Critical Care Nursing ((3 Credits ))

Catalog description

This theoretical course focuses on synthesizing nursing knowledge and skills in caring for adult clients and their families impacted by critical illness. Topics include: Causes of single and multi-organ system dysfunction, the human responses to life-threatening illness, and palliative end-of-life care. Nursing care focusing on restoring physiologic and psychological stability to the severely ill client will be explored. The emphasis is on both pathophysiology and clinical management.