The majority of critical care nurses work in hospitals with intensive and critical care units. A handful of critical care nurses, however, may work as transport nurses, accompanying patients in critical condition to more well-equipped medical facilities.
Chromium is a steel-gray lustrous metal that is important as an additive in the manufacture of steel alloys (chrome steel, chrome-nickel steel, stainless steel) and greatly increases the durability and resistance of these metals; hence its use in metal prosthetic implants.
Chromite is the only ore of chromium, a metal essential for making stainless steel, nichrome, chrome plating, pigments, refractories, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.