Study Guide

Objective

Gerontological nursing
You are able to apply evidence-based data in gerontological nursing.
You know the social assistance services and benefits for the elderly.
You are able to assess and promote the health, functional capacity and resources of an elderly person via use of nursing interventions.
You know the possibilities offered by gerotechnology.
You know how to implement safe pharmacotherapy for the elderly, and you understand the special characteristics of gerontological pharmacotherapy.
You are able to apply your knowledge about memory disorders, the care of and services for memory patients in nursing.
You know how to identify, assess and manage acute situations.

Palliative nursing
You are familiar with the palliative care pathway model.
You know how to implement evidence-based palliative and end-of-life care.
You are able to take into account the special characteristics of a patient with memory problems in palliative care.
You are able to encounter and support the patient and loved ones in end-of-life care.

Content

Gerontological nursing
What are the changes related to aging and their impact on nursing?
How do you apply evidence-based data in gerontological nursing?
How do you plan, implement and evaluate safe pharmacotherapy?
How do you take into account memory disorders in nursing and in pharmacotherapy?
How do you assess and promote the patient’s functional capacity and resources?
How do you conduct a customer service needs assessment?
How do you assess the patient's nutritional status?
How is gerotechnology utilized in the care of the elderly?
How do you identify, assess and manage acute situations?
How do you offer support to the caregiver and carers?
How do you take into account ethics and professionalism in nursing?

Palliative nursing
What is palliative care and end-of-life care?
How do you apply evidence-based data in palliative care and end-of-life nursing?
What is a palliative care pathway model?
How do you implement palliative and end-of-life care for a memory patient?
How do you encounter and support a memory patient and the patient’s close relations in palliative care?

Materials

Kelo, Sini, Launiemi, Helena, Takaluoma, Matleena, Tiittanen, Hannele. 2015.
Ikääntynyt ihminen ja hoitotyö. Sanomapro.
Also available as an e-book.

Where applicable:
Heikkinen, Eino, Jyrkämä, Jyrki, Rantanen, Taina, Aromaa, Arpo, Gerontologia.2020.
Available as an e-book.
and
Tilvis, Reijo, Pitkälä, Kaisu, Strandberg, Timo, Sulkava, Raimo, Viitanen, Matti, Arkkila, Perttu.
Geriatria. 2016. Also available as an e-book.

Other recommended material is presented in the cours

Teaching methods

Work week-based learning pathway:
Your studies consist of contact teaching (school and online), independent and supervised e-learning.

Learning pathway that speeds up studies:
Not available

Work-integrated learning pathway:
Your studies consist of contact teaching (at school and online), independent and supervised online learning.

Employer connections

This theory course does not include practice in operational environments, but it does include preclinical practice 1.5 credits (= labs and simulations).

Exam schedules

The approved completion of the study course requires the approved completion of the learning assignments and the exam.
The dates of learning assignments and exams are detailed in the course start info and can be found in the course's Learn after the course has started.

International connections

Not included in this course

Student workload

Completion of the course requires 148 hours of student work.

Content scheduling

1. Aging and changes in aging
2. Functional, safe and high quality aging and service system
3. Current themes in gerontological nursing
4. Diseases of the elderly and their treatment
5. Palliative care and convalescent care for the elderly
6. Medication and pain management for the elderly

Further information

NOTE!!
The prerequisite for participating in the course is that you have completed Clinical Nursing Theory (5 credits). If you have any questions about this, send a message to the teachers of the course before registering.

We recommend attending the INFO class!

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

In order to obtain a grade in a course, the learning assignments and exams of the course must be passed. The grade of the course consists of the average of the numerical evaluation of the parts of the course, taking into account the weighting factors according to the scope of the parts.

Preclinical exercises on campus are carried out with active presence and require participation in all exercises of your own small group

Objective

You are able to apply evidence-based data in surgical and perioperative nursing.
You understand the specificities of surgical and perioperative patient care paths and treatment.
You are able to apply your knowledge of the main diseases that require surgical treatment at different stages of the treatment process.
You know the main interventions of surgical and perioperative nursing.
You are able to apply methods that promote patient and occupational safety.
You know how to prevent complications and promote rehabilitation.
You have command of aseptic activity in your own practices and your team’s work as well as in patient care.
You are able to apply pharmacotherapy to treat surgical and perioperative patients using applied pharmacology.
You know how to implement pain management for a surgical, perioperative and palliative patient.
You apply guidance and teaching methods in surgical nursing.
You are able to document nursing data in accordance with the national nursing record system.

Content

How do you apply evidence-based data in the care of a surgical and perioperative patient?
How does the patient's treatment path progress after a decision to operate has been made?
What are the most common surgically treatable diseases and injuries?
What are the goals and functions of nursing interventions in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases of nursing?
How is the patient's operability ascertained?
How is the patient prepared for surgery?
What are the different tasks of a nurse in an operating room?
How is intraoperative nursing implemented?
How is postoperative nursing implemented?
How are postoperative complications caused, and how are they prevented and treated?
How is patient and occupational safety ensured during different phases of the surgical process?
How do you systematically assess the patient's condition during the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative stages of treatment?
How is asepsis taken into account and implemented during the various stages of surgical treatment?
How is the pharmacotherapy of a surgical and perioperative patient planned, implemented and evaluated?
How is pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management for a surgical and palliative patient planned, implemented, and evaluated?
How do you guide the patient and engage him or her in self-care?
How do you systematically report and document according to national guidelines?
What do you document using the ISBAR model? How do you use the ISBAR model to report and consult?

Materials

Learn includes the minimum material.

You can use these materials to support your learnin process.
-UEF-lääketieteen luennot
-Oppiportti/oppikirjat/Kirurgia, Kipu, Anestesiologian ja tehohoitotyön perusteet, Gastroenterologia ja hepatologia, Peruselintoimintojen häiriöt ja niiden hoito
-Oppiportti/Verkkokoulutukset: Alipaineimulaitteet, Imu-laitteet, Kirurginen polttolaite, Kannettavat lääkeannostelijat, Potilaslämmittimet, Nesteen- ja verenlämmittimet
-Terveysportti: Sairaanhoitajan käsikirja, Anestesiahoitotyön käsikirja
-Käypähoitosuositukset (Best practice quidelines)

Teaching methods

-Students who meet the prerequisites are added to the learn platform and they are instructed via Peppi from the start of the course.
-You are allowed to study independently.
-Notice that the learn exams must be done before the clinical practice week at school.
-Theory lessons (teams or live) are not mandatory
-Clinical skills practices and evaluation are mandatory
-The format of the exam is dialogue exam or exam-essey.

Employer connections

1) An alumni working in the operating room during the study period is available via the Padlet message wall and chat.
2) A familiarization visit to working life (operating room) is carried out (if the corona restrictions are ongoing, the implementation is virtual-live)
3) Case and skill exercises brought from working life strongly support the understanding and application of theory in practice.
4) Clinical practice 1 continues with the guidance of alumni and other professionals after completing this theory.

Exam schedules

1) All practice exams (learn) must be done before training week. If you haven`t done those exams you are not allowed to participate.
2) If there is surgeon's lecture, it will be mandatory. If you are unable to participate you will have to write an essey.
3) Theory evaluation is Dialogue or exam essy-test (0-5), after training week
4) Competence assessment: fail-pass, after the training week
Retest: Theory, exam essee, Clinical skills, individual clinical skills evaluation

International connections

-

Student workload

27h x 5 theory
27h x 2 Clinical skills
A more detailed timetable can be found in learn

Content scheduling

Theory 5 credits
-includes independent study and theory teaching in theory workshops (themes of the workshops: pre- and postoperative nursing, pain, complications, anaesthesia, perioperative nursing, surgical specialties, review, dialogue or essay exam in Exam

Exercises 2 credits
-H1 clinical manual skills and operating room process -case
-H2 pain treatment + simulations, clinical skills + case work
-H3 Surgical patient treatment path -case
-H4 Complication simulations, medical resuscitation
- Competence assessment

Further information

-Students who meet the prerequisites are added to the learn platform and they are instructed via Peppi from the start of the course.
-Theory lessons are not mandatory, clinical skills trainin is mandatory

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Learn training exams must be done before the training week.
GENERAL EVALUATION CRITERIA
5 = almost complete answer, justification and understanding of context appear in the answer, good additions to colleagues' answers
4 = a little to be completed in the answer, the answer has tried to tie things together and find cause-effect relationships, additions to the colleague's answers
3 = answer core issues, little reasoning, no factual errors, little complementary answers
2 = illogical answer with few correct things, little justification, no life-threatening factual errors, few additions
1 = individual real issues for which no justification, answer one-sided, few additions, if any
0 = just some right things or participating in a conversation with little or no information
Retest: Retest in the exam as an essay exam. The 1st renewal can be done immediately, the 2nd renewal no earlier than 1 month after the previous assessment.

Objective

You are able to apply evidence-based data in surgical and perioperative nursing.
You understand the specificities of surgical and perioperative patient care paths and treatment.
You are able to apply your knowledge of the main diseases that require surgical treatment at different stages of the treatment process.
You know the main interventions of surgical and perioperative nursing.
You are able to apply methods that promote patient and occupational safety.
You know how to prevent complications and promote rehabilitation.
You have command of aseptic activity in your own practices and your team’s work as well as in patient care.
You are able to apply pharmacotherapy to treat surgical and perioperative patients using applied pharmacology.
You know how to implement pain management for a surgical, perioperative and palliative patient.
You apply guidance and teaching methods in surgical nursing.
You are able to document nursing data in accordance with the national nursing record system.

Content

How do you apply evidence-based data in the care of a surgical and perioperative patient?
How does the patient's treatment path progress after a decision to operate has been made?
What are the most common surgically treatable diseases and injuries?
What are the goals and functions of nursing interventions in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases of nursing?
How is the patient's operability ascertained?
How is the patient prepared for surgery?
What are the different tasks of a nurse in an operating room?
How is intraoperative nursing implemented?
How is postoperative nursing implemented?
How are postoperative complications caused, and how are they prevented and treated?
How is patient and occupational safety ensured during different phases of the surgical process?
How do you systematically assess the patient's condition during the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative stages of treatment?
How is asepsis taken into account and implemented during the various stages of surgical treatment?
How is the pharmacotherapy of a surgical and perioperative patient planned, implemented and evaluated?
How is pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management for a surgical and palliative patient planned, implemented, and evaluated?
How do you guide the patient and engage him or her in self-care?
How do you systematically report and document according to national guidelines?
What do you document using the ISBAR model? How do you use the ISBAR model to report and consult?

Materials

Learn includes the minimum material.

