COLLEGE OF NURSING, OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY

COURSE MAP

CRITICAL CARE NURSING

Critical Care Nursing is an elective course that allows nursing students to manage common healthcare problems involved in critical
care, trauma or emergency situations. The course focuses on the introduction to critical care nursing, foundation of circulation,
airway and breathing management, and management of client with critical conditions. The nursing students are expected to
develop an effective nursing care plan for critically-ill clients.

1.0
Course Information
Course Credit

3 units

Venue

PJP 404

Class Schedule

8:00-10:00/10:00-12:00

Course Category

Nursing Elective

Course Facilitator

Prof. Dr. M.J. Dio

Facilitator contact

(02) 293 2703 loc 808

COURSE ORGANIZATION
GRADING PERIOD

WEEK

PRELIM
Introduction to
Critical Care Nursing
and Foundation of
Circulation

MIDTERM
Foundation of Airway
and Breathing
Management

GENERAL CONTENT

Understand the mission and vision of OLFU

Analyze how the study of NELEC 2 shares achieving the vision and mission
of the university
Analyze the content of the course syllabus and requirements.

Course Orientation
OLFU Mission, Vision and Values
Outcome-based Education
Course Requirement

Describe the assessment priorities in a critically-ill patient based on the

clients clinical status

Overview of a critically-ill client

Assessment framework
Planning care for critically-ill client

Identify the key elements and components of the normal electrocardiogram Basic Electrocardiography
(ECG)and the physiologic events of the heart
Cardiac Monitoring

Distinguish the etiology, characteristics, rhythm and conduction

abnormalities seen on ECG strips and associated nursing management

Common arrhythmias
Temporary pacing

Distinguish the etiology, characteristics, of normal and abnormal waveform

pressures and associated nursing management

Hemodynamic parameters
Hemodynamic monitoring system

List down the purposes of ABG monitoring, and analyze the components of
ABG in terms of normal and abnormal values

Respiratory assessment techniques

ABG monitoring

Identify the basic airway management devices, and demonstrate proper

placement and care

Airway management

Understand and apply basic ventilator settings and care. Identify

complications and preventive measure of invasive airway management.

Ventilatory Management

Understand pain management in critically-ill clients

Physiologic mechanisms of pain

Responses, assessment and management

10

FINALS
Management of
Client with Critical
Conditions

LEARNING OUTCOMES

11

Analyze various ethical and legal considerations in care of critically-ill clients Ethical decision making

13

Identify and implement special assessment techniques and management

for pathologic cardiovascular cases

Assessment, diagnostics and monitoring:

cardiovascular system

14

Identify and implement special assessment techniques and management

for pathologic respiratory cases

Assessment, diagnostics and monitoring:

respiratory system

15

Identify and implement special assessment techniques and management

for pathologic neurological cases

Assessment, diagnostics and monitoring:

neurologic system

16

Identify and implement special assessment techniques and management

for pathologic renal cases

Assessment, diagnostics and monitoring:

renal system

17

Identify and implement special assessment techniques and management

for pathologic gastrointestinal cases

Assessment, diagnostics and monitoring:

gastrointestinal system