High Acuity Nursing Concepts NSHA 7055

As a healthcare practitioner, you are expected to follow professional standards of practice throughout all Specialty Nursing 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:

• Differentiate high acuity nursing practice from current 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 person in high acuity care.
• Recognize cues to form judgments about potential and actual problems for a patient in high acuity care.
• Prioritize interventions for complex patients in high acuity care 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 2025