You can use these materials to support your learnin process.
-UEF-lääketieteen luennot
-Oppiportti/oppikirjat/Kirurgia, Kipu, Anestesiologian ja tehohoitotyön perusteet, Gastroenterologia ja hepatologia, Peruselintoimintojen häiriöt ja niiden hoito
-Oppiportti/Verkkokoulutukset: Alipaineimulaitteet, Imu-laitteet, Kirurginen polttolaite, Kannettavat lääkeannostelijat, Potilaslämmittimet, Nesteen- ja verenlämmittimet
-Terveysportti: Sairaanhoitajan käsikirja, Anestesiahoitotyön käsikirja
-Käypähoitosuositukset (Best practice quidelines)

Teaching methods

-Students who meet the prerequisites are added to the learn platform and they are instructed via Peppi from the start of the course.
-You are allowed to study independently.
-Notice that the learn exams must be done before the clinical practice week at school.
-Theory lessons (teams or live) are not mandatory
-Clinical skills practices and evaluation are mandatory
-The format of the exam is dialogue exam or exam-essey.

Employer connections

1) An alumni working in the operating room during the study period is available via the Padlet message wall and chat.
2) A familiarization visit to working life (operating room) is carried out (if the corona restrictions are ongoing, the implementation is virtual-live)
3) Case and skill exercises brought from working life strongly support the understanding and application of theory in practice.
4) Clinical practice 1 continues with the guidance of alumni and other professionals after completing this theory.

Exam schedules

1) All practice exams (learn) must be done before training week. If you haven`t done those exams you are not allowed to participate.
2) If there is surgeon's lecture, it will be mandatory. If you are unable to participate you will have to write an essey.
3) Theory evaluation is Dialogue or exam essy-test (0-5), after training week
4) Competence assessment: fail-pass, after the training week
Retest: Theory, exam essee, Clinical skills, individual clinical skills evaluation

International connections

-

Student workload

27h x 5 theory
27h x 2 Clinical skills
A more detailed timetable can be found in learn

Content scheduling

Theory 5 credits
-includes independent study and theory teaching in theory workshops (themes of the workshops: pre- and postoperative nursing, pain, complications, anaesthesia, perioperative nursing, surgical specialties, review, dialogue or essay exam in Exam

Exercises 2 credits
-H1 clinical manual skills and operating room process -case
-H2 pain treatment + simulations, clinical skills + case work
-H3 Surgical patient treatment path -case
-H4 Complication simulations, medical resuscitation
- Competence assessment

Further information

-Students who meet the prerequisites are added to the learn platform and they are instructed via Peppi from the start of the course.
-Theory lessons are not mandatory, clinical skills trainin is mandatory

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Learn training exams must be done before the training week.
GENERAL EVALUATION CRITERIA
5 = almost complete answer, justification and understanding of context appear in the answer, good additions to colleagues' answers
4 = a little to be completed in the answer, the answer has tried to tie things together and find cause-effect relationships, additions to the colleague's answers
3 = answer core issues, little reasoning, no factual errors, little complementary answers
2 = illogical answer with few correct things, little justification, no life-threatening factual errors, few additions
1 = individual real issues for which no justification, answer one-sided, few additions, if any
0 = just some right things or participating in a conversation with little or no information
Retest: Retest in the exam as an essay exam. The 1st renewal can be done immediately, the 2nd renewal no earlier than 1 month after the previous assessment.

Objective

Nursing interventions

You understand your professional responsibilities and obligations and your actions promote patient safety.
You are able to create a good patient care relationship.
You are able to systematically monitor and evaluate the patient's well-being.
You have the basic knowledge of and the skills to carry out the key diagnostic tests needed in nursing.
You are able to respond to the need for care with nursing interventions and to document the process by entering structured nursing data using the FinCC system.
You are able to implement rehabilitation-promoting treatment and to work ergonomically.
You are able to implement the principles of safe pharmacotherapy.
You master the key principles of pain monitoring and assessment.
You are able to report according to the ISBAR protocol.
You master the basics of resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator.
You are able to encounter and care for a dying patient and support his or her close relations.
You recognize the signs of impending death and know how to prepare the deceased.

Aseptic practices in nursing

You know the principles of infection control and are able to apply your knowledge when practicing infection control.
You know the disadvantages of infections at the individual level.
You know the economic impact of infections on society.

Ergonomics

You know the legislation related to nursing ergonomics and know how to act accordingly.
You are capable of functioning in a customer-oriented manner in an aid situation.
You understand the principles of nursing that promote rehabilitation and know how to implement them in your work.
You are able to take into account environmental safety and risks in relocation and relief situations.
You are able to report and document the patient's assistance situation from the perspective of the patient’s functional status.

Documentation

You are able to document structured data in a manner that is analogous with the nursing process.
You are able to enter nursing data into the FinCC system to classify nursing diagnoses (FiCND), nursing interventions (FiCNI) and nursing outcomes (FiCNO)

Content

Nursing interventions

How do you encounter the patient / client in nursing situations and create a good patient care relationship?
How do you use the ABCDE protocol to assess patient well-being?
How do you use the NEWS criteria in the early detection of vital organ dysfunctions?
How do you document according to the ISBAR protocol?
How do you carry out nursing need assessments, nursing diagnosis, planning and implementation, and the evaluation of outcomes?
What are the theoretical foundations of central primary care and nursing interventions?
What are the theoretical foundations of central diagnostic studies?
What are the key methods for monitoring and assessing pain?
What are the fundamentals of basic resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator?
How do you encounter a dying patient and their close relations?
How do you carry out nursing care for a dying patient and prepare the deceased?

Aseptic practices in nursing

What are the pathogenic mechanisms of infectious diseases, the body's defense system and the means of preventing infectious diseases?
What are the principles of aseptic practices, standard precautions and precautionary measures?
What are the disadvantages and economic implications of infections at the individual and societal level?

Ergonomics

What is the legislation pertaining to nursing ergonomics and how do you comply with it?
How do you assess the patient's functional status and resources in an assistance situation?
How do you choose a safe method of assistance and the necessary assistive devices according to the patient's functional status?
What are the principles of rehabilitation nursing and how do you implement them?
How do you take the surroundings into account when considering safety and risks in relocation and relief situations?
How do you document and record the patient's assistance situation from a functional status perspective?

Documentation

How do you document the planning, implementation and evaluation of the treatment process in a customer-oriented manner?
How do you enter structured nursing data using the FinCC classification system (FiCND, FiCNI, FiCNO) and how do you enter free-form text? ?

Materials

Matherial in Learn.

Books (voluntary matherial):

Rautava-Nurmi H.,Westergård A., Henttonen T., Ojala M. & Vuorinen, S. 2012. or newer. Hoitotyön taidot ja toiminnot. SanomaPro: Helsinki
Veli-Jukka Anttila, Mari Kanerva, Maria Kuronen. 2018. Hoitoon liittyvien infektioiden torjunta.THL.

e-Books in English: Nurses! Test yourself in clinical skills. Traynor, M. 2012.
Books in English: Clinical skills. Roper T.A.

Preclinical training:
Practising is based on all the theoretical material on this course.

Teaching methods

Clinical nursing
Theory-studies at school and on-line 5 studypoints
Preclinical training at school 4 studypoints
Ergonomie 1 sp

Preclinical training is part of obligatory clinical training for EU-nurses. Every lesson is obligatory.
All the subjects are found from Learn-study-module.

Ergonomics-card gives you recognition of prior learning.

Regarding the documentation of patient data, theory studies and assignments are mandatory.

Employer connections

Clinical nursing 1 includes preclinical training (4 sp nursing, 1 sp ergonomy) at school.

Working life lecturer and possibly visiting patients.

Preclinical training subjects:
Aseptic performance
Ergonomics
Basic care
Wound care
Cathetrization and function of bowels
Nutrition and naso-gastric tube
Breathing
Circulation
Evaluation of a patient
Medical care
Fluid balance and care
Blood sampling
Hospice care

Ergonomy:

Exam schedules

Exam of basics of clinical training.

Evaluation of learning in practical skills: 1 hour/student

Evaluation of learning in ergonomie

Documentation: Documentation of patient data done as a group work using docca software.

International connections

-

Student workload

Theory: workload 5 x 27h = 135 h

Preclinical training: workload 4 x 16h = 64 h. 9 practical training-days (7-8h/day) and evaluation of learning. Opportunity to practise independantly at school.

Ergonomics: workload 1 x 16h

Content scheduling

Theory:
Self-acting studying and lectures, exam at the end. Evaluation 1-5 / fail.

Preclinical training: 9 obligatory practical days at school + evaluation of learning.

Ergonomics.

Documentation: 2 mandatory lectures and two documentation assignments. Evaluation passed/failed

Further information

Ergonomics: Satu Sällilä, satu.sallila@xamk.fi
Clinical care: Marjo Piispa, marjo.piispa@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam 70% has to be right, scale 1-5/fail.

Clinical care: Evaluation of learning: approved/failed

Ergonomics: Evaluation of learning: approved/failed

Objective

You know how to create a good patient care relationship.
You know how to act in accordance with the values and ethical principles of nursing.
You apply the principles of asepsis and infection prevention in nursing.
You are able to monitor and systematically assess a patient's need for care.
You are able to respond to the need for care by using nursing interventions, and capable of documenting structured nursing data.
You are able to report and consult according to the ISBAR protocol.
You know the key procedures and diagnostic tests of clinical nursing.
You know how to assess the patient’s functional status and resources, and implement rehabilitation-promoting treatment.
You are able to function ergonomically.
You know how to plan, implement and evaluate safe pharmacotherapy.
You know how to assess, treat and monitor pain.
You understand the duties and responsibilities of a nurse in ensuring patient safety.
You are able to name aids and nursing supplies in Finnish.
You are able to guide the client for example in transfer and basic care situations in Finnish.
You are able to ask the client's condition and use simple phrases in basic care situations in Finnish

Content

How do you create a good patient care relationship?
How do you implement the values and ethical principles of nursing in your work?
How do collegiality and teamwork contribute to patient care?
How do you work aseptically and according to principles of infection prevention?
How do you assess the patient's need for care according to the ABCDE protocol?
How do you monitor the patient's basic organ functions using the NEWS criteria?
How do you report according to the ISBAR protocol?
How do you assess functional status and carry out rehabilitative nursing work?
How do you assess the need for and goals of care? How do you respond to the need for care with nursing interventions?
How do you ensure proper ergonomics when you work?
How do you safely plan, implement, and assess pharmacotherapy?
How do you assess, implement, and monitor pain management?
How do you enter structured nursing data to document the nursing process?
Which aids and nursing tools you are able to name in Finnish?
How do you guide the client, for example in transfer and basic care situations, in Finnish?
How do you ask about the client's condition in basic care situations in Finnish?

Materials

Workseed

Employer connections

Training will be implemented in working life.

Exam schedules

Learning objectives must be submitted in workseed during 1 week of clinical practice (done in working life environment)

Student workload

38 h /week

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Objective

You know how to create a good patient care relationship.
You know how to act in accordance with the values and ethical principles of nursing.
You apply the principles of asepsis and infection prevention in nursing.
You are able to monitor and systematically assess a patient's need for care.
You are able to respond to the need for care by using nursing interventions, and capable of documenting structured nursing data.
You are able to report and consult according to the ISBAR protocol.
You know the key procedures and diagnostic tests of clinical nursing.
You are able to search for and apply evidence-based data in the care of different patient groups.
You understand the treatment pathways of patients and the specifics of treatment.
You know how to assess the patient’s functional status and resources, and implement rehabilitation-promoting treatment. You are able to function ergonomically.
You know how to plan, implement and evaluate safe pharmacotherapy.
You know how to assess, treat and monitor pain.
You understand the duties and responsibilities of a nurse in ensuring patient safety.
You know how to work in compliance with the principles of sustainable development.

