- International Fees
International fees are typically 3.12 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Course Overview
An introduction to the care of critically ill patients, this course focuses on the knowledge, values, and beliefs central to the practice of nursing patients who experience life-threatening injuries. Throughout this course, students explore key concepts related to resuscitation including primary assessment and interventions and mechanism of injury. In addition, there is a strong focus on the needs of special populations. Pathophysiology, urgency determination, clinical reasoning, and patient assessment continue to be a focus for learning.
Prerequisite(s)
- 75% in NSER 7210
Credits
4.0
Domestic fees
$637.17 - $1,251.40 See individual course offerings below for actual costs.
Learning Outcomes
As a healthcare practitioner, you are expected to follow professional standards of practice throughout all SN programs and courses. In this course, you will have opportunities to use the processes of critical thinking, systematic inquiry, communication, collaboration, leadership, professionalism, and clinical decision-making. Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Relate the larger context of emergency settings to the social and political context of global issues including disasters, mass casualty situations, and epidemics.
- Explain pre-hospital and intra-hospital decision making and the impact on emergency nursing and patient outcomes.
- Apply key trauma concepts (mechanism of injury, trimodal distribution of death, the golden hour, and the trauma triad of death) to emergency care of trauma victims.
- Describe how to effectively support and communicate during family witnessed resuscitation.
- Explain the importance of understanding the phenomenological or “lived experience” of critically ill or injured patients and/or their families in crisis situations.
- Apply the components of the systematic advanced emergency nursing assessment framework to a variety of critically ill and injured patient presentations.
- Apply the concepts of oxygen supply and demand framework to a variety of critically ill and injured patient presentations.
- Determine the level of urgency and prioritize care for complex emergency presentations in the context of trauma care.
- Demonstrate an understanding of appropriate pharmacological interventions for critically ill or injured emergency patient presentations
- Apply knowledge of anatomy and underlying pathophysiology to critically ill and injured patient presentations, including special populations such as pediatric and pregnant trauma victims.
- Outline the general principles and management of advanced hemodynamic monitoring systems.
- Interpret advanced hemodynamic and mechanical ventilation assessment data and apply it to the management of critically ill and injured patients.
- Outline the general principles and management of mechanical ventilation systems.
- Explain basic principles of forensic nursing science in the context of emergency care.
- Describe basic principles of organ donation in the emergency department.
- Use clinical reasoning to identify and manage actual and potential health-related problems in patients requiring resuscitation.
Effective as of Spring/Summer 2023
Related Programs
Emergency Nursing Theory 3 (NSER 7410) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
- Indicates programs with a co-op option.
School of Health Sciences
- Critical Care Nursing Specialty (Combined Critical Care/Emergency Option)
Advanced Certificate Part-time
- Emergency Nursing Specialty (Combined Emergency/Critical Care Option)
Advanced Certificate Part-time
- Emergency Nursing Specialty (Pediatric Emergency Option)
Advanced Certificate Part-time
- Emergency Nursing Specialty (Standard Option)
Advanced Certificate Part-time
- Specialty Nursing (Critical Care - Combined Critical Care/Emergency Option)
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Part-time
- Specialty Nursing (Emergency - Combined Emergency/Critical Care Option)
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Part-time
- Specialty Nursing (Emergency - Standard Option)
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Part-time
Course Offerings
Fall 2024
Below are two offerings of NSER 7410 for the Fall 2024 term.
CRN 36454
Dates
Tue Sep 03 - Fri Nov 22
- 12 weeks
- CRN 36454
- Domestic fees $1251.40
Status
In Progress
This course offering is in progress. Please check this page for other currently available offerings or subscribe to receive email updates.
Class meeting times
Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
---|---|---|---|
Sep 03 - Nov 22 | N/A | N/A | Online |
Instructor
Tatiana Rubalcava Vargas
Course outline
Important information
- Internet delivery format.
- Departmental approval needed
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- International fees are typically 3.12 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
- Contact Program Assistant at jackie_sousa@bcit.ca for approval to register.
CRN 36855
Dates
Tue Sep 03 - Fri Nov 22
- 12 weeks
- CRN 36855
- Domestic fees $637.17
Status
In Progress
This course offering is in progress. Please check this page for other currently available offerings or subscribe to receive email updates.
Class meeting times
Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
---|---|---|---|
Sep 03 - Nov 22 | N/A | N/A | Online |
Instructor
Tatiana Rubalcava Vargas
Course outline
Important information
- Available for exam challenge only.
- Departmental approval needed
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- International fees are typically 3.12 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
- This Challenge section requires program approval prior to registration. Contact Program Assistant at jackie_sousa@bcit.ca for approval to register.
Winter 2025
Below are two offerings of NSER 7410 for the Winter 2025 term.
CRN 77376
Dates
Mon Jan 06 - Fri Mar 28
- 12 weeks
- CRN 77376
- Domestic fees $1251.40
Status
Seats Available
This course offering has seats available.
Class meeting times
Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
---|---|---|---|
Jan 06 - Mar 28 | N/A | N/A | Online |
Instructor
TBD
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Important information
- Internet delivery format.
- Departmental approval needed
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- International fees are typically 3.12 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
- Please contact the Program Assistant at jackie_sousa@bcit.ca for approval to register.
CRN 87778
Dates
Mon Jan 06 - Fri Mar 28
- 12 weeks
- CRN 87778
- Domestic fees $637.17
Status
Seats Available
This course offering has seats available.
Class meeting times
Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
---|---|---|---|
Jan 06 - Mar 28 | N/A | N/A | Online |
Instructor
TBD
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Important information
- Available for exam challenge only.
- Departmental approval needed
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- International fees are typically 3.12 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
- Please contact the Program Assistant at jackie_sousa@bcit.ca for approval to register.
Programs and courses are subject to change without notice.