92249 Critical Care

6cp; 7 or 8 weeks, 13 theoretical hours, 80 clinical hours

Requisite(s): (92236 Foundations of Mental Health Nursing OR 92239 Foundations of Children's Nursing)) AND ((92191 Adult Nursing: Cardiovascular AND 92192 Adult Nursing: Respiratory AND 92194 Adult Nursing: Renal and Reproductive AND 92195 Adult Nursing: GIT and Orthopaedic AND (91533 Fundamentals of Pathophysiology 3 OR 91534 Fundamentals of Pathophysiology 4) AND (92238 Adult Nursing: Cellular Alterations OR 92248 Adult Nursing: Neuro-endocrine)) OR ((99636 Essentials of Pathophysiology OR 91604 Introductory Pharmacology and Microbiology) AND (92261 Adult Nursing: Medical OR 92262 Adult Nursing: Surgical))
Undergraduate

This clinical elective has been designed to enable students to gain theoretical knowledge to support clinical nursing practice in the critical care setting, i.e. intensive care, emergency and high dependency units. Through this experience, students have the opportunity to further develop their expertise in patient assessment, complex nursing skills and clinical decision making, which offers invaluable support for future practice in any area of nursing.

Typical availability

Spring semester, Kuring-gai campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $499.75
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,100.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

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