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Foundations of Critical Care Nursing (NURS90122)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
Contact information
April
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
September
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
| Availability | April - Online September - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject provides the theoretical foundation for entry into specialty critical care nursing including emergency and intensive care.
Students will gain essential knowledge to plan, monitor and evaluate nursing interventions, including how to recognise and respond to clinical deterioration and medical emergencies.
Students will integrate essential knowledge explored in this subject and its pre-requisite, Applied Pathophysiology, with principles of patient assessment, scientific advances in treatment and management strategies including pharmacotherapeutics.
Patient and family perspectives of acute illness and disease will be considered in the development and implementation of nursing interventions and inter-disciplinary care planning.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Recognise clinical deterioration and medical emergencies in diverse patient populations.
- Develop the ability to identify risk factors for clinical deterioration in diverse patient populations.
- Recommend and justify evidence-based interventions for diverse patient populations experiencing clinical deterioration and medical emergencies through clinical scenario analysis.
- Evaluate the impact of evidence-based interventions on the disease trajectory and acute illness in patients with a range of health conditions.
Generic skills
- Apply a high level of problem solving skills
- A high level of critical thinking and analytical skills
- Feel confident when tackling unfamiliar problems
- A high level of written communication skills
Last updated: 8 November 2024