Intensive Care Nursing Education Program

Aims

The aim of this online program is to increase the awareness of intensive care nurses and update their knowledge to provide safe and qualified treatment and care to intensive care patients.

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Objectives

  • Understands the importance of patient and family-centered care in the intensive care unit.
  • Conducts patient admission and discharge processes to ensure integrity in care (information, technology, and patient safety issues).
  • Evaluates critically ill patients comprehensively and correctly and interpret their clinical signs and symptoms.
  • Lists evidence-based practices in providing treatment and care for critically ill patients.
  • Understands the importance of collaborative and effective teamwork.

Duration of the Training Program

This online course is a short educational program for nurses working in the intensive care unit. The program consists of online theoretical training. Participants who successfully complete the program will receive 16 ANCC credits. After registering for the program, participants can complete all the theoretical courses at any time within 30 days.

Educators

In this program, faculty members at Koç University Nursing Faculty and other faculty members working in different nursing faculties and Koç University Hospital nurses were included as educators.

Education Methods

  • Online education
  • Verbal lecture
  • Video-based teaching

Course Materials

Course materials are prepared using evidence-based information and are updated every year. Participants can access these documents via the system.

Success Criteria

All training videos must be watched. At the beginning of the education program, a ‘pretest’ is administered, and at the end of the training, a ‘posttest’ is conducted. Participants must score at least 80 (eighty) out of 100 (one hundred) on the posttest to be considered successful. Participants who score below 80 will be given another chance to retake the exam, as the system will remain open for one more week.

Certification and Validity Period

At the end of the education program, the successful participant is given a ‘Certificate of Success.’ The certificate is valid for five years. The certificate is signed by the Director of Koç University SANERC and the Nurse Planner.

The course duration and course subjects are specified in detail on the certificate.

Who Can Participate?

Nurses, midwives, and health providers (who received nurse authorization) who work in or plan to be employed in the intensive care unit (the document that they will work in the intensive care unit should be provided) can participate in this certificate program. Since the course program is an online program, there is no limit to the number of participants. 

Location

The training program is conducted via remote education with recorded videos on Koç University LearnX.

Contact Information

Address: Koç University Semahat Arsel Nursing Education, Practice and Research Center (SANERC),
Koç University Health Campus, Davutpaşa Caddesi, No: 4, 34010 Topkapı, Istanbul

Phone: 0212 311 26 03 –26 40

Email: sanerc@ku.edu.tr