Critical Care Nursing

Catalog description

Prerequisites: NURS 3440, 3441, 4345 or permission of faculty. This course introduces the student to critical care concepts which may be applied to individuals, families, and community groups. The critical care content provides a basis for responding to complex health patterns and specific pathophysiological processes. Through application of the nursing process students learn to provide complex therapeutic nursing interventions. Continued development of communication skills, professional development of the nurse, teaching/learning principles, ethical/legal, and economic issues are incorporated through the course.