Level 6 (20 credits) Intensive and Emergency Care of the Neonate - Single module
- Part-time study available
- Alternative start dates available
- Duration :
part-time, over one semester, intake September and February
3 good reasons to study Emergency Care of the Neonate at Salford:
- Develop specialist knowledge, skills and expertise to meet the needs of neonates who require intensive and emergency care
- Foster a deeper understanding of the needs of the family within the context of changing health care provision
- Delivered by staff who are experts in their field
You can take this course as a single module for continuing professional development purposes or part of a full course such as BSc (Hons) Enhancing Professional Health Care Practice
This module will cover:
- Pregnancy and neonatal complications
- Physiology and pathological processes of the common causes of neonatal problems requiring intensive care
- Nursing care needs and management of the extremely low birth weight and critically ill infant requiring intensive care: assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care
- Diagnostic, therapeutic and technical procedures and techniques required in emergency and intensive care
- Emergency management and care of the critically ill infant
- Resuscitation of the newborn: high risk
- Transportation and transfer of the critically ill infant
- Holistic approach to the care of the neonate and family