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May 04, 2024
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N430 Critical Care Nursing2 credit(s)
This course focuses on advanced concepts of nursing care as they relate to complex, multisystem alterations in health. Emphasis is placed on implementing time management and organizational skills while managing the care of patients with multiple needs and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team. Complex clinical skills, as well as priority setting, clinical judgment, and tenets of legal and ethical practice, are integrated throughout the course. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe care to patients and selected groups in a variety of settings.
Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:
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Perform a comprehensive health assessment of adult patients with deviations from normal that contribute to multisystem alterations in health.
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Develop an individualized, evidence-based plan of care that demonstrates an appreciation of a patient’s diverse cultural, spiritual, and developmental variations while addressing the interaction of multisystem alterations in health.
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Act as a patient advocate when collaborating with members of the interprofessional healthcare team in the provision of safe, quality care for adult patients with multisystem alterations in health.
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Demonstrate clinical judgment when managing the care of adult patients with multisystem alterations in health.
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Integrate knowledge of pharmacology, pathophysiology, nutrition, established evidence-based practices, and concepts from previous nursing courses when caring for adult patients with multisystem alterations in health.
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Integrate evidence based knowledge in the management of care to patients with multisystem alterations in health.
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Evaluate the efficacy of health-related education that has been provided to patients, families, and groups.
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