Course Overview
BCIT’s Fast Track Education for Front Line Registered Nurses and other Health Care Providers is a self-directed course designed to ‘level up’ your knowledge to assist, in a team approach, with the anticipated hospital acute overflow from Covid 19. It is specifically targeted at RNs and other health care providers caring for patients requiring telemetry monitoring, high acuity care and critical care including mechanical ventilation. Thank you to each of you for your dedication and hard work caring for patients and families in these unprecedented pandemic times! *Note: Thank you for your interest in a BCIT – Free Online Learning course. You are about to register for the course. If you are new to BCIT, you will first need to create a BCIT ID. Then, log in with your ID and password to register. Once registered, log in to learn.bcit.ca with your BCIT email address and password to access your online course. If you are new to BCIT, it may take up to 24 hours for your course access to become active. Because these are not credited courses, and you are not paying a fee, there may be student resources you come across that you are not entitled to access. This would include Student Aid and other financial assistance. Enjoy your learning and we’re happy to support your lifelong learning journey.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
0.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
This course has three different pathways you may choose to travel depending on your needs. In total, the course covers:
- Oxygen supply and Demand Basics
- Comprehensive Assessment
- Arterial Blood Gas Analysis
- Hemodynamic monitorin
- Myocardial Electrophysiology and Conduction
- Normal Electrocardiogram Complex
- Systematic ECG Analysis
- Cardiac Rhythms: Sinus, Atrial and Ventricular
- Impact of Cardiac Rhythms on Hemodynamics
- Interventions
- Review: Respiratory Anatomy and Physiology
- Non-Invasive Ventilation
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
- Biphasic Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP)
- Caring for the NIPPV Patient
- Troubleshooting
- Clinical Decision Making - NIPPV
- Invasive Ventilation
- Introduction to Modes of Mechanical Ventilation
- Caring for the Mechanically Ventilated Patient
- Troubleshooting
- Clinical Decision Making - Invasive Ventilation
- Introduction to Shock
- Preload, Afterload and Contractility
- Hypovolemic Shock
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Septic Shock
Effective as of Fall 2020
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