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Welcome to the Intensive Care Unit

Mercy Hospitals Intensive Care Unit (ICU) provides specialized medical and nursing care. Family members and visitors often have many questions and concerns when someone is hospitalized in the ICU. We will introduce you to the health professionals who work in the ICU and their roles at Mercy Hospital. We hope to help answer common questions about our services and policies for visitors, as well as typical terms and procedures used in the Intensive Care Unit.

Safety and innovation awards (requires Adobe Reader) - Intensive Care Unit staffs at Mercy and Unity hospitals are doing what health professionals thought could not be done. They are close to eliminating a costly and sometimes deadly infection among intensive care patients.

Implementing a Ventilator Bundle in a Community Hospital (requires Adobe Reader) - Mercy and Unity hospitals implemented the ventilator bundle concept as part of an Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) collaborative on improving care in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Beacon Award (requires Adobe Reader) - Mercy ICU has been awarded the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Beacon Award for 2006 , 2007, and 2009.

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4050 Coon Rapids Blvd.
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
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First published: 01/01/2004
Last updated: 06/01/2007

Reviewed by: Theresa Johnson, RN, Intensive Care Unit, Mercy Hospital