Course Overview

The Nursing Critical Care course is a comprehensive theoretical and self-paced online learning program designed to enhance the clinical knowledge and skills of nurses caring for critically ill patients. It integrates clinical knowledge concepts with in-depth study materials to strengthen practical understanding. The course focuses on:

• Conducting advanced critical care nursing assessments
• Implementing life-saving interventions
• Managing complex medical and surgical conditions
• Promoting interdisciplinary collaboration among healthcare teams
• Developing rapid decision-making and emergency response skills

Accreditation & Contact Hours

The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and BarezaANCE are jointly providing nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hours for the educational activity entitled: Nursing Critical Care.  Nurses completing the entire activity, passing a post-knowledge assessment with >80%, and completing an evaluation tool will be awarded a maximum of 32.5 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD).  The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Course Completion Policy

• Participants have 15 days to complete all modules after passing each one with >80%.
• Access to the course closes after 15 days.
• Modules unlock sequentially (i.e., each must be completed before the next opens).

Important Note for Participants:
Each Nursing Continuing Professional Education (CPE) course on this platform is organized into a specific sequence of modules (e.g., Modules 1–5 or 1–7, 1-10, etc.), depending on the course content and learning outcomes.

Some modules are drawn from a larger shared pool of educational units and may contain internal references to different module numbers (for example, “Module 14” or “Module 9”).

Please follow the numbering displayed within this course (1, 2, 3, etc.) to complete the learning sequence correctly. Internal numbering variations do not affect your progress, contact-hour credit, or certificate eligibility.