NUR5926 Emergency nursing 2

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

1. 1

   Discuss the pathophysiological processes underpinning complex disease or injury states.

2. 2

   Critically analyse patient assessment findings and prioritise appropriate, age specific, culturally relevant, therapeutic interventions for patients experiencing complex disease or injury states.

3. 3

   Review and critique the evidence underpinning complex patient interventions.

4. 4

   Plan and execute the assessment and management of a paediatric patient with a complex illness or injury.

5. 5

   Apply age specific principles of ventilation in management of a ventilated patient.

6. 6

   Demonstrate and evaluate independent triage practice based on the Australasian Triage Scale.

7. 7

   Critically evaluate the care of the patient and family in the provision of end of life care and organ donation in the emergency department.

8. 8

   Critically evaluate and apply nursing research to selected emergency patient care.

9. 9

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

10. 10

    Develop and role model the essential elements of leadership and management for emergency nursing.