×
<- Back

Australian College of Nursing (ACN)

Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing

Speciality Classification
Nurses
Location
Online
Delivery
Online
Provider
Australian College of Nursing (ACN)

This unit of study has been designed to explore issues specific to nursing practice in a specialist paediatric intensive care setting. Topics explored in this unit of study include advanced concepts in haemodynamic monitoring, ventilation, analgesia and sedation, management of complex cardiac and neurological patients, renal replacement therapies and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome. The unit of study maintains a focus on the collaborative relationship between the nurse and the family/significant others in providing care to the critically ill infant, child or adolescent.

Term :JANUARY, JULY

Hours of Study: 150

Credit Points : 6


PRM123
Entry Requirements / Prerequisites

The student must be working in an intensive care setting where there is a paediatric case mix

Modules / Topics

Theme 1: Evolution of paediatric intensive care

Apply knowledge of advanced concepts of invasive monitoring to the early recognition of deterioration in critically ill infants, children and young people

Theme 2: Haemodynamic monitoring

Integrate the use of contemporary assessment tools in the management of critically unstable infants, children and young people

Theme 3: Ventilation

Critically appraise treatment protocols used in paediatric intensive care against current research and evidence based guidelines

Theme 4: Analgesia and sedation

Review the pathophysiology that underpins presentations of critically ill infants, children and young people to inform nursing interventions and optimise outcomes

Theme 5: Postoperative management of the cardiac surgical infant/child

Reflect on the central role of family & culture when negotiating care with infants, children, young people and their families, ensuring inclusive and respectful healthcare delivery

Theme 6: Management of infants/ children with serious neurological insults

Theme 7: Renal replacement therapies

Theme 8: Multiorgan dysfunction syndrome

Theme 9: Stabilisation & transport

Type
Type -> Course
Delivery
Delivery -> Online
Title
Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing
Speciality Classification
Speciality Classification -> Nurses
Location
Location -> ONLINE
Provider Type
Education Provider
Price Details
ACN Members Price 2,196.00
Location
Online
Posted By
Australian College of Nursing (ACN)
Price:
$2,440.00
ACN Members Price 2,196.00
Explore now
Print | Email
Share:
Save this Short Course

View how you match for this short course

Similar Listings
HealthcareLink