Content

How do you create a good patient care relationship?
How do you implement the values and ethical principles of nursing in your work?
How do you work aseptically and according to principles of infection prevention?
How do you assess the patient's need for care according to the ABCDE protocol?
How do you monitor the patient's basic organ functions using the NEWS criteria?
How do you report according to the ISBAR protocol?
How do you assess the need for and goals of care? How do you respond to the need for care with nursing interventions?
How do you assess functional status and carry out rehabilitative nursing work?
How do you ensure proper ergonomics when you work?
How do you safely plan, implement, and assess pharmacotherapy?
How do you assess, implement, and monitor pain management?
How do you enter structured nursing data to document the nursing process?
How do you apply evidence-based data to nursing among different patient groups?
How do you work in a cost-conscious manner, while employing environmentally responsible and sustainable considerations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You know how to create a good patient care relationship.
You know how to act in accordance with the values and ethical principles of nursing.
You apply the principles of asepsis and infection prevention in nursing.
You are able to monitor and systematically assess a patient's need for care.
You are able to respond to the need for care by using nursing interventions, and capable of documenting structured nursing data.
You are able to report and consult according to the ISBAR protocol.
You know the key procedures and diagnostic tests of clinical nursing.
You are able to search for and apply evidence-based data in the care of different patient groups.
You understand the treatment pathways of patients and the specifics of treatment.
You know how to assess the patient’s functional status and resources, and implement rehabilitation-promoting treatment. You are able to function ergonomically.
You know how to plan, implement and evaluate safe pharmacotherapy.
You know how to assess, treat and monitor pain.
You understand the duties and responsibilities of a nurse in ensuring patient safety.
You know how to work in compliance with the principles of sustainable development.

Content

How do you create a good patient care relationship?
How do you implement the values and ethical principles of nursing in your work?
How do you work aseptically and according to principles of infection prevention?
How do you assess the patient's need for care according to the ABCDE protocol?
How do you monitor the patient's basic organ functions using the NEWS criteria?
How do you report according to the ISBAR protocol?
How do you assess the need for and goals of care? How do you respond to the need for care with nursing interventions?
How do you assess functional status and carry out rehabilitative nursing work?
How do you ensure proper ergonomics when you work?
How do you safely plan, implement, and assess pharmacotherapy?
How do you assess, implement, and monitor pain management?
How do you enter structured nursing data to document the nursing process?
How do you apply evidence-based data to nursing among different patient groups?
How do you work in a cost-conscious manner, while employing environmentally responsible and sustainable considerations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Patient safety
You understand the importance of patient safety in nursing settings.
You have command of the central tenets of patient safety.
You know how to promote patient safety and prevent patient safety incidents at different stages of the patient care process.
You are able to function immediately as the situation mandates in the event of a patient safety incident.

Data management in healthcare
You are able to comply with data protection and security requirements and the regulations of the social wellness and health care sector.
You are able to observe online etiquette, the rules and procedures that pertain to email, to take into account cyber security and also to safely use social media and electronic health information services from a professional perspective.

Evidence-based nursing
You understand what evidence-based practice is in the work and decision- making of a nurse.
You are capable of searching the most common health sciences databases and reading scientific publications.
You know how to use healthcare information technology, electronic databases and reporting tools.
You are able to apply evidence-based data in your work.

Ethical activities of the nurse
You know how to act in accordance with the ethical principles of your field.

Content

What contributes to an organization's patient safety culture?
What is the legislation of patient safety?
What are included in the following areas of patient safety: device safety, treatment safety, medication safety?
How are patient safety incidents prevented in patient care? How do you prevent dangerous incidents during patient care?
What do you do in the event of a patient safety incident?
How is patient safety ensured through effective teamwork, systematic work practices and via responding to risk situations that threaten patient safety?

Information management in healthcare
On what laws and regulations are healthcare data protection and security based?
How are data protection and security implemented in different client / patient care environments?
What constitutes confidentiality?
What do online etiquette, email rules and procedures, secure social media, and the use of e-health information services comprise from a professional perspective?
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Evidence-based practice
What is the role of the nurse in evidence-based practice?
How do you carry out safe and reliable practices in evidence-based nursing?
How do you implement care recommendations and consistent practices in nursing?
How do you search the most common health science databases?
How do you read and evaluate scientific publications?

Ethical activities of the nurse
What is your profession like?
What are the professional ethics of your field?

Materials

Learn material.

Teaching methods

From Lukkarikone or Tuudo, you can find lessons held in campus or online.

Employer connections

no

Exam schedules

Will be instructured in Learn.

International connections

no

Student workload

5x27h

Content scheduling

Ethics
Patient safety
Evidence based nursing
Data management

Further information

Be on time!

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Will be instructured on Learn.

Objective

Mental health work
You are able to apply evidence-based data in mental health, substance abuse and crisis management work.
You are able to apply knowledge of the most important mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses in nursing.
You are able to carry out key nursing interventions and pharmacotherapy that are used in the treatment of mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses.
You are able to interact professionally and caringly with clients / patients from different backgrounds, as well as with their close relations.

Substance abuse treatment
You can implement evidence-based methods in the care of substance abusers.

Crisis management work
You know how to support people in an acute crisis.
You recognize individual manifestations of grief.

Content

Mental health work
How do you apply evidence-based data in mental health work?
What are the most common mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses?
What are the measures and methods used to treat mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses?
How is pharmacotherapy carried out in the most common mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses?

Substance abuse treatment
How do you apply evidence-based data in substance abuse treatment?
What information is needed on substance abuse from the perspective of substance abuse treatment work?
What are the methods of substance abuse treatment and early intervention?
How is substance abuse prevention implemented? How is the treatment of detrimental outcomes and health risks and problems due to substance abuse carried out?

Crisis management work
How do you apply evidence-based data in crisis care?
How is an acute crisis defined and what stages does an acute crisis involve?
How is the need for mental support identified?
What is expert assistance and how is it provided?
How do you identify individual manifestations of grief?

Materials

Englanniksi
Textbook 1. Hämäläinen K, Kanerva A, Kuhanen C, ym. Mielenterveyshoitotyö 2017, Sanoma Pro
A textbook suitable in English education.

Oppiportti.

Textbook 2. Päihdehoitotyö, Partanen Airi, Holmberg Jan ym. Sanoma Pro, 2015
A textbook suitable in English education.

Assigned learning material in Learn.

Teaching methods

Study takes place in contact teaching and with a group. This learning pathway includes lectures, exercises, and online studies. Some of the studies are not tied to time and place. Final exam.

Learning pathway that speeds up studies:
The student will contact teachers if the student wishes to include, replace, use the AHOT procedure, or study this course.

Employer connections

Yes.

Exam schedules

Seminars and written assignments must be returned by the deadline. Information in Learn and the student must attend the beginning classes of the course.

Exam in Exam-room.

International connections

No

Student workload

1 credit is 27 hours of student work. 5 credits x 27 hours = 135 hours

Preclinical training 1, 8h

Further information

anna-kaarina.anttolainen@xamk.fi
terhi.hede@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam, approved written assignments and participation in seminars.
In addition to theoretical studies, participation in the Preclinical training 1 0,5 credits day.

Objective

You know how to act responsibly as a student and member of the university community.
You know how to set your learning goals, plan your study and career path, monitor the progress of your studies and evaluate your own learning.
You know how to market your skills for working life.
You know how to further your working life and employment skills.
You know how to take accessibility and ecology into account in your operations.
Nationwide exam

Content

What is Xamk like as a learning community and environment?
How do you build your study and career plan?
How do you identify your skills and further your working life skills?
How do you promote your skills and strengthen your job search skills?
How do you further your readiness for employment and working life?
How do you take accessibility and ecology into account in your practices?
Nationwide exam

Materials

Study material will be in Learn

Employer connections

Not included

Student workload

2 x 27 hours. including active participation and written assignments.

Further information

jussi.mahonen@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Assessment methods and criteria

Passing the course requires attending the classes and completing the assigned tasks.

Objective

Maternity and women’s health nursing
You know the structure and process of the maternity care service coordination system.
You understand the normal course and follow-up care of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium, as well as the possible disorders involved.
You know how to support families in growth into parenthood, and in newborn care.
You know the most common gynecological diseases and their risk factors.

You are able to assess the need for care of a patient with a gynecological disease and to plan, implement and evaluate the nursing work via the use of evidence-based data.
Sexual and reproductive health
You understand the basic concepts of sexuality and gender.
You understand the importance of sexual wellness as part of a person's overall well-being at different ages and in different life situations.

Nursing for children and youth
You understand the normal growth and development of a child and adolescent.
You are able to apply evidence-based data in the care of children and adolescents.
You are able to apply your knowledge of the most common diseases of children and adolescents in nursing.
You know how to pay heed to and support the family as part of caring for a child and adolescent.
You know the characteristics specific to children and youth, and know how to apply this knowledge in nursing.
You know how to plan, implement and evaluate pharmacotherapy for children and adolescents.

Developmental disability
You know the most common developmental disabilities.
You are able to apply your knowledge of key developmental disabilities as a part of nursing work with persons with developmental disabilities.

Content

Maternity and womens’ health nursing
What is the maternity care service system like?
How do normal pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium progress?
As a nurse, how do you support families in their growth into parenthood and in newborn care?
What disorders are related to fertility, pregnancy and puerperium?
What are the most common gynecological diseases and how can they be prevented?

Sexual and reproductive health
What terms are used when talking about sexuality and gender?
How does sexual wellness affect overall well-being at different stages of life and in different life situations?
How do you act as a nurse in a way that respects and promotes the client's sexual health?
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Nursing for children and youth
How does the normal growth and development of the child and adolescent progress?
How do you apply evidence-based data in child and adolescent nursing?
What are the main diseases of children and youth?
How do I pay heed to and support the family in caring for a child and adolescent?
What interventions are used in nursing children and adolescents?
How do you care for a healthy child or adolescent, or an ill one?
How do you implement safe pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy for children and adolescents?

Developmental disability
What are the most common developmental disabilities and the methods used in disability care?
How do you support the functional capacity of a person with a developmental disability?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You will understand the pathway and specifics of care for an internal medicine and cancer patient.
You will understand the duties and responsibilities of a nurse in the care of internal medicine and cancer patients.
You are able to apply evidence-based data of major internal diseases and cancers.
You are able to assess the need for treatment in a systematic manner.
You know the key nursing interventions and diagnostic tests used in the treatment of internal medicine patients and patients with cancer.
You understand the basics of safe pharmacotherapy for an internal medicine and cancer patient by making use of pharmacology.
You apply pharmacotherapy skills in patient guidance and care.
You know how to guide the patient according to the principles that promote rehabilitation.
You know how to apply the principles of radiation safety.
You know the principles of blood transfusion safety.
You can document, report and consult according to the ISBAR method.
You improve in teamwork skills, value collegiality and understand the importance of these to patient and occupational safety.

