Objectives and competences
Students will:
• develop knowledge in the field of intensive care nursing area
• learn the approach to treating a critically ill patient,
• learn about interventions to manage infections and complications in a patient on artificial ventilation
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Basic aspects of nursing in intensive care unit
• Patient admission in intensive care unit
• Monitoring
• Artificial ventilation and management of intubated patient
• Pain management in intensive care unit
• Communication with patient on artificial ventilation
• Management of hospital infections in intensive care unit
• Documentation in intensive care unit
• Sedation, relaxation and analgesia in the intensive care unit (BIS monitoring)
• Intensive care after CPR
• Therapeutic hypothermia
• ECMO
• Intensive care of patient with sepsis and multiple organ failure
• Transport of the critically ill patient
• Ethical and legal issues in intensive care unit
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures:with active participation of students (explanation, discussion, evidence based learning, questions, cases).
Seminar: teamwork, critical thinking models, discussion, feed back)
Individual consultation: (discussion, additional explanation, specific questions).
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Students will be able to:
• Explain the importance of maintaining an open airway
• Explain the specific measurements and monitoring in the intensive care unit
Describe and explain the particularities of of handling with vascular catheters
• understood infections control measures in intensive care unit
• to recognize complications and be capable of taking steps in accordance with the skills they have learned.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
After completing this course the students will have the following transferable and keyskills:
Providing nursing interventions
Team working
Use of medicine tehnology in intenzive care unit
To treat patient in intensive care unit,
Readings
Temeljni:
• Kremžar, B., Voga, G. & Grosek, Š. (Ured.), (2019) Intenzivna medicina. Ljubljana : Slovensko združenje za intenzivno medicino.
• Kodila, V. (2008). Osnovni vodnik po kirurški enoti intenzivnega zdravljenja: priročnik za medicinske sestre in zdravstvene tehnike. Ljubljana: Univerzitetni Klinični center, Kirurška klinika, Klinični oddelek za anesteziologijo in intenzivno terapijo operativnih strok.
• Ivanuša, A. & Železnik, D. (2008). Standardi aktivnosti zdravstvene nege. Maribor: Fakulteta za zdravstvene vede.
Dodatni:
• Chulay, M., Burns, MS. (2006). AACN essentials of critical care nursing: pocket handbook. Washington: McGraw – Hill Companies, Smrkolj, V. (Ured.), (2014) Kirurgija. Celje: Grafika Gracer.
• Alspach, J. (Ured.), (2006). Core curriculum for critical care nursing. 6th ed. St. Louis: Saunders Elsevier cop.,
• Magnus, V.S., Turkington, L. (2006). Comunication interaction in ICU – Patient and staff experiences and perceptions. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing,; 22: 167 – 178.
Prerequisits
There are no conditions for inclusion.
Additional information on implementation and assessment The total score consists of both positive assessed obligations.
