Module PF4112-KP04

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2020, optional subject, nursing science

Classes and lectures:

• PF4112-Ü: Specialised care for critically ill people (exercise, 1 SWS)
• PF4112-S: Person-centred care of critically ill people (seminar, 1 SWS)
• PF4112-V: Person-centred care of critically ill people (lecture, 1 SWS)

Workload:

• 75 hours private studies
• 45 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Overview of care on the Intermediate Care (IMC) ward: treatment and care of patients with increased monitoring and care requirements.
• Basics of IMC care: monitoring vital functions, respiratory support and non-invasive ventilation, handling supply and drainage lines, handling medical devices
• Specialised care and nursing responsibilities in highly complex care situations: o Care in the post-operative phase o Care after long-term intensive medical therapy o Care for delirium and organic psychosyndromes o Acute situations and resuscitation
• Interprofessional communication and cooperation on the IMC ward
• Support for relatives in critical life situations
• Legal and ethical aspects of intensive medicine and intensive care
• Quality indicators for IMC care: structural, process and outcome indicators
• Dealing with your own experience of acute and borderline situations

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Broadening knowledge o Students are familiar with nursing and medical objectives and tasks on the IMC ward. o Students have an overview of common clinical pictures and associated special care requirements on the IMC ward. o Students have an overview of special requirements for communication and cooperation on the IMC, both intra- and interprofessionally, as well as with patients and relatives.
• Deepening knowledge o Students know the function and use of medical devices on the IMC, e.g. for monitoring, infusion/perfusion, administration of enteral nutrition, invasive measurement of vital parameters, non-invasive ventilation/respiratory therapy. o Students know the standard and limit values of vital parameters and common assessment instruments for IMC patients. o Students know the objectives and nursing handling of common supply and discharge lines for IMC patients.
• Understanding of knowledge o Students reflect critically on different patient-related information in complex care situations and weigh up decisions in a situation-related and technically plausible manner.
• Benefits and transfer o Students record and evaluate vital signs and common assessment instruments for IMC patients. o Students can insert nasal gastric tubes and transurethral bladder catheters and take blood from horizontal venous and arterial accesses. o Students apply case-related prophylaxis. o Students apply strategies for coping with stress.
• Scientific innovation o Students identify relevant nursing issues, formulate and process research questions and methods and derive action strategies for IMC nursing practice.
• Communication and cooperation o Students communicate adequately with others involved in care on case-related clinical issues, making correct written and verbal use of medical and interprofessional terminology. o Students communicate adequately with relatives in critical care situations, drawing on known communication models and theories as well as nursing counselling approaches.
• Academic self-image / professionalism o Students develop a self-image for the framework conditions and organisational possibilities of academically qualified nursing staff at the IMC

Grading through:

• presentation

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. Katharina Silies

Teacher:

• Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
• Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology - Section for Research and Teaching in Nursing
• Prof. Dr. Katharina Silies
• Prof. Dr. med. Carla Nau
• Dr. Patrick Ristau
• MitarbeiterInnen des Instituts

Literature:

• Larsens, R., Fink, T., Müller-Wolff, T. (Hrsg.) : Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin für die Fachpflege Heidelberg, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2021.
• Lang, H. (Hrsg.) : Beatmung für Einsteiger. Theorie und Praxis für die Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege Heidelberg, Berlin: Springer-Verlag , 3. Auflage 2020.
• Schiff, A. (Hrsg.) : Familien in kritischen Situationen der klinischen Pflege. Forschungsergebnisse und innovative Konzepte für die Pflegepraxis Opladen, Berlin, Toronto: Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2014. [Digital über ZHB Lübeck verfügbar]

Language:

• German and English skills required

Notes:

Last Updated:

23.06.2025