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Demonstrate critical thinking and clinical reasoning at a semester 5 level when caring for individuals and groups with complex health needs in critical care settings
Apply ethical and legal principles when assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care of individuals and groups with complex health needs in critical care settings
Demonstrate advanced evidence-based nursing skills and knowledge to recognise deviations and deterioration in a client’s health status and apply appropriate nursing interventions
Apply advanced knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology and nursing evidence-based practice to critical care case-based scenarios
Demonstrate advanced essential nursing skills that ensure safe, effective and evidence-based nursing practice in a critical care context whilst promoting a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship
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Key topics include:
Introduction to Trauma and clinical deterioration
Nursing role of trauma nurse
Management of a patient with major trauma
Management of a patient with Major Burns
Management of a patient with Sepsis
Management of a patient with Shock
Multi Organ Dysfunction