NUR5926 - Emergency nursing 2

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Discuss the pathophysiological processes underpinning complex disease or injury states.
2. Critically analyse patient assessment findings and prioritise appropriate, age specific, culturally relevant, therapeutic interventions for patients experiencing complex disease or injury states.
3. Review and critique the evidence underpinning complex patient interventions.
4. Plan and execute the assessment and management of a paediatric patient with a complex illness or injury.
5. Apply age specific principles of ventilation in management of a ventilated patient.
6. Demonstrate and evaluate independent triage practice based on the Australasian Triage Scale.
7. Critically evaluate the care of the patient and family in the provision of end of life care and organ donation in the emergency department.
8. Critically evaluate and apply nursing research to selected emergency patient care.
9. Critically evaluate the socio-cultural, legal and ethical issues related to the nursing management of the critically ill patient.
10. Develop and role model the essential elements of leadership and management for emergency nursing.