Skip to main content

Nursing in acute and intensive careLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: HT00DT94

Credits

5 op

Teaching language

  • Finnish

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

06.11.2023 - 17.11.2023

Timing

29.01.2024 - 31.07.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Leila Sikanen
  • Maria Koski
Scheduling groups
  • Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 15. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Pienryhmä 2 (Size: 15. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Pienryhmä 3 (Size: 15. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
  • SHMI21SP
    Nursing, full-time studies
Small groups
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Materials

Material on Learn and other learning material teacher indicates.

Teaching methods

You can perform the course by active studies in contact teaching and online working. The other way is to integrate the studies to work. In this case you need to show your expertise of your earlier working experience 1 month before the course starts.

Studying includes contact teaching and independent online work. The course includes study assigments, practice exams and final exam.

Employer connections

Possible expert lectures or working life visits.

Exam schedules

Final exam is supervised electronic exam. The deadlines for the learning tasks are announced at the beginning of the course in Learn.

Repetition exams will be held electronically in the exam room.

International connections

-

Student workload

5 ects =135h students work which includes contact lessons and independent studying

Further information

The earlier studies before the student can attend to this course:
-medical and surgical theory

The student needs to attend to the information lesson

100% attendance obligation in simulations, laboratory practice and seminar.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Completing the learning tasks like seminar presentation. Evaluation: complemented - passed.
Exam, evaluation: failed-1-5

The seminar chore can affect to the final grade.

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

06.11.2023 - 17.11.2023

Timing

12.02.2024 - 24.03.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Tiia Laukkanen
  • Marko Issakainen
  • Jaana Dillström
Teacher in charge

Marko Issakainen

Groups
  • SHSA21SP
    Nursing, fulltime studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

06.11.2023 - 17.11.2023

Timing

09.01.2024 - 09.02.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Tiia Laukkanen
  • Marko Issakainen
  • Jaana Dillström
Teacher in charge

Marko Issakainen

Groups
  • SHSA21SM
    Nursing, part-time studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

06.04.2023 - 21.04.2023

Timing

18.09.2023 - 31.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Leila Sikanen
  • Miia Myllymäki
Teacher in charge

Miia Myllymäki

Groups
  • THMI21KP
    Health care, fulltime studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Materials

Material on Learn and other learning material teacher indicates.

Teaching methods

You can perform the course by active studies in contact teaching and online working. The other way is to integrate the studies to work. In this case you need to show your expertise of your earlier working experience 1 month before the course starts.

Studying includes contact teaching and independent online work. The course includes study assigments, practice exams and final exam.

Employer connections

Possible expert lectures or working life visits.

Exam schedules

Final exam is supervised electronic exam. The deadlines for the learning tasks are announced at the beginning of the course in Learn.

Repetition exams will be held electronically in the exam room.

International connections

-

Student workload

5 ects =135h students work which includes contact lessons and independent studying

Further information

The earlier studies before the student can attend to this course:
-medical and surgical theory

The student needs to attend to the information lesson

100% attendance obligation in simulations, laboratory practice and seminar.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Completing the learning tasks like seminar presentation. Evaluation: complemented - passed.
Exam, evaluation: failed-1-5

The seminar chore can affect to the final grade.

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

06.04.2023 - 21.04.2023

Timing

01.08.2023 - 31.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Marko Issakainen
  • Niina Luukkonen
  • Tiia Laukkanen
Teacher in charge

Marko Issakainen

Groups
  • SHSA21KP
    Nursing, fulltime studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

20.03.2023 - 26.05.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 45

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Marjo Piispa
  • Sari Virkki
  • Mari Penttilä
  • Leena Kosunen
Teacher in charge

Leena Kosunen

Groups
  • SHKT21SM
    Nursing, part-time studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Materials

The study material is given in Learn.

Teaching methods

Studying includes contact teaching and independent online work. The course includes study assigments, practice exams and final exam.

Employer connections

Possible expert lectures or working life visits.

