Critical Care Nursing Program
The Critical Care Nursing Certificate Program offered by Kwantlen Polytechnic University provides Registered Nurses (RNs) with the skills and knowledge to successfully transition their career into Critical Care Nursing. The program is aligned with the competencies of the Canadian Nurses Association certification exam for Adult Critical Care.
This program is delivered over seventeen weeks. The program is designed to gradually introduce the students to the highly technological environments of critical care. Theory and lab experiences are interspersed over the first twelve weeks. Practicum experiences during these first twelve weeks include an observational experience in a cardiac interventional unit, a cardiac surgical ICU and practical experience in an acute coronary care unit and a critical care step down unit. The program concludes with a final five week practicum in an ICU.
