Basic Critical Care Nursing
Location(s): Distance Learning Option
As a critical care nurse, you treat patients and deal with families as they face life-and-death situations due either to illness or to injury. It is a challenging yet rewarding field of practice.
SIAST’s Basic Critical Care Nursing program is designed to prepare registered nurses (RNs) to work in a critical care area. This advanced certificate program focuses on developing your knowledge, judgment, skills and attitudes in critical care nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation.
The program offers both regular-track and fast-track delivery, as well as Prior Learning Assessment Recognition (PLAR) options. The regular-track program is designed to enable completion on a part-time basis, which lets you build your professional credentials while maintaining job and/or family responsibilities.
You will take the theory component through home study with tutorials and labs integrated throughout to enhance your learning. Your clinical practice education will take place in a cardiac or critical care unit in either Regina or Saskatoon, with an experienced preceptor who will guide your practice.
Who qualifies?
The Basic Critical Care Nursing program is open to experienced or novice RNs who are licensed with the registered nurses’ licensing body in the province where you will participate in the clinical practice education.
As a graduate, you can:
Is this program for you?
Critical care patients have complex, multi-system problems. Critical care nurses must be able to put knowledge and skills into practice quickly. Most importantly, you need to be a team player capable of working with a variety of health professionals while also providing patients and families with care at times of stress and crisis.
Sponsored Applicants - 2011/2012
As a student sponsored by the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region or Saskatoon Health Region, you will enrol in one of the following 11-week fast-track delivery options.
Non-Sponsored Applicants - 2011/2012
The program accepts up to three non-sponsored students per year (28-week regular track delivery option):
Refer to Frequently Asked Questions for additional information.
SIAST’s Basic Critical Care Nursing program is designed to prepare registered nurses (RNs) to work in a critical care area. This advanced certificate program focuses on developing your knowledge, judgment, skills and attitudes in critical care nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation.
The program offers both regular-track and fast-track delivery, as well as Prior Learning Assessment Recognition (PLAR) options. The regular-track program is designed to enable completion on a part-time basis, which lets you build your professional credentials while maintaining job and/or family responsibilities.
You will take the theory component through home study with tutorials and labs integrated throughout to enhance your learning. Your clinical practice education will take place in a cardiac or critical care unit in either Regina or Saskatoon, with an experienced preceptor who will guide your practice.
Who qualifies?
The Basic Critical Care Nursing program is open to experienced or novice RNs who are licensed with the registered nurses’ licensing body in the province where you will participate in the clinical practice education.
As a graduate, you can:
- apply for practice hours to maintain your registration with the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association (SRNA) if registered in Saskatchewan while taking the program, and
- receive transfer credits towards post-RN degree programs at the University of Saskatchewan and Athabasca University
Is this program for you?
Critical care patients have complex, multi-system problems. Critical care nurses must be able to put knowledge and skills into practice quickly. Most importantly, you need to be a team player capable of working with a variety of health professionals while also providing patients and families with care at times of stress and crisis.
Sponsored Applicants - 2011/2012
As a student sponsored by the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region or Saskatoon Health Region, you will enrol in one of the following 11-week fast-track delivery options.
- September 12 to November 25 (registration deadline June 30)
- January 30 to April 13 (registration deadline December 16)
- March 26 to June 8 (registration deadline February 17)
Non-Sponsored Applicants - 2011/2012
The program accepts up to three non-sponsored students per year (28-week regular track delivery option):
- September 12 to March 23 (registration deadline June 30)
Refer to Frequently Asked Questions for additional information.
