St. Marys school of Medicine, Cook Islands

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BSc Nursing in Critical Care St. Marys school of Medicine, Cook Islands

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CRITICAL CARE NURSING       

The course expands on the previous nursing knowledge and skills with a focus on the adult population in the critical care environment or have high acuity needs in healthcare settings. The student will apply the nursing process, problem solving techniques, evidence-based nursing interventions, and critical thinking techniques to provide care to patients that have complex health issues or that are acutely/critically ill. Emphasis is placed on caring for patients in specialty settings such as intensive care units, trauma units, post-anesthesia recovery units, burn units, outpatient surgery centers, cardiovascular care, and in emergency departments with health care needs to include respiratory problems, neurologic disturbances, shock, sepsis, metabolic and endocrine imbalances, altered nutrition, renal failure, emergency and disaster nursing. Additional topics that will b

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING PROGRAM – ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Students must have attained a minimum of an Associates Degree, 90 semester credit hours or Bachelors Degree (including completion of all the prerequisite coursework) from an accredited ins

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