Which patient should the nurse expect to be transferred to a critical care unit? Select all that apply.

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1. Critical care units are cost-efficient units for caring for patients with specific organ system failure. Patients with acetaminophen overdose often suffer liver failure as a consequence.
2. A patient with acute mental illness would not receive care in a critical care unit. This health problem would be considered noncritical.
3. Even though critical care units are cost-efficient units for caring for patients with specific organ system failure, chronic renal failure is not a disease process necessitating the critical care environment.
4. The patient with acute decompensated heart failure would receive care in a critical care unit. This patient has a specific organ that has failed.
5. Bacteremia can affect many organs and can lead to multisystem organ failure. This patient would receive care in a critical care unit.

Which Patient Should the Nurse Expect to Be Transferred to a Critical