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ACCN 5501 - Intensive Care Nursing: Foundations of Intensive Care Nursing


Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
This introductory course will explore foundational aspects of intensive care nursing practice. Intensive care practice, ethical and legal issues, and psychosocial, educational and cultural aspects of intensive care nursing will be discussed to gain context of the intensive care nursing role. The principles of physiology pertinent to intensive care nursing will be reviewed to lay the foundation for a more in-depth exploration of disease pathology and interventions. These include a review of cellular, pulmonary, cardiovascular, neurological, gastrointestinal, genitourinary and defence physiology.