Clinical Decision Making & Deteriorating Adult Client
Overview
Nurses are required to make timely and safe decisions about patient care in acute
situations. Clinical judgment and decision-making skills are essential in identifying
early clinical deterioration and prompt intervention. This module will enable
participants to refine practice in relation to the recognition, response and escalation
of care of the acutely unwell client.
- Time Duration : 6 hrs
- Number of Participants : 15
- Recognize and interpret signs and symptoms of respiratory impairment
- Identify clients at risk of, or who have clinically deteriorated
- Interpret the clinical significance of arterial blood gas analysis
- Recognize and respond to acutely ill and deteriorating adult patients in hospital
- Demonstrate systematic assessment of acutely unwell adult
- Apply appropriate clinical decision-making skills in various clinical scenarios
- Multimedia audio visual aids
- High fidelity manikin
- Assessment tools
- Demonstration on high fidelity manikin
- Simulation based clinical scenarios
- Practice session in a simulated environment
- Knowledge and skill assessment
