Roles and settings
ICU
intensive care unit
A unit for patients needing continuous monitoring and support. Variants name the population: CCU for coronary or critical care, NICU for neonatal, PICU for pediatric.
How it gets tested
The NICU/PICU distinction is the usual item — neonatal is newborns, pediatric is children.
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