ADVANCED NURSING WITH CRITICALLY ILL ADULTS PART II

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This course has been designed to provide the critical care master's nurse with the tools that enable them to provide care to culturally diverse and critically ill adult clients. Critical thinking and communication skills are used to analyze aspects related to the psychosocial, growth and development, spiritual, cultural and physical areas of the patient. The ethical-legal considerations related to the care of these clients are widely analyzed. The role of the master's nurse as caregiver of the critically ill client that presents damage to the respiratory and cardiovascular systems from the health-disease continuum is discussed. In addition, care for the critically ill patient with trauma, burns, and shock is included. Hemodynamic monitoring, interpretation of dysrhythmias and ventilatory assistance are also analyzed. Nursing care is discussed based on the steps of the nursing process, the literacy (technological aspects) to promote evidence-based excellence in adult care from the healthy client to the critically ill client.