{"id":1589,"date":"2024-07-18T20:53:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T17:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brand2d.tech\/gerties\/?p=1589"},"modified":"2024-07-18T20:53:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T17:53:22","slug":"higher-diploma-in-paediatric-critical-care-nursing-pccn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brand2d.tech\/gerties\/2024\/07\/18\/higher-diploma-in-paediatric-critical-care-nursing-pccn\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher Diploma in Paediatric Critical Care Nursing (PCCN)"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the last decade, the challenges of development of new diseases and illness that include HIV\/Aids, swine flu and reemergence of other diseases like tuberculosis and rift valley fever has led to an increasing need for specialised care and in specific critical care for children. This care is required across the whole continuum of critical care which has been described as the care required by any child who has a life threatening illness and injury.<\/p>\n

Infant and child mortality are key indicators of child health and nurses trained in this area are will contribute to the countries millennium goals.<\/p>\n

There is also the increasing need for reducing the cost of hospitalisation especially in intensive care units by reducing length of stay in the hospital and offering cost effective interventions by the critical care team. This too can only be achieved by having highly trained nurses and teams that are efficient and effective in these interventions.<\/p>\n

Gertrude\u2019s Institute of Child Health and Research becomes the first institution in Kenya to offer Paediatric Critical Care Nursing at higher national diploma level to help bridge this gap.<\/p>\n

This course, therefore, is geared toward preparing specialised nurses to contribute at a variety of levels to this critical care continuum across the health services, from resuscitation, critical stabilisation, transfer and vigilant and responsive care through the often turbulent and dynamic period of critical illness to help reduce the child morbidity and mortality.<\/p>\n

Main Objective<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To optimise paediatric critical care nursing practice through training of proficient nurses who will promote health, prevent illness; alleviate pain and suffering, and restore health to reduce the morbidity and mortality of critically ill children<\/p>\n

Facilitators<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The facilitation team comprises of highly qualified and competent lecturers local and International with vast experience in Critical Care.<\/p>\n

Course Outline<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The course is divided into five modules as follows;<\/p>\n