
Course Aims
Critical Care Nursing
This IHM intensive care specialty course is a bridging postgraduate course for a master of nursing. Students may further their studies by joining the master of nursing program either online or on-site.
The program aims to promote international standards of nursing practice by enhancing the students’ theoretical and practical skills in nursing science and patient care.
The program aims to promote international standards of nursing practice by enhancing the students’ theoretical and practical skills in nursing science and patient care.







Overview of the Course
Critical Care Nursing
This qualification will enable you to evaluate nursing requirements for patients with complex nursing needs in a variety of clinical areas, as well as anticipate and respond to alterations in your patient’s condition. Emergency setting critical care nursing requires understanding, professional skills, and self-assurance for you to care for patients efficiently.
The course utilizes an online platform and has an attendance requirement for students needing to work in a supervised critical care environment while undertaking the course studies.
The Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing – Critical Care Nursing will build on what you already know with the implementation of more advanced and specialized methods of critical care nursing. It is expected that registered nurses will take pride and confidence in knowing that they can take care of patients using the taught skills.
The course promotes the broadening of scope of practitioners with a focus on evaluation and nursing intervention for critically ill patients. Clinical reasoning skills and concepts of sophisticated nursing knowledge will be integrated to apply theoretical critical care concepts to practical nursing care.
The Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing also acts as an entry pathway for candidates who intend to obtain a Master of Nursing qualification offered either face-to-face or online in Australia.
Register Now! The course utilizes an online platform and has an attendance requirement for students needing to work in a supervised critical care environment while undertaking the course studies.
The Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing – Critical Care Nursing will build on what you already know with the implementation of more advanced and specialized methods of critical care nursing. It is expected that registered nurses will take pride and confidence in knowing that they can take care of patients using the taught skills.
The course promotes the broadening of scope of practitioners with a focus on evaluation and nursing intervention for critically ill patients. Clinical reasoning skills and concepts of sophisticated nursing knowledge will be integrated to apply theoretical critical care concepts to practical nursing care.
The Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing also acts as an entry pathway for candidates who intend to obtain a Master of Nursing qualification offered either face-to-face or online in Australia.

Learning Point
Students will Learn how to:
Apply critical thinking processes, problem-solving abilities, and effective communication to the evaluation and administration of nursing care delivered to critically ill patients within the critical care healthcare team
Critically review the roles, functions, and the scope of practice of the critical care nurse in critical care settings
Demonstrate leadership within a multidisciplinary healthcare team responsible for delivering excellent therapeutic treatment to patients in critical care settings
Perform an assessment of the legal, ethical, social, cultural, and political issues that influence the delivery of person-centered healthcare
Recognize, evaluate, and use evidence-based nursing strategies while caring for clients in critical care settings
Critically review the roles, functions, and the scope of practice of the critical care nurse in critical care settings
Demonstrate leadership within a multidisciplinary healthcare team responsible for delivering excellent therapeutic treatment to patients in critical care settings
Perform an assessment of the legal, ethical, social, cultural, and political issues that influence the delivery of person-centered healthcare
Recognize, evaluate, and use evidence-based nursing strategies while caring for clients in critical care settings

