Specialist Certificate in Paediatric Critical Care Nursing

On completion of this course, graduates should be able to:

• Apply scientific knowledge to the assessment and evaluation of the critically ill paediatric patient from birth to adolescence;
• Apply knowledge of human anatomy and pathophysiology across the continuum of care to understand common presentations and interventions in critically ill paediatric patients;
• Identify appropriate treatment and nursing management strategies for paediatric patients with common critical care presentations, including interpretation of patient assessment findings;
• Evaluate and communicate contemporary research underpinning foundational paediatric critical care nursing practice; and
• Apply problem solving skills appropriate for evaluation of critical care nursing to the paediatric patient as a beginning level specialist nurse