Course overview
This course provides the clinician with the specialty-focused skills and knowledge to function as an advanced anaesthetic and postanaesthesia recovery nurse within the perioperative environment. The course builds upon the knowledge and skills acquired along the patient's perioperative pathway and how these are applied to the numerous subspecialties of surgery and the implications on anaesthesia and postanaesthesia recovery nursing practice. The course examines and investigates the advanced knowledge and skills required to competently manage these patients. Advanced assessment and clinical intervention skills are demonstrated and are reinforced within the student's clinical environment. The completion of this course will enable the clinician to function at an advanced clinical level within all areas of anaesthetic and recovery nursing.
Course learning outcomes
- Apply core AandR nursing knowledge to anaesthetic and post anaesthetic recovery patients in a variety of speciality clinical settings
- Assess and apply as appropriate perioperative clinical pathways to patients of all specialities from a AandR care perspective
- Apply knowledge and theory to ensure best practice underpins all anaesthetic and post anaesthetic recovery practices for management of AandR resources and unit
- Apply AandR nursing skills to assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating appropriate care of anaesthetic and post anaesthetic patients
- Apply effective communication skills with all multidisciplinary team members in the perioperative arena and within the health care environments
- Demonstrate knowledge in analysing and evaluating information from a wide variety of sources to resolve complex issues within the practice setting
- Demonstrate knowledge on how to transfer knowledge, skills and abilities to other team members and act in senior leader roles within practice setting
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