Fundamentals of Critical Nursing

What Will You Learn?

• Understand the basic principles of critical care nursing.
• Understand the role of a critical care nurse.
• Learn the importance of continuous patient assessment.
• Identify important vital signs in critically ill patients.
• Understand basic respiratory monitoring.
• Understand basic cardiovascular monitoring.
• Learn the importance of neurological assessment.
• Recognize the importance of identifying patient deterioration early.
• Understand the importance of communicating significant patient changes to the