NUR5924 · Intensive care nursing 2

Overview

This unit builds upon the foundations established in the unit NUR5923 in relation to the assessment and management of patients with complex disease processes. You will extend your skills, expertise and knowledge, learn to manage complex critically ill patients presenting with multiple organ dysfunctions and measure the efficacy of advanced intensive care therapies and interventions. This unit also examines unique psychosocial and ethical factors that may impact the intensive care nurse's complex decision making, and family and patient centred care in end of life care and organ donation situations. You will develop skills to provide an advanced level of care to intensive care patients and their families across age, socio-cultural and economic groups. At the same time you will be encouraged to explore the characteristics of high performing teams in ICU and role model leadership attributes in your workplace.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Perform clinically at the minimum required standard in accordance with the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN) Practice Standards.
2. Formulate and implement integrated patient- and family-centred care plans, incorporating appropriate pathophysiological processes, evidence-based therapeutic interventions, and management strategies for complex critically ill patients.
3. Assess current evidence-based best practices with complex critically ill patients and synthesise theories of practice.
4. Assess and reflect on teamwork, leadership and the professional attributes essential to intensive care practice.
5. Evaluate the socio-cultural, legal and ethical issues associated with the provision of intensive care for patients and their families.

Workload

24 hours per week of teacher facilitated and self directed study, including tutorials and online activities. Please refer to Moodle for tutorial types and requirements.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.