Critical Care Nursing PG Cert
Coventry University
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OverviewCombining Health Assessment with specific modules in Critical Care, this course aims to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of clinical assessment skills and their application to critical care nursing.Designed for nurses currently working in, or who aspire to work in critical care settings, the Critical Care Nursing course provides an opportunity for you to enhance your clinical skills in this specialist field of practice. The aim of the course is to enable you to develop ...Read more

Overview

Combining Health Assessment with specific modules in Critical Care, this course aims to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of clinical assessment skills and their application to critical care nursing.

Designed for nurses currently working in, or who aspire to work in critical care settings, the Critical Care Nursing course provides an opportunity for you to enhance your clinical skills in this specialist field of practice. The aim of the course is to enable you to develop your knowledge and skills of clinical decision-making in health assessment, treatments and therapies within the critical care environment, in order to enable you to independently lead and manage specialist care provision alongside other health care professionals. The course incorporates the National Competency Framework Step 3 Competencies for Critical Care Nurses as a core part of the assessment process to ensure that it is in aligned to National Standards for Critical Care Nurse Education.

As you will be working as a nurse, the course has been designed to be delivered over three semesters to allow you to attend on a part-time basis in order to balance the requirements of work and study.

In addition to university-based knowledge acquisition and development, you will also have the opportunity to undertake placements in critical care settings to embed and apply your learning in relevant contexts.

Course information

You will study on a part-time basis over one year leading to the award of a Postgraduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing. The course is designed to enable you to analyse current trends, practice and knowledge in the treatment and care options for the critical care patient group and the wide range of illness encountered within the critical care environment. Knowledge and skills are attained by varied approaches to teaching and learning to give you a theoretical understanding and the opportunity to practice skills of clinical assessment and dealing with emergency situations.

Career prospects

Completion of the course may allow you to apply for senior positions within the critical care. The clinically relevant nature of the course, which aims to directly develop professional practice skills, enhances potential for gaining advanced positions within the field of critical care nursing. Graduate employability is designed to be increased not only through the enhancement of advanced skills but also by the development of leadership, entrepreneurial and communication skills which allow graduates to contribute to service development and facilitate the professional development of colleagues within the multidisciplinary team.

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maryama
20 Nov 24

The uni is good so far as I’m only first year. My teachers are great and the learning aspect is amazing as it gets taught well...Read more

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Aryan Jaswal
20 Nov 24

Requirements are not too high and is very diverse as university...Read more

Entry requirements

Applicants must be currently employed within a UK critical care environment and remain in that employment throughout the duration of the course; Applicants can only do this course with the permission and support of their employers. Applicants must hold a professional registration in nursing and be active on the NMC register; Applicants will normally have 18 months critical care experience. Applicants with a minimum of 12 months experience will be considered if appropriate evidence of professional development is provided (e.g. completion of CC3N Step Competencies); Students will be required to attend 150 hours of placements in clinical practice and undertake clinical competency assessments; The Course Director will use discretion to accept applications based on previous experience.

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£3,533 per year

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£5,650 per year

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£5,650 per year

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The uni is good so far as I’m only first year. My teachers are great and the learning aspect is amazing as it gets taught well....
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20 Nov 24
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Requirements are not too high and is very diverse as university....
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Coventry University
Priory Street Coventry Warwickshire CV1 5FB United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Coventry  0.4 miles away

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