• Initiate intensive care responses in a timely manner;
• Identify the diagnoses and pathologies related to the critical condition of the patient;
• Identify different types of treatments to treat disorders associated with critical and emergency situations;
• Acquire self-learning skills to coordinate rescue operations on the site of the event.

The Nursing in Critical Care Master’s teaching will take place in e-learning mode with resources available 24/7. Handouts, bibliographical sources, self-assessment multiple-choice questionnaires will be available for students.
At the end of each class students will sit an online exam and then attend the next class.
University Training Credits (CFU) will be obtained with the final examination, as proof of the acquired skills during the lessons’ attendance and the discussion of a dissertation at UniCamillus’s main headquarters, Via di Sant’Alessandro, 8, 00131, Rome.
The course includes a compulsory internship in healthcare facilities affiliated.
The University reserves the right to let students do the internship during their working hours, if the students already work in the healthcare facility where they are interning. In this case the job must be related to the training objectives of the Master and, by agreement of the healthcare facility, students just need to produce an internship certificate.

INTERDISCIPLINARY ASPECTS
The objective of the module is to develop skills to be applied in the field of professional ethics and occupational and legal medicine, associated with the nursing practice.

FIRST AID ACTIVITIES
The objective of the module is to develop skills to be used in the field of first aid nursing assistance under the possible different scenarios of intervention.

INTENSIVE CARE
The objective of the module is to develop skills and abilities in the field of nursing assistance provided to patients in a critical conditions in ICU.

SPECIALIZED INTENSIVE CARE
The objective of the module is to develop skills and abilities in the field of nursing care provided to patients with specialized critical conditions in the various specialist intensive care settings.

COMMUNICATION IN CRITICAL AREA
The objective of the module is to develop skills and abilities in the context of an effective and efficient relationship building between nurses and patients in critical conditions.

In order to register for the Online Master in Nursing in Critical Care, candidates must have
• Degree in Nursing awarded in accordance with the D.M. 509/99;
• High School Diploma obtained by members of the Health Profession of Nursing according to Paragraph 10, Art. 1, Law n.1/2002;

Candidates who meet the following requirements can also apply:
• Qualifications with duration and content equivalent to those listed above, achieved according to the previous university system pursuant to Law 1/2002 with the obligation to have an upper secondary school diploma.

It is necessary to submit one of the following documents: Declaration of Value issued by the Italian Consular Authority of the country of study (accompanied by transcript of records + copy of the final diploma) or a(n) CIMEA Certificate of Comparability/ARDI Statement of Correspondence accompanied by a CIMEA Statement of Verification (see the CIMEA platform) or Diploma Supplement (if it is a European qualification) issued by the University of origin and legalised at the Italian Embassy of the country of study. Students who submit incomplete documentation will be admitted with reservation and cannot complete their enrolment until all the required documentation has been submitted.
The University reserves the right to admit candidates with different qualifications but related to the Master curriculum.

Please send an email to helpmaster@unicamillus.org

The participation fee is equal to Euros 900*, in addition to 50.00 Euros for secretarial rights.

• First installment: 400.00 + 50.00 Euros for secretarial rights within the
application deadline
• Second installment: 300.00 Euros within 1 month from the Master start date
• Third installment: 200.00 Euros within 2 months from the Master start date

*In the event that the candidate does not make the payment within the times indicated by UniCamillus, he/she will no longer be able to access his/her personal student area and the video lessons, self-assessment tests and exams.

**The payment of the registration fees is not subject to the application of VAT pursuant to Art. 4 DPR 633/72, as it is part of the University’s institutional training offer.
Upon payment, a note attesting the payment will be issued.

Nurses with a Master in Critical Area can work as a specialist nurse in the following care settings:
· Resuscitation
· Specialized intensive and sub-intensive operating unit
· Post-operative intensive care
· Emergency medicine and surgery unit
· Emergency room
· Territorial health emergency

The number of internship hours specified in the study plan of the CPD programme is 125 and must
be completed during non-working hours.
The facility in which the internship is to be carried out can be either:
– a facility that already has an agreement with the University: the student can request a list of
facilities from the Online CPD Programmes Teaching Services Office at the e-mail address
master@unicamillus.org, indicating the Region in which they intend to do the internship;
– a facility to be affiliated: the student must inform the CPD Programmes Teaching Services Office of
the name and email/certified email address of the contact person at the facility they have chosen in
order to proceed with the agreement.
*The University will not be liable in the event of rejection of the application or if the student is not
accepted into a facility that already has an agreement with the University.
**It is strictly forbidden to contact facilities without first contacting the Online CPD Programmes
Teaching Services Office. Before the internship, the student must inform the Teaching Services Office
of their choice of internship, whether or not it has an agreement, exclusively by email at
master@unicamillus.org.

The following activities are required to start the internship:
a) having passed at least half of the exams specified in the study plan.
b) having passed the course on Occupational Health and Safety as per Legislative Decree 81/08, the
certificate of which must be uploaded onto the student’s learning platform according to the
procedure available on the platform. However, it is not necessary to submit a certificate or to attend
the safety course if the student intends to self-certify;
c) Fill in and sign, together with the Internship supervisor appointed by the facility, the Educational
Project, which will be provided directly by the Teaching Services Office;
d) download the attendance register booklet from the student’s learning platform to be filled out,
signed and stamped by the Internship supervisor designated by the facility (after completing and
signing the Educational Project).
If the student has an employment relationship as an employee of a company or is a freelance
professional working for a company and the work activity is in line with the educational objectives of
the online CPD course, they may self-certify their work activity as an internship.