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FACULTY OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITI MALAYA

http://medicine.um.edu.my
MID 4015: Emergency, Intensive and Perioperative Nursing

4 credits
Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course students are able to:

1. Explain the nursing assessment and management of patients with emergency and critical
conditions and patients undergoing operation. (C2)
2. Determine nursing care of patients with emergency and critical conditions and patients unde
rgoing operation. (C3)
3. Show nursing procedures related to emergency, intensive and perioperative nursing. (P1)

Course Synopsis:

This course consists of basics emergency, intensive and perioperative nursing. Emergency nursing
covers management of patients during trauma, medical and surgical emergencies, resuscitation and
medico legal cases.
Intensive care nursing covers care of patients with respiratory support and invasive and non-invasive
monitoring, specific nursing procedures, continuous renal replacement therapy and renal transplant
. Perioperative nursing covers asepsis, infection control and safety practices, anaesthetic drugs and
nurses’ responsibilities during perioperative period.

Reference Texts:

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Hammond, B.B, & Zimmermann, P.G. (2012). Sheehy’s Manual Emergency Care. (7 . ed) St. Louis,
Mosby: Elsevier Australia.
Jauch, A., & Tscheshlog, B.A. (2014). Emergency Nursing made Incredibly
nd
Easy. (2 . ed). Lippincott: Wolters Kluwer.
Diehl, T.S. (2012). Critical Care Nursing made incredibly
rd
easy. (3 ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott: Wolters Kluwer
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Marino, P, L. (2013). The ICU books. (4 ed.). Lippincott: Wolters Kluwer
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Urden, L.D., Stacy, K.M. & Lough, M.E. (2013). Critical Care Nursing. (7 ed.). St. Louis: Elsevier
Mosby.
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Phillips, N. F. (2013). Berry & Kohn's operating room technique (12 ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier.
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Rothrock, J. C. (2015). Alexander's Care of the patient in surgery (15 ed.). St. Louis, Mo.:
Elsevier/Mosby.

Course Assessment:
Course will be assessed by

Continuous Assessment 40%
Assignment( 20%)- Week 9
Assessment of Simulation Skills( 20%)- Week 13
Final Examination: 60%

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