Session 31: Critical Care & Intensive Care Nursing

Description:

Critical Care & Intensive Care Nursing focuses on the specialized care of critically ill patients requiring continuous monitoring, advanced interventions, and life support. It encompasses assessment, management, and stabilization of complex medical, surgical, and multi-organ conditions, with an emphasis on evidence-based practice, patient safety, and infection prevention. This field highlights interprofessional collaboration, ethical decision-making, family-centered care, and the integration of technology to optimize outcomes in high-acuity, high-pressure clinical environments.

Keynote Points:

  • Principles and scope of critical care nursing in ICU settings
  • Advanced patient assessment and continuous monitoring in critically ill patients
  • Management of life-threatening conditions, including respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological emergencies
  • Evidence-based interventions and protocols for sepsis, shock, and multi-organ failure
  • Advanced airway management, mechanical ventilation, and hemodynamic support
  • Safe medication administration and management of high-alert drugs in critical care

Benefits:

  • Enhances competency in managing critically ill and high-acuity patients
  • Improves patient outcomes through timely, evidence-based interventions
  • Strengthens skills in advanced monitoring, life support, and emergency response
  • Promotes safe medication administration and management of high-alert drugs
  • Enhances infection prevention and patient safety in ICU settings
  • Encourages interprofessional collaboration and effective team communication
  • Develops expertise in pain, sedation, delirium, and end-of-life care