Content

What are the most common internal medicine diseases and cancers?
How does the patient's treatment path progress from diagnosis to treatment?
How do you apply evidence-based data to nursing an internal medicine and cancer patient?
What are the central nursing interventions and diagnostic tests used to treat an internal medicine patient and a cancer patient?
How do you plan, implement, and evaluate safe pharmacological and non-pharmacological care for the most predominant internal diseases and cancers?
How do you guide the patient and engage him or her in self-care?
How is advanced life support administered?
How do you carry out rehabilitation work in nursing?
How do you implement and ensure successful patient management?
How do you document, report and consult according to the ISBAR model?
How do you apply the principles of radiation safety?
How do you safely administer a blood transfusion?
How do you work as a member of a team, how do you practice collegiality? What is the significance of these for patient and occupational safety?

Materials

Course material is given in Learn.
In addition e.g.
- Ciesielski, T. Washington Manual® General Internal Medicine Consult 2017. (Available as ebook at Kaakkuri library)
- Martindale J, Brown D, Brown, D.F. Visual Guide to ECG Interpretation. 2016. (Available as ebook at Kaakkuri library)
- Finnish Current Care Guidelines

Teaching methods

Studying includes contact teaching and independent online work. Completion of the course includes practice exams, learning assignments and preclinical training at campus (100 % attendance). Final exam. Assessment of competence in preclinical exercises.

Employer connections

Possible expert lectures or working life visits.

Exam schedules

All Learn practice exams and assignments included in the course must be completed before the assessment of competence. The final exam of the course is taken in the Exam (service for supervised electronic exams) and must be completed during the course. Assessment of competence in preclinical exercises will be performed at a pre-announced time.

International connections

Not included.

Student workload

7 x 27 h, total 189 h

Further information

Preconditions:
Approved courses or courses in proggress
- Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology 5 ect
- Clinical nursing 10 ect
- The quality and safety in social and health care services 5 ect
- Medical Treatment 5 ect

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

All practice-exams and learning assignments passed (pass-fail).
Assessment of competence in preclinical exercises
Final exam passed (numeric rating 1-5)

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the starting premises and stages of health and well-being promotion.
You identify the factors that protect and strengthen the health of the individual and the community.
You know the global threats and challenges to health.
You understand the possibilities wellness technology presents for promoting health.
You understand the significance of health inequalities between population groups.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You are able to implement Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.
You know how to consider sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a client / patient and refer the client / patient at risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Support for guidance and self-care
You know how to plan, implement and evaluate customer-oriented evidence-based individual and group guidance.
You are able to appropriately apply a variety of control procedures, including digital control.
You know how to plan and implement guidance that supports self-care on pedagogical and ethical grounds.
You know how to assess and document the outcomes of the given guidance with the client / patient, relatives and health services.

Social assistance and health care services operating environment
You understand the ways in which social assistance and health care are organized in Finland, how services are produced and realized, and how they are managed and monitored.
You understand the importance of social wellness as part of the overall care of the client / patient.
You understand the roles of different operational and service units as part of the care and service chain.
You understand your own role in building an organization’s reputation, brand, and image, and in creating a customer service experience.
You know how to utilize electronic services as part of the client's / patient's overall care.
You know how to guide and motivate a client / patient in the use of digital services.
You know how to work in evolving operating environments and you can provide customer or service guidance.

Content

Health Promotion?
What are the starting premises for promoting well-being and health?
What do the different levels of promotion and prevention entail in health promotion?
What are the factors that protect and further health?
How do you utilize the expertise of social assistance and health care services and the third sector to promote the client's health and well-being?
What are the current global challenges and threats to health promotion?
How do you utilize the information provided by different health indicator banks to promote health?
How can health analytics, health technology and artificial intelligence be used to promote health?
What is the significance of health inequalities between population groups and how do you take them into account in nursing?
How do you take ethics into account in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are the public health nutritional recommendations for different age groups?
How do you apply nutritional recommendations to clients’ everyday food choices and eating situations?
How do you consider sustainability and ethics in clients’ everyday nutritional choices and dining situations?
How do you implement nutritional therapy and preventative nutrition counseling in accordance with the Current Care Guidelines?

Support for guidance and self-care
What laws and patient / client background factors serve as the premise for guidance?
How do you implement evidence-based guidance using different methods and communication channels in on-site and distance learning?
What constitutes a patient / customer -oriented approach in patient guidance interactions?
How do you build intercommunication in guidance interactions?
What are the stages of a guidance process?
How do you assess the patient’s / client’s need and resources for guidance?
How are intellectual, social and emotional support and guidance implemented?
How are planning and goal-orientedness implemented in guidance?
How do you support and motivate the client's / patient's commitment to care and promote his or her involvement in the care? How do you strengthen the client’s / patient’s sense of autonomy?
What is ethically sound guidance?
How do you assess the effectiveness, quality and sufficiency of the guidance?
How do you record patient / client guidance in nursing reports?
How do you develop your guidance skills?

Social assistance and health care services operating environment
How are social assistance and health care services organized in Finland?
How is the social assistance and health care service system monitored and regulated?
How are the quality and effectiveness in the organization and management of services ensured?
What is the division of labor and cooperation between healthcare providers and the public, private and third sector?
What does it mean to take responsibility for the continuity of the patient's care in the context of your job description?
How are digital services and interactions in health care services realized?
How is health technology manifested in social assistance and health care services?
What is customer service and case management?

Materials

Health promotion: Learn material.
Nutrition: Learn material.
Supervising and supporting self-care management: Learn material
social and healthcare operating environment: Learn material

Teaching methods

Health promotion: the Learn material is the basis of self-study. Course consists of individual online tasks and the content of tasks is applied in practice in groups.

Supervising and supporting self-care management: online and Teams-meetings

Operating environment (2cr): study contents are studied online and partly in an assignment linked to the first internship. Presentations of group work at school as contact teaching

Employer connections

Health promotion: no
Nutrition: no
Supervising and supporting self-care management: no
social and healthcare operating environment: No

Exam schedules

Health promotion: assignments must be completed as per instructions. The group work will be assessed on a scale of 0–5.
Nutrition: assignments must be returned by the deadline date. The task alone is evaluated on a scale of approved-completed-rejected. The Exam-test is evaluated on a scale of 0-5.
Supervising and supporting self-care management: assignments must be returned by the deadline, evaluating 0-5.
social and healthcare operating environment: assignments must be returned by the deadline. The group assignment is evaluated on a scale of 0-5

Student workload

Health promotion: 3 ect.:81 hours.
Nutrition 2 ect: 54 hours of students work
Supervising and supporting self-care management: 3 ect: 81 hours
social and healthcare operating environment 54 hours of students work

Further information

Health promotion: sari.engelhardt@xamk.fi
Nutrition: johanna.koskenniemi@xamk.fi
Supervising and supporting self-care management: satu.sallila@xamk.fi
social and healthcare operating environment: jussi.mahonen@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

2 ECTS CREDITS
Mutual competence objectives (implementation determined by training-specific education or field of study):
You know the general stages of the research and development process.
You are able to systematically search for information in key data environments in your field.
You are able to read, critically evaluate and to utilize the literature and research publications in your field.
You know and are able to apply the principles of research ethics and reliability.
You are able to use your own field and thesis to produce a literature review applying the principles of scientific communication.

3 ECTS CREDITS
Competence objectives for education and training-specific areas of research and development methods:
You know the current research topics and development needs in your field.
You know and are able to apply key development approaches and / or research methods as well as ethical principles in your field.
You are able to document the research or development process according to the principles of professional and scientific communication.

Content

2 ECTS CREDITS
Content corresponding to the mutual competence objectives
What stages can the research and development process be divided into?
How do you find, read and evaluate research data in your field?
How do you prepare a literature review related to your field and thesis that utilizes reliable research data in accordance with scientific communication and ethical principles?

3 ECTS CREDITS To be specified depending on education or field of study
What are the main research areas and development needs in your field?
What are the approaches and / or research methods for developing your field and how do you practically apply them to the development needs of your field?
How do you report on the research or development process in accordance with professional and scientific communication and the ethical principles of your field?

Materials

Learn-material.

Teaching methods

Course consists of teaching and workshop work at campus and individual online tasks.

Employer connections

Not in this course.

Exam schedules

Assignments must be completed as per instructions and will be assessed on a scale of 0–5.

Student workload

3 ect.:81 hours

Further information

sari.engelhardt@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation in teaching and successfully completed learning tasks.

Objective

You are able to apply evidence-based data in reception work and in home nursing.
You are capable of professional and caring interactions with clients / patients of different ages and backgrounds, and with their close relations.
You understand the importance of multi-professional collaboration in overall care.
You know the client / patient care path, and you know the basics of service coordination.
You understand the activities of the private, public and third sectors as part of the care and service chain.
You are able to utilize digital solutions in reception work and in home nursing.
You recognize when a patient is in need of urgent care.
You are able to strengthen the patient's / client's skills in self-care and in the use of electronic services.
You know the fundamentals of vaccination skills and have knowledge of the national vaccination program.
You know the prevention, symptoms and treatment of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases.

Content

How do you apply evidence-based data to reception work and home nursing?
How do you take into account the patient's / client's age, background and culture in patient encounters and interactions?
What are the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups in reception work and in home nursing?
How do you guide the customer and their close relations in getting the services they need?
What is centralized customer and service coordination?
What does the care and service plan entail?
How do you implement digital solutions in reception work and home nursing?
How do you assess the need for urgent care?
How do you advance rehabilitation and health promotion in nursing?
How do you vaccinate properly and safely?
What vaccinations are included in the national vaccination program?
How do you guide the client / patient in matters related to vaccination?
What infectious diseases are vaccinated against?

Teaching methods

The importance of culture in nursing 1 credit: Individual studying, online studying.
Basics of vaccination 2 credits: Individual studying.
Nurse appointment work and homecare nursing 2 credits: Specialist lessons, individual studying, case learning, group work.
Preclinical training 1 credit: participating to the preclinical training days, 100 % presence is required.

Employer connections

Working life specialists lessons 3 hours.

Student workload

The importance of culture in nursing 1 credit = 27 hours
Basics of vaccination 2 credits = 54 hours
Nurse appointment work and homecare nursing 2 credits = 54 hours
Preclinical training 1 credit = 27 hours

Further information

The importance of culture in nursing 1 credit: johanna.koskenniemi@xamk.fi
Basics of vaccination 2 credits: linda.metsala@xamk.fi
Nurse appointment work and homecare nursing 2 credits: johanna.koskenniemi@xamk.fi, linda.metsala@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The importance of culture in nursing 1 credit: pass/fail
Basics of vaccination 2 credits: pass/fail
Nurse appointment work and homecare nursing 2 credits: fail/1-5
Preclinical training 1 credit: participating to the preclinical training days, 100 % presence is required.

