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This Unit is future dated with the start date of 01/01/2026

Overview

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Offerings

MANDURAH-S2-ONLINEFLEX-2026-ONGOING

MURDOCH-S2-ONLINEFLEX-2026-ONGOING

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Requisites

Exclusion

Prerequisite

Enrolment rules

Enrolment in the Bachelor of Nursing B1417

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Apply the latest research and evidence-based practices to clinical decision-making in the management of complex critical care situations.

2.

Recognise clinical deterioration in the critically ill patient and consider appropriate early nursing interventions following a systematic approach.

3.

Understand the role of the Registered Nurse and how to care for patients using the Strengths-Based Nursing Framework in in the critical care setting.

4.

Use the clinical reasoning cycle to critically assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care in the critical care setting.

5.

Effectively collaborate and communicate within the interprofessional healthcare team to optimise patient outcomes in a critical care environment.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

Topic 1: Role of the Critical Care Nurse

Online Module - Care of patients with multiple health needs, what makes a patient critical, escalation of care, recognition of deteriorating patient, contexts of care – intensive care, emergency, coronary care, complex legal and ethical issues

Topic 2: Critical Nursing Care of Airway and Breathing Compromise

Online Module – Rapid Sequence Induction/sedation, care of the intubated patient, basic ventilation principals (BIPAP/CPAP/HFNC), basic life support vs advanced life support, arterial blood gas analysis, management of compromised breathing

Topic 3: Critical Nursing Care of Circulatory Compromise

Online Module – arrhythmias (SVT, rapid AF, bradycardia, heart blocks), pacing/cardioversion, central venous catheters, inotropes, cardiogenic shock

Topic 4: Critical Nursing Care of Neurological Compromise

Online Module – Traumatic Brain Injury, Haemorrhagic versus Ischaemic Stoke, Intracranial pressure monitoring and management, Cervical Spine injuries, Neurogenic Shock, thermoregulatory control

Topic 5: Fast track assessment and management

Online Module – Triage, wounds, fracture management, infectious diseases, rashes, eye emergencies

Topic 6: Mental Health and Toxicology

Online Module – frequent acute mental health presentations, substance misuse and overdose, envenomation

Topic 7: Special Populations

Online Module – Abdo Pain- Differential diagnosis, Gynae/obstetric emergencies, Paediatric presentations (Anaphylaxis, Bronchiolitis, Dehydration, Meningitis, Seizures, Shock, DKA, Abdo Pain)