Critical Care Nursing Theory 4 NSCC 7520

As a healthcare practitioner, you are expected to follow professional standards of practice throughout all SN programs and courses. In this course, you will have opportunities to use the processes of critical thinking, systematic inquiry, communication, collaboration, leadership, professionalism, and clinical decision-making. Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Discuss ethical dimensions of critical care nursing practice including moral distress, medical futility, ethical decision-making, and end-of-life care and decision-making.
• Explain pathophysiology and relevant clinical presentation of patients experiencing complex, multi-system critical illness, including neurological impairment (stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage and traumatic brain injury), multi-trauma (spinal injury), and complex critical illness (acute respiratory distress syndrome, hepatic insufficiency, and fluid/electrolyte/ acid-base imbalances).
• Use relevant pathophysiology, evidence informed guidelines and oxygen supply and demand theory to critically analyze, make decisions, and plan care for patients and families experiencing complex, multi-system critical illness, including neurological impairment (stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage and traumatic brain injury), multi-trauma (spinal injury), and complex critical illness (acute respiratory distress syndrome, hepatic insufficiency, and fluid/electrolyte/ acid-base imbalances).
• Explain pathophysiology and relevant clinical presentation of patients experiencing ONE of the following:
• multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS),
• cardiac surgery (CABG and valve surgery),
• cardiogenic shock and selected cardiac concepts,
• critical illness in a community/rural ICU setting,
• anesthesia and post-anesthesia recovery.
• Use relevant pathophysiology, evidence informed guidelines and oxygen supply and demand theory to critically analyze, make decisions, and plan care for patients and families experiencing ONE of the following:
• multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS),
• cardiac surgery (CABG and valve surgery),
• cardiogenic shock and selected cardiac concepts,
• critical illness in a community/rural ICU setting,
• anesthesia and post-anesthesia recovery.
• Appraise the contribution of family-centred care and interdisciplinary collaborative practice to effective patient and family care.

Effective as of Spring/Summer 2023