Level 6 (20 credits) Developing Competency in Acute Cardiac Care - Single module
- Part-time study available
- Alternative start dates available
- NHS Funding and bursaries available
- Duration :
Level 6 single module (part-time, one semester, intake September and January)
3 good reasons to study Developing Competency in Acute Cardiac Care at Salford:
- Assess and provide care synonymous with the standards set by the British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular Care and the British Heart Foundation
- Attracts British Heart Foundation funding
- Delivered by subject experts
You can take this course as a single module for continuing professional development or as part of BSc (Hons) Enhancing Professional Health Care Practice
This module explores:
- The role of the nurse in acute cardiac care
- Anatomy, physiology and altered physiology associated with acute cardiac disease
- Patient assessment and immediate management
- Introduction to ECG interpretation including the recognition of ischemia and infarction
- Arrhythmia recognition and management
- Secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation
- Psychological, social and spiritual aspects of care
- Medical management of acute heart disease including drug therapy, coronary intervention and surgery
- National service framework for coronary heart disease