Critical Care Nurse Competence

a summary

The lecture duration is 20min.

0.5 CPD Points, 0.5 CME credits approval pending, 0.5 CEUs.
Accredited by CPDUK, Provider Pending and CBRN.

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Mike Alastalo
Senior lecturer in Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Lecture Summary

The presentation focuses on critical care nurse competence. Competence as a concept is defined in general and in critical care nursing specifically. The importance of examining competence from both patients’ and nurses’ perspectives is highlighted. Some examples of competency standards and frameworks, and their utilisation in clinical practice are presented. The role of experiential learning and future trends in competence development are discussed.

Target Audience

Critical Care Nurses
Advanced Practice Providers
Critical Care Doctors

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to:

  • describe the main components of critical care nurse competence
  • explain the importance of adequate level of critical care nurses’ competence
  • describe the main idea of the competence development among critical care nurses

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