NS5501 - Contemporary Issues in Critical Care Nursing

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	National Priority Band
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Available to registered nurses enrolled in postgraduate nursing courses.

This subject focuses on current issues relevant to critical care nurses. Students will critically analyse issues relevant to their practice, such as: specialisation in nursing, competency standards, the role of the nurse in a multi-disciplinary team, evolution of the nurse practitioner in Australia, advancing technology and crisis intervention and stress management.

Learning Outcomes

• as a reflective practitioner, examine and critique ones own critical care practice;
• develop an understanding of the established competency standards for critical care nurse specialists in relation to current practice;
• evaluate the role of the nurse as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and describe the evolution of the nurse practitioner in relation to critical care;
• outline principles related to critical incident stress debriefing and stress management in critical care environments.

Availabilities
, Study Period 2
Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	.

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