Objective

You are able to apply evidence-based data in surgical and perioperative nursing.
You understand the specificities of surgical and perioperative patient care paths and treatment.
You are able to apply your knowledge of the main diseases that require surgical treatment at different stages of the treatment process.
You know the main interventions of surgical and perioperative nursing.
You are able to apply methods that promote patient and occupational safety.
You know how to prevent complications and promote rehabilitation.
You have command of aseptic activity in your own practices and your team’s work as well as in patient care.
You are able to apply pharmacotherapy to treat surgical and perioperative patients using applied pharmacology.
You know how to implement pain management for a surgical, perioperative and palliative patient.
You apply guidance and teaching methods in surgical nursing.
You are able to document nursing data in accordance with the national nursing record system.

Content

How do you apply evidence-based data in the care of a surgical and perioperative patient?
How does the patient's treatment path progress after a decision to operate has been made?
What are the most common surgically treatable diseases and injuries?
What are the goals and functions of nursing interventions in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases of nursing?
How is the patient's operability ascertained?
How is the patient prepared for surgery?
What are the different tasks of a nurse in an operating room?
How is intraoperative nursing implemented?
How is postoperative nursing implemented?
How are postoperative complications caused, and how are they prevented and treated?
How is patient and occupational safety ensured during different phases of the surgical process?
How do you systematically assess the patient's condition during the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative stages of treatment?
How is asepsis taken into account and implemented during the various stages of surgical treatment?
How is the pharmacotherapy of a surgical and perioperative patient planned, implemented and evaluated?
How is pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management for a surgical and palliative patient planned, implemented, and evaluated?
How do you guide the patient and engage him or her in self-care?
How do you systematically report and document according to national guidelines?
What do you document using the ISBAR model? How do you use the ISBAR model to report and consult?

Materials

Learn includes the minimum material.

You can use these materials to support your learnin process.
-UEF-lääketieteen luennot
-Oppiportti/oppikirjat/Kirurgia, Kipu, Anestesiologian ja tehohoitotyön perusteet, Gastroenterologia ja hepatologia, Peruselintoimintojen häiriöt ja niiden hoito
-Oppiportti/Verkkokoulutukset: Alipaineimulaitteet, Imu-laitteet, Kirurginen polttolaite, Kannettavat lääkeannostelijat, Potilaslämmittimet, Nesteen- ja verenlämmittimet
-Terveysportti: Sairaanhoitajan käsikirja, Anestesiahoitotyön käsikirja
-Käypähoitosuositukset (Best practice quidelines)

Teaching methods

-Students who meet the prerequisites are added to the learn platform and they are instructed via Peppi from the start of the course.
-You are allowed to study independently.
-Notice that the learn exams must be done before the clinical practice week at school.
-Theory lessons (teams or live) are not mandatory
-Clinical skills practices and evaluation are mandatory
-The format of the exam is dialogue exam or exam-essey.

Employer connections

1) An alumni working in the operating room during the study period is available via the Padlet message wall and chat.
2) A familiarization visit to working life (operating room) is carried out (if the corona restrictions are ongoing, the implementation is virtual-live)
3) Case and skill exercises brought from working life strongly support the understanding and application of theory in practice.
4) Clinical practice 1 continues with the guidance of alumni and other professionals after completing this theory.

Exam schedules

1) All practice exams (learn) must be done before training week. If you haven`t done those exams you are not allowed to participate.
2) If there is surgeon's lecture, it will be mandatory. If you are unable to participate you will have to write an essey.
3) Theory evaluation is Dialogue or exam essy-test (0-5), after training week
4) Competence assessment: fail-pass, after the training week
Retest: Theory, exam essee, Clinical skills, individual clinical skills evaluation

International connections

-

Student workload

27h x 5 theory
27h x 2 Clinical skills
A more detailed timetable can be found in learn

Content scheduling

Theory 5 credits
-includes independent study and theory teaching in theory workshops (themes of the workshops: pre- and postoperative nursing, pain, complications, anaesthesia, perioperative nursing, surgical specialties, review, dialogue or essay exam in Exam

Exercises 2 credits
-H1 clinical manual skills and operating room process -case
-H2 pain treatment + simulations, clinical skills + case work
-H3 Surgical patient treatment path -case
-H4 Complication simulations, medical resuscitation
- Competence assessment

Further information

-Students who meet the prerequisites are added to the learn platform and they are instructed via Peppi from the start of the course.
-Theory lessons are not mandatory, clinical skills trainin is mandatory

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Learn training exams must be done before the training week.
GENERAL EVALUATION CRITERIA
5 = almost complete answer, justification and understanding of context appear in the answer, good additions to colleagues' answers
4 = a little to be completed in the answer, the answer has tried to tie things together and find cause-effect relationships, additions to the colleague's answers
3 = answer core issues, little reasoning, no factual errors, little complementary answers
2 = illogical answer with few correct things, little justification, no life-threatening factual errors, few additions
1 = individual real issues for which no justification, answer one-sided, few additions, if any
0 = just some right things or participating in a conversation with little or no information
Retest: Retest in the exam as an essay exam. The 1st renewal can be done immediately, the 2nd renewal no earlier than 1 month after the previous assessment.

Objective

You know how to create a good patient care relationship.
You know how to act in accordance with the values and ethical principles of nursing.
You apply the principles of asepsis and infection prevention in nursing.
You are able to monitor and systematically assess a patient's need for care.
You are able to respond to the need for care by using nursing interventions, and capable of documenting structured nursing data.
You are able to report and consult according to the ISBAR protocol.
You know the key procedures and diagnostic tests of clinical nursing.
You are able to search for and apply evidence-based data in the care of different patient groups.
You understand the treatment pathways of patients and the specifics of treatment.
You know how to assess the patient’s functional status and resources, and implement rehabilitation-promoting treatment. You are able to function ergonomically.
You know how to plan, implement and evaluate safe pharmacotherapy.
You know how to assess, treat and monitor pain.
You understand the duties and responsibilities of a nurse in ensuring patient safety.
You know how to work in compliance with the principles of sustainable development.

Content

How do you create a good patient care relationship?
How do you implement the values and ethical principles of nursing in your work?
How do you work aseptically and according to principles of infection prevention?
How do you assess the patient's need for care according to the ABCDE protocol?
How do you monitor the patient's basic organ functions using the NEWS criteria?
How do you report according to the ISBAR protocol?
How do you assess the need for and goals of care? How do you respond to the need for care with nursing interventions?
How do you assess functional status and carry out rehabilitative nursing work?
How do you ensure proper ergonomics when you work?
How do you safely plan, implement, and assess pharmacotherapy?
How do you assess, implement, and monitor pain management?
How do you enter structured nursing data to document the nursing process?
How do you apply evidence-based data to nursing among different patient groups?
How do you work in a cost-conscious manner, while employing environmentally responsible and sustainable considerations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You know how to create a good patient care relationship.
You know how to act in accordance with the values and ethical principles of nursing.
You apply the principles of asepsis and infection prevention in nursing.
You are able to monitor and systematically assess a patient's need for care.
You are able to respond to the need for care by using nursing interventions, and capable of documenting structured nursing data.
You are able to report and consult according to the ISBAR protocol.
You know the key procedures and diagnostic tests of clinical nursing.
You know how to assess the patient’s functional status and resources, and implement rehabilitation-promoting treatment.
You are able to function ergonomically.
You know how to plan, implement and evaluate safe pharmacotherapy.
You know how to assess, treat and monitor pain.
You understand the duties and responsibilities of a nurse in ensuring patient safety.
You are able to name aids and nursing supplies in Finnish.
You are able to guide the client for example in transfer and basic care situations in Finnish.
You are able to ask the client's condition and use simple phrases in basic care situations in Finnish

Content

How do you create a good patient care relationship?
How do you implement the values and ethical principles of nursing in your work?
How do collegiality and teamwork contribute to patient care?
How do you work aseptically and according to principles of infection prevention?
How do you assess the patient's need for care according to the ABCDE protocol?
How do you monitor the patient's basic organ functions using the NEWS criteria?
How do you report according to the ISBAR protocol?
How do you assess functional status and carry out rehabilitative nursing work?
How do you assess the need for and goals of care? How do you respond to the need for care with nursing interventions?
How do you ensure proper ergonomics when you work?
How do you safely plan, implement, and assess pharmacotherapy?
How do you assess, implement, and monitor pain management?
How do you enter structured nursing data to document the nursing process?
Which aids and nursing tools you are able to name in Finnish?
How do you guide the client, for example in transfer and basic care situations, in Finnish?
How do you ask about the client's condition in basic care situations in Finnish?

Materials

Workseed

Employer connections

Training will be implemented in working life.

Exam schedules

Learning objectives must be submitted in workseed during 1 week of clinical practice (done in working life environment)

Student workload

38 h /week

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Objective

Mental health work
You are able to apply evidence-based data in mental health, substance abuse and crisis management work.
You are able to apply knowledge of the most important mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses in nursing.
You are able to carry out key nursing interventions and pharmacotherapy that are used in the treatment of mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses.
You are able to interact professionally and caringly with clients / patients from different backgrounds, as well as with their close relations.

Substance abuse treatment
You can implement evidence-based methods in the care of substance abusers.

Crisis management work
You know how to support people in an acute crisis.
You recognize individual manifestations of grief.

Content

Mental health work
How do you apply evidence-based data in mental health work?
What are the most common mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses?
What are the measures and methods used to treat mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses?
How is pharmacotherapy carried out in the most common mental disorders and psychiatric illnesses?

Substance abuse treatment
How do you apply evidence-based data in substance abuse treatment?
What information is needed on substance abuse from the perspective of substance abuse treatment work?
What are the methods of substance abuse treatment and early intervention?
How is substance abuse prevention implemented? How is the treatment of detrimental outcomes and health risks and problems due to substance abuse carried out?

Crisis management work
How do you apply evidence-based data in crisis care?
How is an acute crisis defined and what stages does an acute crisis involve?
How is the need for mental support identified?
What is expert assistance and how is it provided?
How do you identify individual manifestations of grief?

Materials

Englanniksi
Textbook 1. Hämäläinen K, Kanerva A, Kuhanen C, ym. Mielenterveyshoitotyö 2017, Sanoma Pro
A textbook suitable in English education.

Oppiportti.

Textbook 2. Päihdehoitotyö, Partanen Airi, Holmberg Jan ym. Sanoma Pro, 2015
A textbook suitable in English education.

Assigned learning material in Learn.

Teaching methods

Study takes place in contact teaching and with a group. This learning pathway includes lectures, exercises, and online studies. Some of the studies are not tied to time and place. Final exam.

Learning pathway that speeds up studies:
The student will contact teachers if the student wishes to include, replace, use the AHOT procedure, or study this course.

Employer connections

Yes.

Exam schedules

Seminars and written assignments must be returned by the deadline. Information in Learn and the student must attend the beginning classes of the course.

Exam in Exam-room.

International connections

No

Student workload

1 credit is 27 hours of student work. 5 credits x 27 hours = 135 hours

Preclinical training 1, 8h

Further information

anna-kaarina.anttolainen@xamk.fi
terhi.hede@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam, approved written assignments and participation in seminars.
In addition to theoretical studies, participation in the Preclinical training 1 0,5 credits day.

