Study Guide

Objective

Client-orientation
• you value the patient/family/community member’s expertise concerning their own life
• you are able to encounter clients as active participants in their own care
• you are able to support the involvement of the client’s family in the care respecting the viewpoints and strengths of the client
• you are able to engage in professional interaction with clients of different ages

Ethics and professionality in nursing
• you are able to assess and develop your own work and take responsibility for your actions
• you are able to evaluate your own skills and development in interaction with others

Clinical nursing
• you are able to perform the main nursing procedures and diagnostic tests as part of the overall patient care
• you are able to evaluate the patient’s need of care based on appropriate clinical and physiological assessment, prioritize the needs, and document them in compliance with structurally coherent classification
• you understand the principles and are able to explain the significance of infection control
• you understand the onset mechanisms of diseases and the resulting changes in the body
• you are able to integrate nutrition therapy and education in co-operation with a multi-professional network of experts
• you are able to plan, administer and evaluate pharmacological treatment of various client groups
• you are able to provide nursing care to different patients

Evidence-based practice and decision making
• you are able to evaluate the clinical nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation) and assess nursing interventions according to the decision making process
• you are able to utilize multidisciplinary evidence-based knowledge in nursing process in different environments

Patient education competence
• you are able to plan, implement and evaluate patient education in a client- and group-oriented manner
• you are able to use client-oriented patient education methods appropriate to the situation
• you are able to appropriately use existing patient education materials

Operational environment in social and health care
• you master the use of the most important care and monitoring equipment needed in clinical nursing
• you are familiar with the use of patient record systems

Quality and safety of social and health care services
• you understand your professional responsibility in ensuring and promoting patient safety in all phases of the treatment process

Content

Client-orientation
• individual, family, community as a client
• influence of health and illness on the clients’ life
• strengths approach
• role of the family and other significant people in client care
• professional interaction, dialogue, client work skills, communication skills
• influence of cultural background on the interaction and encounter with the client

Ethics and professionality in nursing
• Professional growth and development
• Mentoring in the development process of professionality and expertise

Clinical nursing
• most common nursing procedures and diagnostic tests in clinical nursing
• nursing intervention
• national standardized electronic nursing documentation
• national and international recommendations and guidelines on the treatment of various disease groups
• infection prevention
• aseptic technique
• pharmacological treatment (pharmaceutical service, blood transfusions, dosage calculations)
• nutrition therapy as part of the patient’s overall treatment
• most common clinical diseases and used treatments and nursing interventions

Evidence-based practice and decision making
• problem solving process
• evaluation of the nursing process
• data search
• utilization of research knowledge
• evidence-based practice and decision making

Patient education and teaching competence
• patient education and teaching process: needs assessment, planning, implementation and documentation
• use of information and communications technologies in patient education and communication

Operational environment in social and health care
• use of care and monitoring equipment
• use of patient record systems

Quality and safety of social and health care services
• ergonomics
• prevention and recognition of safety incidents
• different areas of patient safety; equipment; treatment and medication safety
• factors related to safety incidents and reporting of safety incidents
• radiation safety

Qualifications

You have proven your competence in the following modules:

Clinical nursing 25 ECTS
Clinical nursing 1, 15 ECTS

Materials

Module: Family and community-centred nursing 25 ECTS
Module: Evidence-based nursing 25 ECTS