ADVANCED NURSING WITH CRITICALLY ILL ADULTS I

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This course has been designed to provide the Master's Nurse with the tools that enable them to provide nursing care to critically ill adult / geriatric clients. In this course, aspects related to the psychosocial, growth and development, spiritual, cultura l and physical areas of the patient are studied. The ethical -legal considerations related to the care of these clients are widely analyzed. The primary care role of the Master's Nurse with the critically ill client who presents damage to the neurological, gastrointestinal, renal, and endocrine systems from the health -disease continuum is discussed. In addition, advances in medicine and technology are discussed. Nursing care is discussed based on the steps of the Nursing process to promote excellence in adult / geriatric care from the healthy client to the critically ill client.