Objective

You are able to apply evidence-based data in reception work and in home nursing.
You are capable of professional and caring interactions with clients / patients of different ages and backgrounds, and with their close relations.
You understand the importance of multi-professional collaboration in overall care.
You know the client / patient care path, and you know the basics of service coordination.
You understand the activities of the private, public and third sectors as part of the care and service chain.
You are able to utilize digital solutions in reception work and in home nursing.
You recognize when a patient is in need of urgent care.
You are able to strengthen the patient's / client's skills in self-care and in the use of electronic services.
You know the fundamentals of vaccination skills and have knowledge of the national vaccination program.
You know the prevention, symptoms and treatment of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases.

Content

How do you apply evidence-based data to reception work and home nursing?
How do you take into account the patient's / client's age, background and culture in patient encounters and interactions?
What are the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups in reception work and in home nursing?
How do you guide the customer and their close relations in getting the services they need?
What is centralized customer and service coordination?
What does the care and service plan entail?
How do you implement digital solutions in reception work and home nursing?
How do you assess the need for urgent care?
How do you advance rehabilitation and health promotion in nursing?
How do you vaccinate properly and safely?
What vaccinations are included in the national vaccination program?
How do you guide the client / patient in matters related to vaccination?
What infectious diseases are vaccinated against?

Teaching methods

The importance of culture in nursing 1 credit: Individual studying, online studying.
Basics of vaccination 2 credits: Individual studying.
Nurse appointment work and homecare nursing 2 credits: Specialist lessons, individual studying, case learning, group work.
Preclinical training 1 credit: participating to the preclinical training days, 100 % presence is required.

Employer connections

Working life specialists lessons 3 hours.

Student workload

The importance of culture in nursing 1 credit = 27 hours
Basics of vaccination 2 credits = 54 hours
Nurse appointment work and homecare nursing 2 credits = 54 hours
Preclinical training 1 credit = 27 hours

Further information

The importance of culture in nursing 1 credit: johanna.koskenniemi@xamk.fi
Basics of vaccination 2 credits: linda.metsala@xamk.fi
Nurse appointment work and homecare nursing 2 credits: johanna.koskenniemi@xamk.fi, linda.metsala@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The importance of culture in nursing 1 credit: pass/fail
Basics of vaccination 2 credits: pass/fail
Nurse appointment work and homecare nursing 2 credits: fail/1-5
Preclinical training 1 credit: participating to the preclinical training days, 100 % presence is required.

Objective

Maternity and women’s health nursing
You know the structure and process of the maternity care service coordination system.
You understand the normal course and follow-up care of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium, as well as the possible disorders involved.
You know how to support families in growth into parenthood, and in newborn care.
You know the most common gynecological diseases and their risk factors.

You are able to assess the need for care of a patient with a gynecological disease and to plan, implement and evaluate the nursing work via the use of evidence-based data.
Sexual and reproductive health
You understand the basic concepts of sexuality and gender.
You understand the importance of sexual wellness as part of a person's overall well-being at different ages and in different life situations.

Nursing for children and youth
You understand the normal growth and development of a child and adolescent.
You are able to apply evidence-based data in the care of children and adolescents.
You are able to apply your knowledge of the most common diseases of children and adolescents in nursing.
You know how to pay heed to and support the family as part of caring for a child and adolescent.
You know the characteristics specific to children and youth, and know how to apply this knowledge in nursing.
You know how to plan, implement and evaluate pharmacotherapy for children and adolescents.

Developmental disability
You know the most common developmental disabilities.
You are able to apply your knowledge of key developmental disabilities as a part of nursing work with persons with developmental disabilities.

Content

Maternity and womens’ health nursing
What is the maternity care service system like?
How do normal pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium progress?
As a nurse, how do you support families in their growth into parenthood and in newborn care?
What disorders are related to fertility, pregnancy and puerperium?
What are the most common gynecological diseases and how can they be prevented?

Sexual and reproductive health
What terms are used when talking about sexuality and gender?
How does sexual wellness affect overall well-being at different stages of life and in different life situations?
How do you act as a nurse in a way that respects and promotes the client's sexual health?
?
Nursing for children and youth
How does the normal growth and development of the child and adolescent progress?
How do you apply evidence-based data in child and adolescent nursing?
What are the main diseases of children and youth?
How do I pay heed to and support the family in caring for a child and adolescent?
What interventions are used in nursing children and adolescents?
How do you care for a healthy child or adolescent, or an ill one?
How do you implement safe pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy for children and adolescents?

Developmental disability
What are the most common developmental disabilities and the methods used in disability care?
How do you support the functional capacity of a person with a developmental disability?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Health promotion
You understand the starting premises and stages of health and well-being promotion.
You identify the factors that protect and strengthen the health of the individual and the community.
You know the global threats and challenges to health.
You understand the possibilities wellness technology presents for promoting health.
You understand the significance of health inequalities between population groups.
You understand the ethical principles of health promotion.

Nutrition
You are able to implement Finnish nutrition and treatment recommendations for different age and target groups in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.
You know how to consider sustainable development and ethics in nutritional care and guidance.
You can assess the nutritional status of a client / patient and refer the client / patient at risk of malnutrition to an expert.

Support for guidance and self-care
You know how to plan, implement and evaluate customer-oriented evidence-based individual and group guidance.
You are able to appropriately apply a variety of control procedures, including digital control.
You know how to plan and implement guidance that supports self-care on pedagogical and ethical grounds.
You know how to assess and document the outcomes of the given guidance with the client / patient, relatives and health services.

Social assistance and health care services operating environment
You understand the ways in which social assistance and health care are organized in Finland, how services are produced and realized, and how they are managed and monitored.
You understand the importance of social wellness as part of the overall care of the client / patient.
You understand the roles of different operational and service units as part of the care and service chain.
You understand your own role in building an organization’s reputation, brand, and image, and in creating a customer service experience.
You know how to utilize electronic services as part of the client's / patient's overall care.
You know how to guide and motivate a client / patient in the use of digital services.
You know how to work in evolving operating environments and you can provide customer or service guidance.

Content

Health Promotion?
What are the starting premises for promoting well-being and health?
What do the different levels of promotion and prevention entail in health promotion?
What are the factors that protect and further health?
How do you utilize the expertise of social assistance and health care services and the third sector to promote the client's health and well-being?
What are the current global challenges and threats to health promotion?
How do you utilize the information provided by different health indicator banks to promote health?
How can health analytics, health technology and artificial intelligence be used to promote health?
What is the significance of health inequalities between population groups and how do you take them into account in nursing?
How do you take ethics into account in health promotion?

Nutrition
What are the public health nutritional recommendations for different age groups?
How do you apply nutritional recommendations to clients’ everyday food choices and eating situations?
How do you consider sustainability and ethics in clients’ everyday nutritional choices and dining situations?
How do you implement nutritional therapy and preventative nutrition counseling in accordance with the Current Care Guidelines?

Support for guidance and self-care
What laws and patient / client background factors serve as the premise for guidance?
How do you implement evidence-based guidance using different methods and communication channels in on-site and distance learning?
What constitutes a patient / customer -oriented approach in patient guidance interactions?
How do you build intercommunication in guidance interactions?
What are the stages of a guidance process?
How do you assess the patient’s / client’s need and resources for guidance?
How are intellectual, social and emotional support and guidance implemented?
How are planning and goal-orientedness implemented in guidance?
How do you support and motivate the client's / patient's commitment to care and promote his or her involvement in the care? How do you strengthen the client’s / patient’s sense of autonomy?
What is ethically sound guidance?
How do you assess the effectiveness, quality and sufficiency of the guidance?
How do you record patient / client guidance in nursing reports?
How do you develop your guidance skills?

Social assistance and health care services operating environment
How are social assistance and health care services organized in Finland?
How is the social assistance and health care service system monitored and regulated?
How are the quality and effectiveness in the organization and management of services ensured?
What is the division of labor and cooperation between healthcare providers and the public, private and third sector?
What does it mean to take responsibility for the continuity of the patient's care in the context of your job description?
How are digital services and interactions in health care services realized?
How is health technology manifested in social assistance and health care services?
What is customer service and case management?

Materials

Health promotion: Learn material.
Nutrition: Learn material.
Supervising and supporting self-care management: Learn material
social and healthcare operating environment: Learn material

Teaching methods

Health promotion: the Learn material is the basis of self-study. Course consists of individual online tasks and the content of tasks is applied in practice in groups.

Supervising and supporting self-care management: online and Teams-meetings

Operating environment (2cr): study contents are studied online and partly in an assignment linked to the first internship. Presentations of group work at school as contact teaching

Employer connections

Health promotion: no
Nutrition: no
Supervising and supporting self-care management: no
social and healthcare operating environment: No

Exam schedules

Health promotion: assignments must be completed as per instructions. The group work will be assessed on a scale of 0–5.
Nutrition: assignments must be returned by the deadline date. The task alone is evaluated on a scale of approved-completed-rejected. The Exam-test is evaluated on a scale of 0-5.
Supervising and supporting self-care management: assignments must be returned by the deadline, evaluating 0-5.
social and healthcare operating environment: assignments must be returned by the deadline. The group assignment is evaluated on a scale of 0-5

Student workload

Health promotion: 3 ect.:81 hours.
Nutrition 2 ect: 54 hours of students work
Supervising and supporting self-care management: 3 ect: 81 hours
social and healthcare operating environment 54 hours of students work

Further information

Health promotion: sari.engelhardt@xamk.fi
Nutrition: johanna.koskenniemi@xamk.fi
Supervising and supporting self-care management: satu.sallila@xamk.fi
social and healthcare operating environment: jussi.mahonen@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You will understand the pathway and specifics of care for an internal medicine and cancer patient.
You will understand the duties and responsibilities of a nurse in the care of internal medicine and cancer patients.
You are able to apply evidence-based data of major internal diseases and cancers.
You are able to assess the need for treatment in a systematic manner.
You know the key nursing interventions and diagnostic tests used in the treatment of internal medicine patients and patients with cancer.
You understand the basics of safe pharmacotherapy for an internal medicine and cancer patient by making use of pharmacology.
You apply pharmacotherapy skills in patient guidance and care.
You know how to guide the patient according to the principles that promote rehabilitation.
You know how to apply the principles of radiation safety.
You know the principles of blood transfusion safety.
You can document, report and consult according to the ISBAR method.
You improve in teamwork skills, value collegiality and understand the importance of these to patient and occupational safety.

Content

What are the most common internal medicine diseases and cancers?
How does the patient's treatment path progress from diagnosis to treatment?
How do you apply evidence-based data to nursing an internal medicine and cancer patient?
What are the central nursing interventions and diagnostic tests used to treat an internal medicine patient and a cancer patient?
How do you plan, implement, and evaluate safe pharmacological and non-pharmacological care for the most predominant internal diseases and cancers?
How do you guide the patient and engage him or her in self-care?
How is advanced life support administered?
How do you carry out rehabilitation work in nursing?
How do you implement and ensure successful patient management?
How do you document, report and consult according to the ISBAR model?
How do you apply the principles of radiation safety?
How do you safely administer a blood transfusion?
How do you work as a member of a team, how do you practice collegiality? What is the significance of these for patient and occupational safety?

