N643 Advanced Practice Critical Care Nursing I

The focus of this course is to prepare the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner student to provide care for critically ill patients. The focus of this course is on the development and refinement of advanced critical thinking skills necessary to master advanced concepts in critical care. Grounded in theory and evidence-based practice, the course enhances the student’s knowledge of diagnostic and collaborative management strategies needed to provide high quality care for adult/older adult patients with common life-threatening illnesses and injuries and their families.

3 credit course

This course is offered on campus Wednesdays 4:30pm – 7:30pm

Permission from course director required: alexander.menard@umassmed.edu