Certificate in Professional Studies in Critical Care (Level 6)

• Competently provide safe, efficient and effective care to critically ill patients (Step 1-3 competencies)
• Apply the theories underpinning anatomy and pathophysiology in the context of nursing patients with critical illness
• Apply appropriate evidence-based theory to underpin and rationalise the delivery of nursing in critical care
• Analyse the contemporary issues influencing the delivery of critical care services

Postgraduate Certificate in Critical Care (Level 7)

• Competently provide safe, efficient and effective care to critically ill patients (Step 1-3 competencies)
• Critically evaluate the disease process and related nursing management to complex critical illness
• Evaluate the evidence-based theory from a wide range of contemporary sources to support their clinical judgements and decision-making
• Critically articulate complex contemporary issues, developing original solutions which support the development of critical care practice