NUR5923 Intensive care nursing 1

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Perform clinically at a minimum required standard, in accordance with the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses' Practice Standards for Specialist Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN, 2015)

2. 2

   Analyse and explain the pathophysiological processes underpinning critical illnesses commonly experienced by patients admitted to ICU with actual or potential vital organ dysfunction

3. 3

   Implement a structured holistic assessment of an intensive care patient, by using an appropriate assessment framework that includes the initiation of relevant diagnostic tests and critically evaluate the findings to inform your assessment and ongoing patient

4. 4

   Plan, prioritise and implement age appropriate, culturally relevant and evidence-based therapeutic interventions for critically ill patients experiencing complex disease states by applying clinical reasoning related to the pathophysiology of their illness.

5. 5

   Critically evaluate the socio-cultural, legal and ethical issues related to the nursing management of the critically ill patient.

6. 6

   Communicate professionally and empathetically with patients, their families and members of the multi-disciplinary team.

7. 7

   Identify the needs of the patient's family and significant others in the ICU and plan appropriate nursing interventions to address these needs.

8. 8

   Problem solve  and manage       common technological interventions used to support the critically ill patient with vital organ dysfunction to provide safe, quality care (e.g. mechanical ventilation)

9. 9

   Conduct Advanced Life Support underpinned by the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC)/ANZCOR guidelines including the safe transport of critically ill patients to other clinical areas.