ESSENTIALS OF CRITICAL CARE NURSING COURSE

ESSENTIALS OF CRITICAL CARE NURSING COURSE

Course Description

The Essentials Critical Care Nursing Course is a three day program intended to provide the new nurses with an overview of critical care nursing practice. It will present the physiological concepts that will be the basis of understanding the etiology and pathophysiology of common critical illnesses. The course will offer an opportunity for nurses to develop critical thinking by integrating knowledge about the disease, assessment, intervention and management.

The course will have an interspersed of didactic and workshop period to enable the participants to develop basic skills necessary in a simulated environment.

Objectives

After the course, the participants will be able to:

1. Discuss an overview of the conceptual foundation of critical care nursing

• Scope of critical care nursing practice
• Use of the nursing process
• Critical care environment

2. Describe the phenomena of concern in critical care nursing

• Breathing, Tissue perfusion and gas exchange
• Cardiac electrical activity
• Regulation of fluid and electrolyte balance
• Pain
• Nutrition

3. Identify patient care problems through appropriate assessment in relation to the

• Cardiovascular system
• Pulmonary system
• Neurologic system
• Multisystem

4. Demonstrate basic knowledge and skills in utilizing the following common equipment and gadgets in ICU:

• Hemodynamic monitoring
• Mechanical ventilation
• Neurological assessment tools
• Cardiovascular drug support formulas and dosages

5. Identify priority problems in the care for the critically – ill adult and pediatric patient.

REGISTRATION FEE
MEMBER: 3,500   NON-MEMBER: 3,000

***INCLUSIVE OF HANDOUT, SNACKS AND CERTIFICATE

ESSENTIALS OF CRITICAL CARE NURSING COURSE

Program of Activities

Day 1 Speaker: MARK GIL Q. DE LA ROSA, RN, MAN

  7:30 -   8:00 AM        REGISTRATION

  8:00 -   8:30               Opening and Overview of the Course                       

  8:30 -   9:30               PRE-TEST

  9:30 – 10:30              Conceptual Foundation of Critical Care                    

•          Scope of critical care nursing practice
•          Use of the nursing process
•          Critical care environment

10:30 – 12:00              Care of the Adult critically- ill Patients         

12:00 –  1:00 PM         LUNCH BREAK

  1:00 –  3:00               Care of the Pediatric Critically-ill Patient

•          Pediatric Assessment
•          Common Pediatric Emergency  

  3:00 – 5:00                Care of the Critically-ill Cardiovascular Patient       

•          Adult Assessment
•          Cardiovascular Disorders 

o   Acute Myocardial Infarction

o   Heart Failure

o   Cardiac Tamponade

Day 2 Speaker:  ROGELIO GAYETA, JR, RN

  7:30 -    8:00              REGISTRATION

   8:00 – 10:00             Shock Syndrome  

10:00 – 12:00              Emergency Drug Formula and Dosages

WORKSHOP 1 (Drugs and Formula)

12:00 –  1:00               LUNCH BREAK

  1:00 –  3:00               Care of the Critically-ill (Focus on the Respiratory System) 

•          Adult Respiratory Assessment
•          Respiratory Disorders

o   Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

o   Pneumonia

o   Pulmonary Edema

  3:00 –  5:00               Care of the Ventilated Patient and Mechanical Ventilation 

                                    WORKSHOP 2 (Mechanical Ventilation)

Day 3

  7:30 -   8:00 AM        REGISTRATION

  8:00 -   10:00             Care of the Critically-ill (Focus on the Neurologic System)-Mark de la Rosa   

•          Basic  Neurovascular Assessment and Tools
•          WORKSHOP 3 (Neurological Assessment and Tools)

 10:00 – 12:00             Neurologic Disorders (Mark De La Rosa, RN, MAN)            

o   Brain Attack

o   Traumatic Brain Injury

o   Seizures and Status Epilepticus

12:00 – 1:00                LUNCH BREAK

  1:00 – 3:00                Hemodynamic Monitoring     (Rogelio Gayeta,Jr, RN)

                                    WORKSHOP 4 (Hemodynamic Monitoring)

    3:00 – 5:00              POST TEST

                                    Course Evaluation

Closing Ceremonies