A critical care nurse must have the ability to think and work quickly in stressful conditions and stay alert after many hours of intensive work.
Online Course for all Healthcare Professional.
Course Overview:
This course will help nurses boost their knowledge and skills of caring for patients with acute critical illness. This course will empower the nurses to build abilities and competencies essential for specific treatment plans of caring for critical illnesses including patient centric care & management, including medical & surgical treatment addressing critical emergencies health-education and development
This course is specially aimed at making nurses proficient in the specialized area of critical care. Interested nurses can enhance their skills and knowledge by taking this course and make a career for themselves in this discipline.
Eligibility Criteria:
GNM
Bsc Nursing
English competency - 40% Marks in 10 + 2
Basic computer knowledge -MS Office
Course Duration
30 Days
Course Content
- Introduction to critical care nursing
- Concept of holistic care applied to critical care nursing practice
- Review of Anatomy and Physiology of Vital organs
- Fluid and electrolyte balance
- Legal and Ethical issues in critical care nurse’s role
- Management of emergency conditions/ Trauma
- Essential skills and procedure Assistance
- Arterial blood gas analysis
- Percutaneous tracheostomy
- Intra-aortic balloon pump
- Blood culture
- Central line catheter
- Intubation and air way management
- Urinary catheter
- ACLS and BLS
- Review of drugs and pharmacokinetics
- Pain management in critical care
- Management of pressure ulcer
- Management of thrombophlebitis
- Infection control in critical care unit
- Quality indicators in critical care unit
- Management of critical care unit
- Management of patient medical record
Course Highlights
- Program pedagogy which includes Webinar, Student Faculty Chat by Subject Experts and Project Work.
- Reference subject through E-book
- Program materials developed by experts
- Each lesson culminating into a qualifying exam
Learning Outcome
- Assess the needs of critically ill patient.
- Identify the appropriate action for critical situations.
- Prioritize actions according to the needs of the situation utilizing critical thinking process.
- Integrate knowledge from nursing science, medicine and other sciences in nursing care of critically ill patient
- Ensure that the available resources in critical care unit and complete personnel are used efficiently and effectively.
- Assist consumers and health care team when taking decisions.
Evaluations and Grading
Evaluations will collate candidate performance based on post training Assessment, Lesson End Assessment, participation in Live classes, participation in student-faculty chat.
Certification
At the end of the program the student will be awarded with Certification from Skill Sathi.