unit with eight private patient rooms.

CASE FACTS: Veronica Wallace was hired in the fall of 1992, as a staff nurse in Methodist Hospital's Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU).

For example, graphs showing how units fared on hand hygiene were placed in the employee bathroom of the medical intensive care unit where everyone was sure to see it.