Exam schedules

Final exam is electronic exam in the exam rooms. The deadlines for the learning tasks are announced at the beginning of the course in Learn.
The practice exams must be taken before the pre-clinical practice 2, which is closely related to the course (separate registration).

Student workload

5 x 27 h , total 135 h

Content scheduling

-

Further information

Preconditions:
Approved courses
-Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology 5 ect
-Basics of clinical nursing 5 ect
-Patient safety and pharmacotherapy 5 ect
-Preclinical training, basics in nursing 4 ect
-Clinical training, basics in nursing
-Nursing in medical wards 5 ect
-Surgical and perioperative nursing 5 ect
-Preclinical training (nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Completing the learning tasks assigned to the student. Evaluation: complemented - passed.
Exam, evaluation: failed-1-5.

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

06.03.2023 - 31.05.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Leila Sikanen
  • Maria Koski
Groups
  • SHMI20SP
    Nursing, full-time studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

13.02.2023 - 31.05.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 45

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Marjo Piispa
  • Sari Virkki
  • Mari Penttilä
  • Leena Kosunen
Teacher in charge

Leena Kosunen

Groups
  • SHKT21SM2
    Nursing, part-time studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Materials

The study material is given in Learn.

Teaching methods

Studying includes contact teaching and independent online work. The course includes study assigments, practice exams and final exam.

Employer connections

Possible expert lectures or working life visits.

Exam schedules

Final exam is electronic exam in the exam rooms. The deadlines for the learning tasks are announced at the beginning of the course in Learn.
The practice exams must be taken before the pre-clinical practice 2, which is closely related to the course (separate registration).

Student workload

5 x 27 h , total 135 h

Content scheduling

-

Further information

Preconditions:
Approved courses
-Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology 5 ect
-Basics of clinical nursing 5 ect
-Patient safety and pharmacotherapy 5 ect
-Preclinical training, basics in nursing 4 ect
-Clinical training, basics in nursing
-Nursing in medical wards 5 ect
-Surgical and perioperative nursing 5 ect
-Preclinical training (nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Completing the learning tasks assigned to the student. Evaluation: complemented - passed.
Exam, evaluation: failed-1-5.

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

09.01.2023 - 26.03.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Leila Sikanen
  • Riitta Riikonen
  • Miia Myllymäki
  • Maria Koski
Groups
  • SHMI21KM
    Nursing, part-time studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

09.01.2023 - 17.03.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Marjo Piispa
  • Mari Penttilä
  • Leena Kosunen
Teacher in charge

Leena Kosunen

Groups
  • EHKT21SM
    Paramedic, part-time studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Materials

The study material is given in Learn.

Teaching methods

Studying includes contact teaching and independent online work. The course includes study assigments, practice exams and final exam.

Employer connections

Possible expert lectures or working life visits.

Exam schedules

Final exam is electronic exam in the exam rooms. The deadlines for the learning tasks are announced at the beginning of the course in Learn.
The practice exams must be taken before the pre-clinical practice 2, which is closely related to the course (separate registration).

Student workload

5 x 27 h , total 135 h

Content scheduling

-

Further information

Preconditions:
Approved courses
-Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology 5 ect
-Basics of clinical nursing 5 ect
-Patient safety and pharmacotherapy 5 ect
-Preclinical training, basics in nursing 4 ect
-Clinical training, basics in nursing
-Nursing in medical wards 5 ect
-Surgical and perioperative nursing 5 ect
-Preclinical training (nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Completing the learning tasks assigned to the student. Evaluation: complemented - passed.
Exam, evaluation: failed-1-5.

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

09.01.2023 - 24.03.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 35

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Health Care
Teachers
  • Marjo Piispa
  • Mari Penttilä
  • Leena Kosunen
Teacher in charge

Leena Kosunen

Groups
  • THKV21SP
    Health care, full-time studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Materials

The study material is given in Learn.

Teaching methods

Studying includes contact teaching and independent online work. The course includes study assigments, practice exams and final exam.

Employer connections

Possible expert lectures or working life visits.

