ACCN 5505 - Intensive Care Nursing: Pathophysiology

Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
Principles of physiology, first addressed in Advanced Studies in Critical Care Nursing 5501 are applied to critical illness. Emphasis is placed on breathing, circulation, neurologic renal and body defence of the critically ill within the intensive care unit to illustrate organ dysfunction and illness experiences. Therapeutics for each of the five systems are discussed including mechanical ventilation and pharmacotherapy.

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): ACCN 5501 and ACCN 5531 or approval of department chair.