Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing (NURS90087)

Intended learning outcomes

At the completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Integrate knowledge regarding paediatric anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology, mechanism of injury and pharmacotherapeutics to explain assessment findings in paediatric intensive care patient presentations
• Apply scientific principles to further explore knowledge and evidence-based skills applicable to the specialty of paediatric intensive care
• Critically analyse patient assessment and diagnostic findings to recognise and prioritise age appropriate, specific, and family centred therapeutic interventions for patients experiencing complex paediatric disease or injury states
• Apply advanced specialist paediatric knowledge and evidence to clinical decision making when developing a plan of care and determining nursing interventions in critically ill and/or injured children and their families
• Apply scientific principles to evaluate paediatric intensive care nursing interventions and further explore the evolving knowledge applicable to complex paediatric intensive care nursing

Generic skills

At the completion of this subject, students should be able to demonstrate:

• the capacity for information seeking, retrieval and evaluation;

• critical thinking and analytical skills;

• an openness to new ideas;

• the ability to communicate knowledge through web based activities.

• the ability to apply scientific principles to their clinical practice;