Specialist Certificate in Critical Care Nursing
Specialist Certificate in Critical Care Nursing
Critical care nurses provide essential care to acutely ill patients and their families. It’s a specialist role that requires collaboration with the interprofessional team, so patients can receive the highest quality care when facing potentially life-threatening conditions. The Specialist Certificate in Critical Care Nursing expands the knowledge and understanding of…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Critical care nurses provide essential care to acutely ill patients and their families. It’s a specialist role that requires collaboration with the interprofessional team, so patients can receive the highest quality care when facing potentially life-threatening conditions.
The Specialist Certificate in Critical Care Nursing expands the knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts related to critical care nursing that are required to care for patients in the critical care environment.
Drawing on current evidence-based practice in the care and management of the critically ill, this course will equip you to assess and manage seriously unwell patients. You’ll have the opportunity to develop your critical care knowledge, reasoning and problem-solving skills to analyse and plan delivery of specialist nursing care in the current healthcare context.
Offered 100% online, this flexibly delivered course will enable graduates to enhance their scope of practice as a registered nurse in accordance with either the Emergency Nursing or Australian College of Critical Care Nurses Practice Standards.
Students of this course have nested study options, which means you can progress to a Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing (Intensive Care) by completing an additional 25 credit points of subjects relevant to your area of speciality practice (Emergency or Intensive Care).
Course aims
Nurses who specialise in critical care provide the necessary care to patients who are acutely and critically ill, and often experiencing complex illnesses and conditions. We’ve devised this course to provide a sound understanding of the requirements of such specialist care, with a focus on emergency and intensive care.
Students of this course have nested study options, which means you can progress to a Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing (Intensive Care) by completing an additional 25 credit points of subjects relevant to your area of speciality practice (Emergency or Intensive Care).
It also provides an opportunity for you to enrol into the Graduate Certificate of Critical Care Nursing (Intensive Care) and further your learning.
Who this course is for
This course has been designed specifically for:
Division 1 Registered Nurses with AHPRA or equivalent registration with an international health practitioner regulation agency.
Career outcomes
Working in critical care nursing has become a specialisation that is popular within the broader nursing industry. While the role can be emotionally demanding, it’s also highly rewarding and offers a range of opportunities across a variety of hospital settings.
Being a critical care nurse requires highly-developed assessment skills and knowledge to manage seriously ill patients who are often in a dynamic and unstable condition. You need an understanding mind, quick thinking and advanced skills. Critical care nurses also work closely with all members of the critical care team in healthcare delivery and the provision of emotional support to patients as well as their family and friends.
The Specialist Certificate in Critical Care Nursing can be undertaken while completing a specialty practice program that aims to facilitate transition or introduction to critical care nursing within your health service.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Established in 1853, the University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings, consistently being placed as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and is one of the world’s top 50 (as per Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015). There are over 80 different undergraduate study areas and over 270 graduate courses at Melbourne for students to choose from. The University has extensive global networks and has seven campus locations across Melbourne and rural Victoria.
