This course is a 2 ½ day comprehensive course addressing fundamental management principles for the first 24 hours of critical care. The course purpose is to better prepare the non-intensivist and the multidisciplinary critical care team for the first 24 hours of management of the critically ill patient until transfer or appropriate critical care consultation can be arranged. Preparation of the multidisciplinary critical care team is optimized for management of acute deterioration of the critically ill patient. The FCCS course utilizes both lecture/didactic material and skills stations with simulation for integration of practice concepts in critical care.

Clinical time is individualized, to the extent possible, to meet the professional learning goals, practice needs, and interests of the participant.

Now that you’ve collected your data, what do you do next? This 2 hour workshop is designed for healthcare professionals involved in quality improvement or evidence-based practice projects at UCH.

This 1 hour workshop is designed for registered nurses and other healthcare professionals to provide an overview of writing an abstract for submission to a professional conference.

The purpose of this course is to introduce the healthcare educator to the basic principles of “immersive” simulation training. This 3-hour course will provide a “snapshot” into all aspects of high fidelity simulation, including history of simulation, learning theory, simulation resources, scenario writing, technical considerations, creating reality, and debriefing.

This text provides practical step-by-step information about EBP, searching & critiquing literature, participating in journal clubs, & the research process from getting started to analyzing data, disseminating findings, & submitting a manuscript.

This course will provide respiratory nurses and other health care providers with knowledge needed to care for patients who have had thoracic surgery.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed for RNs who do not work on the Transplant Unit, yet desire more information on the key concepts surrounding organ transplantation and the overall care provided to transplant recipients.

This two-day trauma course blends didactic lecture related to trauma along with psychomotor assessment in skill stations.