Materials

Course material is given in Learn.
In addition e.g.
- Ciesielski, T. Washington Manual® General Internal Medicine Consult 2017. (Available as ebook at Kaakkuri library)
- Martindale J, Brown D, Brown, D.F. Visual Guide to ECG Interpretation. 2016. (Available as ebook at Kaakkuri library)
- Finnish Current Care Guidelines

Teaching methods

Studying includes contact teaching and independent online work. Completion of the course includes practice exams, learning assignments and preclinical training at campus (100 % attendance). Final exam. Assessment of competence in preclinical exercises.

Employer connections

Possible expert lectures or working life visits.

Exam schedules

All Learn practice exams and assignments included in the course must be completed before the assessment of competence. The final exam of the course is taken in the Exam (service for supervised electronic exams) and must be completed during the course. Assessment of competence in preclinical exercises will be performed at a pre-announced time.

International connections

Not included.

Student workload

7 x 27 h, total 189 h

Further information

Preconditions:
Approved courses or courses in proggress
- Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology 5 ect
- Clinical nursing 10 ect
- The quality and safety in social and health care services 5 ect
- Medical Treatment 5 ect

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

All practice-exams and learning assignments passed (pass-fail).
Assessment of competence in preclinical exercises
Final exam passed (numeric rating 1-5)

Objective

You know how to create a good patient care relationship.
You know how to act in accordance with the values and ethical principles of nursing.
You apply the principles of asepsis and infection prevention in nursing.
You are able to monitor and systematically assess a patient's need for care.
You are able to respond to the need for care by using nursing interventions, and capable of documenting structured nursing data.
You are able to report and consult according to the ISBAR protocol.
You know the key procedures and diagnostic tests of clinical nursing.
You are able to search for and apply evidence-based data in the care of different patient groups.
You understand the treatment pathways of patients and the specifics of treatment.
You know how to assess the patient’s functional status and resources, and implement rehabilitation-promoting treatment. You are able to function ergonomically.
You know how to plan, implement and evaluate safe pharmacotherapy.
You know how to assess, treat and monitor pain.
You understand the duties and responsibilities of a nurse in ensuring patient safety.
You know how to work in compliance with the principles of sustainable development.

Content

How do you create a good patient care relationship?
How do you implement the values and ethical principles of nursing in your work?
How do you work aseptically and according to principles of infection prevention?
How do you assess the patient's need for care according to the ABCDE protocol?
How do you monitor the patient's basic organ functions using the NEWS criteria?
How do you report according to the ISBAR protocol?
How do you assess the need for and goals of care? How do you respond to the need for care with nursing interventions?
How do you assess functional status and carry out rehabilitative nursing work?
How do you ensure proper ergonomics when you work?
How do you safely plan, implement, and assess pharmacotherapy?
How do you assess, implement, and monitor pain management?
How do you enter structured nursing data to document the nursing process?
How do you apply evidence-based data to nursing among different patient groups?
How do you work in a cost-conscious manner, while employing environmentally responsible and sustainable considerations?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Gerontological nursing
You are able to apply evidence-based data in gerontological nursing.
You know the social assistance services and benefits for the elderly.
You are able to assess and promote the health, functional capacity and resources of an elderly person via use of nursing interventions.
You know the possibilities offered by gerotechnology.
You know how to implement safe pharmacotherapy for the elderly, and you understand the special characteristics of gerontological pharmacotherapy.
You are able to apply your knowledge about memory disorders, the care of and services for memory patients in nursing.
You know how to identify, assess and manage acute situations.

Palliative nursing
You are familiar with the palliative care pathway model.
You know how to implement evidence-based palliative and end-of-life care.
You are able to take into account the special characteristics of a patient with memory problems in palliative care.
You are able to encounter and support the patient and loved ones in end-of-life care.

Content

Gerontological nursing
What are the changes related to aging and their impact on nursing?
How do you apply evidence-based data in gerontological nursing?
How do you plan, implement and evaluate safe pharmacotherapy?
How do you take into account memory disorders in nursing and in pharmacotherapy?
How do you assess and promote the patient’s functional capacity and resources?
How do you conduct a customer service needs assessment?
How do you assess the patient's nutritional status?
How is gerotechnology utilized in the care of the elderly?
How do you identify, assess and manage acute situations?
How do you offer support to the caregiver and carers?
How do you take into account ethics and professionalism in nursing?

Palliative nursing
What is palliative care and end-of-life care?
How do you apply evidence-based data in palliative care and end-of-life nursing?
What is a palliative care pathway model?
How do you implement palliative and end-of-life care for a memory patient?
How do you encounter and support a memory patient and the patient’s close relations in palliative care?

Materials

Kelo, Sini, Launiemi, Helena, Takaluoma, Matleena, Tiittanen, Hannele. 2015.
Ikääntynyt ihminen ja hoitotyö. Sanomapro.
Also available as an e-book.

Where applicable:
Heikkinen, Eino, Jyrkämä, Jyrki, Rantanen, Taina, Aromaa, Arpo, Gerontologia.2020.
Available as an e-book.
and
Tilvis, Reijo, Pitkälä, Kaisu, Strandberg, Timo, Sulkava, Raimo, Viitanen, Matti, Arkkila, Perttu.
Geriatria. 2016. Also available as an e-book.

Other recommended material is presented in the cours

Teaching methods

Work week-based learning pathway:
Your studies consist of contact teaching (school and online), independent and supervised e-learning.

Learning pathway that speeds up studies:
Not available

Work-integrated learning pathway:
Your studies consist of contact teaching (at school and online), independent and supervised online learning.

Employer connections

This theory course does not include practice in operational environments, but it does include preclinical practice 1.5 credits (= labs and simulations).

Exam schedules

The approved completion of the study course requires the approved completion of the learning assignments and the exam.
The dates of learning assignments and exams are detailed in the course start info and can be found in the course's Learn after the course has started.

International connections

Not included in this course

Student workload

Completion of the course requires 148 hours of student work.

Content scheduling

1. Aging and changes in aging
2. Functional, safe and high quality aging and service system
3. Current themes in gerontological nursing
4. Diseases of the elderly and their treatment
5. Palliative care and convalescent care for the elderly
6. Medication and pain management for the elderly

Further information

NOTE!!
The prerequisite for participating in the course is that you have completed Clinical Nursing Theory (5 credits). If you have any questions about this, send a message to the teachers of the course before registering.

We recommend attending the INFO class!

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

In order to obtain a grade in a course, the learning assignments and exams of the course must be passed. The grade of the course consists of the average of the numerical evaluation of the parts of the course, taking into account the weighting factors according to the scope of the parts.

Preclinical exercises on campus are carried out with active presence and require participation in all exercises of your own small group

Objective

You are able to apply evidence-based data in surgical and perioperative nursing.
You understand the specificities of surgical and perioperative patient care paths and treatment.
You are able to apply your knowledge of the main diseases that require surgical treatment at different stages of the treatment process.
You know the main interventions of surgical and perioperative nursing.
You are able to apply methods that promote patient and occupational safety.
You know how to prevent complications and promote rehabilitation.
You have command of aseptic activity in your own practices and your team’s work as well as in patient care.
You are able to apply pharmacotherapy to treat surgical and perioperative patients using applied pharmacology.
You know how to implement pain management for a surgical, perioperative and palliative patient.
You apply guidance and teaching methods in surgical nursing.
You are able to document nursing data in accordance with the national nursing record system.

Content

How do you apply evidence-based data in the care of a surgical and perioperative patient?
How does the patient's treatment path progress after a decision to operate has been made?
What are the most common surgically treatable diseases and injuries?
What are the goals and functions of nursing interventions in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases of nursing?
How is the patient's operability ascertained?
How is the patient prepared for surgery?
What are the different tasks of a nurse in an operating room?
How is intraoperative nursing implemented?
How is postoperative nursing implemented?
How are postoperative complications caused, and how are they prevented and treated?
How is patient and occupational safety ensured during different phases of the surgical process?
How do you systematically assess the patient's condition during the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative stages of treatment?
How is asepsis taken into account and implemented during the various stages of surgical treatment?
How is the pharmacotherapy of a surgical and perioperative patient planned, implemented and evaluated?
How is pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management for a surgical and palliative patient planned, implemented, and evaluated?
How do you guide the patient and engage him or her in self-care?
How do you systematically report and document according to national guidelines?
What do you document using the ISBAR model? How do you use the ISBAR model to report and consult?

Materials

Learn includes the minimum material.

You can use these materials to support your learnin process.
-UEF-lääketieteen luennot
-Oppiportti/oppikirjat/Kirurgia, Kipu, Anestesiologian ja tehohoitotyön perusteet, Gastroenterologia ja hepatologia, Peruselintoimintojen häiriöt ja niiden hoito
-Oppiportti/Verkkokoulutukset: Alipaineimulaitteet, Imu-laitteet, Kirurginen polttolaite, Kannettavat lääkeannostelijat, Potilaslämmittimet, Nesteen- ja verenlämmittimet
-Terveysportti: Sairaanhoitajan käsikirja, Anestesiahoitotyön käsikirja
-Käypähoitosuositukset (Best practice quidelines)

Teaching methods

-Students who meet the prerequisites are added to the learn platform and they are instructed via Peppi from the start of the course.
-You are allowed to study independently.
-Notice that the learn exams must be done before the clinical practice week at school.
-Theory lessons (teams or live) are not mandatory
-Clinical skills practices and evaluation are mandatory
-The format of the exam is dialogue exam or exam-essey.

Employer connections

1) An alumni working in the operating room during the study period is available via the Padlet message wall and chat.
2) A familiarization visit to working life (operating room) is carried out (if the corona restrictions are ongoing, the implementation is virtual-live)
3) Case and skill exercises brought from working life strongly support the understanding and application of theory in practice.
4) Clinical practice 1 continues with the guidance of alumni and other professionals after completing this theory.

Exam schedules

1) All practice exams (learn) must be done before training week. If you haven`t done those exams you are not allowed to participate.
2) If there is surgeon's lecture, it will be mandatory. If you are unable to participate you will have to write an essey.
3) Theory evaluation is Dialogue or exam essy-test (0-5), after training week
4) Competence assessment: fail-pass, after the training week
Retest: Theory, exam essee, Clinical skills, individual clinical skills evaluation

International connections

-

Student workload

27h x 5 theory
27h x 2 Clinical skills
A more detailed timetable can be found in learn

Content scheduling

Theory 5 credits
-includes independent study and theory teaching in theory workshops (themes of the workshops: pre- and postoperative nursing, pain, complications, anaesthesia, perioperative nursing, surgical specialties, review, dialogue or essay exam in Exam

Exercises 2 credits
-H1 clinical manual skills and operating room process -case
-H2 pain treatment + simulations, clinical skills + case work
-H3 Surgical patient treatment path -case
-H4 Complication simulations, medical resuscitation
- Competence assessment

Further information

-Students who meet the prerequisites are added to the learn platform and they are instructed via Peppi from the start of the course.
-Theory lessons are not mandatory, clinical skills trainin is mandatory

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Learn training exams must be done before the training week.
GENERAL EVALUATION CRITERIA
5 = almost complete answer, justification and understanding of context appear in the answer, good additions to colleagues' answers
4 = a little to be completed in the answer, the answer has tried to tie things together and find cause-effect relationships, additions to the colleague's answers
3 = answer core issues, little reasoning, no factual errors, little complementary answers
2 = illogical answer with few correct things, little justification, no life-threatening factual errors, few additions
1 = individual real issues for which no justification, answer one-sided, few additions, if any
0 = just some right things or participating in a conversation with little or no information
Retest: Retest in the exam as an essay exam. The 1st renewal can be done immediately, the 2nd renewal no earlier than 1 month after the previous assessment.

