NURS 494 - Essentials of Critical Care Nursing

Units: 2
Medical and nursing management of adult patients with multiple, complex medical and surgical diagnoses in various types of critical care units.

Prerequisites: B.S. Nursing major, and either NURS 360 or both NURS 420 and NURS 421.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Identify patient care priorities for those who are experiencing acute, life-threatening health problems.
Correlate pathophysiology, physical exam findings, diagnostics and monitoring data and their indications for treatments.
Discuss evidenced-based nursing care for common physiologic support modalities such as ventilators, hemodynamic measures, intracranial monitoring, and hemofiltration therapy.
Integrate critical thinking skills into clinical-decision making for patients with life-threatening conditions.
Utilize the principles of advocacy to support and promote quality health care for patients and families.