Critical Care Program - Online

This program is designed to enable registered nurses to acquire the necessary knowledge and practice expertise to care for clients in a critical care setting.

There is a Clinical Experience aspect associated with this program.

Registered Nurses

Critical Care Program Completion Certificate

Critical Care Modules

Module One - Introduction to Critical Care Nursing

    Focuses on professional issues, individual and family response to critical care issues, as well as other considerations in the critical care setting

Module Two - Tools and Concepts for the Critical Care Nurse

    Includes basic electrocardiography, dysrhythmia interpretation, hemodynamic  monitoring, ventilatory assistance, code management and shock

Module Three - Nursing Care for Specific Alterations

    Focuses on alterations in the cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, renal, gastrointestinal and endocrine systems

Module Four - Multi-System Alterations

    Includes seven identified content areas as well as special considerations and critical care assessments.

Clinical Experience

Upon successful completion of the theoretical and laboratory components of the program, a four-to-six week preceptored clinical experience in a critical care setting is required.  Learners with prior critical care clinical experience may opt to complete a clinical project in their own setting.

The laboratory component, clinical experience/project will be evaluated using the pass/fail grading scheme.

Learners will be accommodated in their own geographic region as much as possible.