Objective

2 ECTS CREDITS
Mutual competence objectives (implementation determined by training-specific education or field of study):
You know the general stages of the research and development process.
You are able to systematically search for information in key data environments in your field.
You are able to read, critically evaluate and to utilize the literature and research publications in your field.
You know and are able to apply the principles of research ethics and reliability.
You are able to use your own field and thesis to produce a literature review applying the principles of scientific communication.

3 ECTS CREDITS
Competence objectives for education and training-specific areas of research and development methods:
You know the current research topics and development needs in your field.
You know and are able to apply key development approaches and / or research methods as well as ethical principles in your field.
You are able to document the research or development process according to the principles of professional and scientific communication.

Content

2 ECTS CREDITS
Content corresponding to the mutual competence objectives
What stages can the research and development process be divided into?
How do you find, read and evaluate research data in your field?
How do you prepare a literature review related to your field and thesis that utilizes reliable research data in accordance with scientific communication and ethical principles?

3 ECTS CREDITS To be specified depending on education or field of study
What are the main research areas and development needs in your field?
What are the approaches and / or research methods for developing your field and how do you practically apply them to the development needs of your field?
How do you report on the research or development process in accordance with professional and scientific communication and the ethical principles of your field?

Materials

Learn-material.

Teaching methods

Course consists of teaching and workshop work at campus and individual online tasks.

Employer connections

Not in this course.

Exam schedules

Assignments must be completed as per instructions and will be assessed on a scale of 0–5.

Student workload

3 ect.:81 hours

Further information

sari.engelhardt@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation in teaching and successfully completed learning tasks.

Objective

You know how to act responsibly as a student and member of the university community.
You know how to set your learning goals, plan your study and career path, monitor the progress of your studies and evaluate your own learning.
You know how to market your skills for working life.
You know how to further your working life and employment skills.
You know how to take accessibility and ecology into account in your operations.
Nationwide exam

Content

What is Xamk like as a learning community and environment?
How do you build your study and career plan?
How do you identify your skills and further your working life skills?
How do you promote your skills and strengthen your job search skills?
How do you further your readiness for employment and working life?
How do you take accessibility and ecology into account in your practices?
Nationwide exam

Materials

Study material will be in Learn

Employer connections

Not included

Student workload

2 x 27 hours. including active participation and written assignments.

Further information

jussi.mahonen@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Assessment methods and criteria

Passing the course requires attending the classes and completing the assigned tasks.

Objective

Nursing interventions

You understand your professional responsibilities and obligations and your actions promote patient safety.
You are able to create a good patient care relationship.
You are able to systematically monitor and evaluate the patient's well-being.
You have the basic knowledge of and the skills to carry out the key diagnostic tests needed in nursing.
You are able to respond to the need for care with nursing interventions and to document the process by entering structured nursing data using the FinCC system.
You are able to implement rehabilitation-promoting treatment and to work ergonomically.
You are able to implement the principles of safe pharmacotherapy.
You master the key principles of pain monitoring and assessment.
You are able to report according to the ISBAR protocol.
You master the basics of resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator.
You are able to encounter and care for a dying patient and support his or her close relations.
You recognize the signs of impending death and know how to prepare the deceased.

Aseptic practices in nursing

You know the principles of infection control and are able to apply your knowledge when practicing infection control.
You know the disadvantages of infections at the individual level.
You know the economic impact of infections on society.

Ergonomics

You know the legislation related to nursing ergonomics and know how to act accordingly.
You are capable of functioning in a customer-oriented manner in an aid situation.
You understand the principles of nursing that promote rehabilitation and know how to implement them in your work.
You are able to take into account environmental safety and risks in relocation and relief situations.
You are able to report and document the patient's assistance situation from the perspective of the patient’s functional status.

Documentation

You are able to document structured data in a manner that is analogous with the nursing process.
You are able to enter nursing data into the FinCC system to classify nursing diagnoses (FiCND), nursing interventions (FiCNI) and nursing outcomes (FiCNO)

Content

Nursing interventions

How do you encounter the patient / client in nursing situations and create a good patient care relationship?
How do you use the ABCDE protocol to assess patient well-being?
How do you use the NEWS criteria in the early detection of vital organ dysfunctions?
How do you document according to the ISBAR protocol?
How do you carry out nursing need assessments, nursing diagnosis, planning and implementation, and the evaluation of outcomes?
What are the theoretical foundations of central primary care and nursing interventions?
What are the theoretical foundations of central diagnostic studies?
What are the key methods for monitoring and assessing pain?
What are the fundamentals of basic resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator?
How do you encounter a dying patient and their close relations?
How do you carry out nursing care for a dying patient and prepare the deceased?

Aseptic practices in nursing

What are the pathogenic mechanisms of infectious diseases, the body's defense system and the means of preventing infectious diseases?
What are the principles of aseptic practices, standard precautions and precautionary measures?
What are the disadvantages and economic implications of infections at the individual and societal level?

Ergonomics

What is the legislation pertaining to nursing ergonomics and how do you comply with it?
How do you assess the patient's functional status and resources in an assistance situation?
How do you choose a safe method of assistance and the necessary assistive devices according to the patient's functional status?
What are the principles of rehabilitation nursing and how do you implement them?
How do you take the surroundings into account when considering safety and risks in relocation and relief situations?
How do you document and record the patient's assistance situation from a functional status perspective?

Documentation

How do you document the planning, implementation and evaluation of the treatment process in a customer-oriented manner?
How do you enter structured nursing data using the FinCC classification system (FiCND, FiCNI, FiCNO) and how do you enter free-form text? ?

Materials

Matherial in Learn.

Books (voluntary matherial):

Rautava-Nurmi H.,Westergård A., Henttonen T., Ojala M. & Vuorinen, S. 2012. or newer. Hoitotyön taidot ja toiminnot. SanomaPro: Helsinki
Veli-Jukka Anttila, Mari Kanerva, Maria Kuronen. 2018. Hoitoon liittyvien infektioiden torjunta.THL.

e-Books in English: Nurses! Test yourself in clinical skills. Traynor, M. 2012.
Books in English: Clinical skills. Roper T.A.

Preclinical training:
Practising is based on all the theoretical material on this course.

Teaching methods

Clinical nursing
Theory-studies at school and on-line 5 studypoints
Preclinical training at school 4 studypoints
Ergonomie 1 sp

Preclinical training is part of obligatory clinical training for EU-nurses. Every lesson is obligatory.
All the subjects are found from Learn-study-module.

Ergonomics-card gives you recognition of prior learning.

Regarding the documentation of patient data, theory studies and assignments are mandatory.

Employer connections

Clinical nursing 1 includes preclinical training (4 sp nursing, 1 sp ergonomy) at school.

Working life lecturer and possibly visiting patients.

Preclinical training subjects:
Aseptic performance
Ergonomics
Basic care
Wound care
Cathetrization and function of bowels
Nutrition and naso-gastric tube
Breathing
Circulation
Evaluation of a patient
Medical care
Fluid balance and care
Blood sampling
Hospice care

Ergonomy:

Exam schedules

Exam of basics of clinical training.

Evaluation of learning in practical skills: 1 hour/student

Evaluation of learning in ergonomie

Documentation: Documentation of patient data done as a group work using docca software.

International connections

-

Student workload

Theory: workload 5 x 27h = 135 h

Preclinical training: workload 4 x 16h = 64 h. 9 practical training-days (7-8h/day) and evaluation of learning. Opportunity to practise independantly at school.

Ergonomics: workload 1 x 16h

Content scheduling

Theory:
Self-acting studying and lectures, exam at the end. Evaluation 1-5 / fail.

Preclinical training: 9 obligatory practical days at school + evaluation of learning.

Ergonomics.

Documentation: 2 mandatory lectures and two documentation assignments. Evaluation passed/failed

Further information

Ergonomics: Satu Sällilä, satu.sallila@xamk.fi
Clinical care: Marjo Piispa, marjo.piispa@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam 70% has to be right, scale 1-5/fail.

Clinical care: Evaluation of learning: approved/failed

Ergonomics: Evaluation of learning: approved/failed

Objective

Patient safety
You understand the importance of patient safety in nursing settings.
You have command of the central tenets of patient safety.
You know how to promote patient safety and prevent patient safety incidents at different stages of the patient care process.
You are able to function immediately as the situation mandates in the event of a patient safety incident.

Data management in healthcare
You are able to comply with data protection and security requirements and the regulations of the social wellness and health care sector.
You are able to observe online etiquette, the rules and procedures that pertain to email, to take into account cyber security and also to safely use social media and electronic health information services from a professional perspective.

Evidence-based nursing
You understand what evidence-based practice is in the work and decision- making of a nurse.
You are capable of searching the most common health sciences databases and reading scientific publications.
You know how to use healthcare information technology, electronic databases and reporting tools.
You are able to apply evidence-based data in your work.

Ethical activities of the nurse
You know how to act in accordance with the ethical principles of your field.

Content

What contributes to an organization's patient safety culture?
What is the legislation of patient safety?
What are included in the following areas of patient safety: device safety, treatment safety, medication safety?
How are patient safety incidents prevented in patient care? How do you prevent dangerous incidents during patient care?
What do you do in the event of a patient safety incident?
How is patient safety ensured through effective teamwork, systematic work practices and via responding to risk situations that threaten patient safety?

Information management in healthcare
On what laws and regulations are healthcare data protection and security based?
How are data protection and security implemented in different client / patient care environments?
What constitutes confidentiality?
What do online etiquette, email rules and procedures, secure social media, and the use of e-health information services comprise from a professional perspective?
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Evidence-based practice
What is the role of the nurse in evidence-based practice?
How do you carry out safe and reliable practices in evidence-based nursing?
How do you implement care recommendations and consistent practices in nursing?
How do you search the most common health science databases?
How do you read and evaluate scientific publications?

Ethical activities of the nurse
What is your profession like?
What are the professional ethics of your field?

Materials

Learn material.

Teaching methods

From Lukkarikone or Tuudo, you can find lessons held in campus or online.

Employer connections

no

Exam schedules

Will be instructured in Learn.

International connections

no

Student workload

5x27h

Content scheduling

Ethics
Patient safety
Evidence based nursing
Data management

Further information

Be on time!

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Will be instructured on Learn.