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Indian Nursing Council

NURSE PRACTITIONER IN CRITICAL CARE

(POST GRADUATE- RESIDENCY PROGRAM)

1. Critical Care Nurse Practitioner Program is intended to prepare registered BSc Nurses to provide advanced nursing care to adults who are critically ill. The nursing care is focused on stabilizing patients’ condition, minimizing acute complications and maximizing restoration of health. These NPs are required to practice in tertiary care centers.

2. Standards/Requirements to start the NP program

The teaching institution must accept the accountability for the NP program and its students and offer the program congruent with the INC standards. The hospital should be a parent tertiary care centre with a minimum of 500 beds and above having Medical ICU, Surgical ICU, Cardio/thoracic ICU and Emergency care unit with a minimum of 10 beds and above in each ICU, to a total of 40-50 ICU beds in the hospital.

3. . Student Recruitment/Admission Requirements

-Applicants must possess a registered B.Sc nurse with a minimum of one year clinical experience, preferably in any critical care setting prior to enrollment.

Number of candidates: 1 candidate for 5 ICU beds

Salary: 1. In-service candidates will get regular salary

2. Salary for the other candidates as per the salary structure of the hospital where the course is conducted

4 Aim

The critical care NP program prepares registered BSc nurses for advanced practice roles as clinical experts, managers, educators and consultants leading to M.Sc degree in critical care NP

5. Objectives

On completion of the program, the NP will be able to

1. assume responsibility and accountability to provide competent care to critically ill patients and appropriate family care in tertiary care centres

2. demonstrate clinical competence / expertise in providing critical care which includes diagnostic reasoning, complex monitoring and therapies

3. apply theoretical, patho-physiological and pharmacological principles and evidence base in implementing therapies / interventions in critical care

4. identify the critical conditions and carry out interventions to stabilize and restore patient’s health and minimize or manage complications

5. collaborate with other health care professionals in the critical care team, across the continuum of critical care

6. Program Description

NP program is a Nursing residency program with a main focus on Competency based training. The duration is of two years with the curriculum consisting of theory that includes core courses, advanced practice courses and clinical courses besides clinical practicum which is a major component