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Specialized Care Nursing
BNS 315: Specialized Care Nursing
An advanced course on the principles and practice of caring for critically ill patients and those with specialized health needs across various settings.
Course Content
Explore the detailed topics covered in Specialized Care Nursing.
Principles of Specialized & Critical Care Nursing
Caring & Critical ThinkingNotes coming soon
Patient & Family ExperienceNotes coming soon
Pain Relief & ComfortNotes coming soon
Stress ManagementNotes coming soon
Legal & Special ConsiderationsNotes coming soon
Key Nursing Considerations & Interventions
Triage & Patient ReceptionNotes coming soon
Advanced Monitoring (Hemodynamics, ABG)Notes coming soon
Emergency Care: Resuscitation & DefibrillationNotes coming soon
Principles of Dialysis CareNotes coming soon
Care of the Unconscious PatientNotes coming soon
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)Notes coming soon
Airway Maintenance & VentilationNotes coming soon
Counselling RelativesNotes coming soon
Prevention of ComplicationsNotes coming soon
Special Populations in Specialized Care
The Critically Ill Paediatric PatientNotes coming soon
The Critically Ill Pregnant PatientNotes coming soon
The Critically Ill Older AdultNotes coming soon
The Post-Anaesthesia PatientNotes coming soon
Conditions Requiring Specialized/Critical Care
Cardiovascular AlterationsNotes coming soon
Neurologic AlterationsNotes coming soon
Respiratory Function AlterationsNotes coming soon
Renal Function & Electrolyte AlterationsNotes coming soon
Multisystem Dysfunction & TraumaNotes coming soon
Oncologic Emergencies & Palliative CareNotes coming soon
Severe Orthopedic TraumaNotes coming soon
ENT/Ophthalmic EmergenciesNotes coming soon
Severe Dermatological ConditionsNotes coming soon
Key References
A selection of key texts and resources cited for this subject area.
- Adam, SK & Osborne, S. (2005). Critical Care Nursing: Oxford Medical Publications.
- Adam, SK & Osborne, S. (2009). Oxford Handbook of Critical Care Nursing: Oxford.
- Cutler, J. (2008). Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! Philadelphia: Lippincott
- Chulay, M & Burns, S (2010). AACN Essentials of Critical-Care Nursing, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
- Woodrow, P. (2006). Intensive Care Nursing : A framework for practice: Routledge.
- Relevant sections from specific system nursing textbooks (e.g., cardiac, oncology, orthopedic).
