Required nursing text can be purchased at the ACC bookstore. Student has direct supervision of an experienced nurse. Multiple opportunities are available to foster application of critical thinking skills and provide practice in performing technical skills including IV starts, catheter insertion, trach care and suctioning, chest tube management, insertion of nasogastric tubes and performing laboratory draws. Critical Care Nursing. The student has opportunity to select the practice environment of choice and work under the direct supervision of the nurse preceptor for approximately 128 clock hours.
Times vary according to setting and preceptor's work schedule.
Times listed reflect post-conference times only, clinical time dependent on setting chosen. Nurses wanting to change clinical areas or who are transferring their nursing license from another state or country, and are required to take a specialty refresher course, will benefit from this basic review of nursing content and skills. An individual plan of study will be created to meet the needs of the student. Focus is on use of problem-solving and critical thinking skills to provide care to clients with complex needs. Classroom topics include EKG interpretation, emergency room triage, neurological assessment, heart failure, shock and hemodynamic monitoring.