NU 248 - Critical Care Nursing

Credit Hours: 3

This elective course is designed to provide the student with an opportunity to experience critical care Nursing, didactically and clinically. The course will provide two credits of online theory and one credit of clinical observation in the pathophysiology and management of critical care clients. Lecture topics will include assessment, hemodynamic monitoring techniques, priority-setting, nursing care protocols and common problems. Clinical observations will be arranged with selected clinical critical care sites to allow the student to observe nurses and other health care professionals working as a team to promote the client’s return to an optimal state of wellness. Also, the course is structured to allow qualified returning students, whom already hold new York State RN licenses, the opportunity to learn these aspects of critical care nursing. This course may be used to prepare for the national CCRN (critical care certification) examination.
Prerequisites: Course (undergraduate): Completion of NU 236 and NU 237, BI 230, BI 231, PS 201 or P.I.-Permission of the instructor.