Course Overview
In this course, you are introduced to High Acuity nursing concepts as it applies to the medical/surgical nurse caring for complex, acutely ill patients. You expand your ability to think critically and engage in participatory relationships, examine the concept of health and explore your understanding to promote health for high acuity patients and families. You explore the lived experience of people with complex, acute illness while applying the comprehensive assessment, oxygen supply and demand and situated clinical decision-making theory.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
3.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
As a healthcare practitioner, you are expected to follow professional standards of practice throughout all Specialty Nursing programs and courses. In this course, you 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 are able to:
- Apply High Acuity nursing concepts to acute medical-surgical nursing practice with respect to the role of the nurse, context of practice, nature of illness and experience of the patient.
- Formulate conclusions about cellular oxygenation and end-organ perfusion using the oxygen supply and demand framework.
- Complete a comprehensive assessment to determine appropriate care for a high acuity patient.
- Recognize cues to form judgments about potential and actual problems for a high acuity patient.
- Prioritize interventions for complex high acuity patients informed by the situated clinical decision-making framework.
- Advocate for appropriate interventions by integrating multiple sources of nursing knowledge.
- Interpret arterial blood gases within the context of high acuity.
- Form accurate conclusions about oxygen supply and demand in relation to complex, acute illness.
Effective as of Fall 2024
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