NU 475 - Critical Care Nursing

This course examines the physiological and psychosocial concerns of clients in life threatening situations. Emphasis is placed on the development of knowledge and skills required for rapid and continuous assessments, and the appropriate interventions and evaluations throughout critical client and family episodes to promote healing and/or support resolution toward a peaceful death. Clinical learning opportunities and laboratory modules allow students to utilize the nursing process and the science of human care nursing to apply didactic material to actual and simulated clients.

Prerequisite: Senior status in nursing. Co-requisite: NU 485 - Rural Public Health Nursing.
Credit(s): 4