Exam schedules

Final exam is electronic exam in the exam rooms. The deadlines for the learning tasks are announced at the beginning of the course in Learn.
The practice exams must be taken before the pre-clinical practice 2, which is closely related to the course (separate registration).

Student workload

5 x 27 h , total 135 h

Content scheduling

-

Further information

Preconditions:
Approved courses
-Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology 5 ect
-Basics of clinical nursing 5 ect
-Patient safety and pharmacotherapy 5 ect
-Preclinical training, basics in nursing 4 ect
-Clinical training, basics in nursing
-Nursing in medical wards 5 ect
-Surgical and perioperative nursing 5 ect
-Preclinical training (nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Completing the learning tasks assigned to the student. Evaluation: complemented - passed.
Exam, evaluation: failed-1-5.

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

01.01.2023 - 31.05.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Marko Issakainen
  • Tiia Laukkanen
Teacher in charge

Sari Pölönen

Groups
  • SHSA20SP
    Nursing, fulltime studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

01.01.2023 - 31.05.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Marko Issakainen
  • Tiia Laukkanen
Teacher in charge

Sari Pölönen

Groups
  • SHSA20SM
    Nursing, part-time studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

06.04.2022 - 22.04.2022

Timing

19.09.2022 - 02.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 30

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Leila Sikanen
  • Maria Koski
Groups
  • THMI20KP
    Health care, fulltime studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

06.04.2022 - 22.04.2022

Timing

29.08.2022 - 07.10.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Marjo Piispa
  • Mari Penttilä
  • Leena Kosunen
Teacher in charge

Leena Kosunen

Groups
  • SHKT21KP
    Nursing, full-time studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Materials

The study material is given in Learn.

Teaching methods

Studying includes contact teaching and independent online work. The course includes study assigments, practice exams and final exam.

Employer connections

Possible expert lectures or working life visits.

Exam schedules

Final exam is electronic exam in the exam rooms. The deadlines for the learning tasks are announced at the beginning of the course in Learn.
The practice exams must be taken before the pre-clinical practice 2, which is closely related to the course (separate registration).

Student workload

5 x 27 h , total 135 h

Content scheduling

-

Further information

Preconditions:
Approved courses
-Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology 5 ect
-Basics of clinical nursing 5 ect
-Patient safety and pharmacotherapy 5 ect
-Preclinical training, basics in nursing 4 ect
-Clinical training, basics in nursing
-Nursing in medical wards 5 ect
-Surgical and perioperative nursing 5 ect
-Preclinical training (nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Completing the learning tasks assigned to the student. Evaluation: complemented - passed.
Exam, evaluation: failed-1-5.

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

06.04.2022 - 22.04.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Savonlinna

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Tiia Laukkanen
  • Marko Issakainen
  • Tarja Turtiainen
Teacher in charge

Niina Luukkonen

Groups
  • SHSA20KP
    Nursing, fulltime studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

08.11.2021 - 21.11.2021

Timing

11.04.2022 - 27.05.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Marjo Piispa
  • Leena Kosunen
Teacher in charge

Leena Kosunen

Groups
  • EHKT21KP
    Paramedic, full-time studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Materials

The study material is given in Learn.

Teaching methods

Studying includes contact teaching and independent online work. The course includes study assigments and final exam.

Employer connections

Practices according to curriculum.

Exam schedules

Final exam is electronic exam in the exam rooms. The deadlines for the learning tasks are announced at the beginning of the course in Learn.

International connections

International student exchange possible.

Student workload

5 x 27 h , total 135 h

Content scheduling

-

Further information

Preconditions:
Approved courses
-Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology 5 ect
-Basics of clinical nursing 5 ect
-Patient safety and pharmacotherapy 5 ect
-Preclinical training, basics in nursing 4 ect
-Clinical training, basics in nursing
-Nursing in medical wards 5 ect
-Surgical and perioperative nursing 5 ect
-Preclinical training (nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Completing the learning tasks assigned to the student. Evaluation: complemented - passed.
Exam, evaluation: failed-1-5.

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

08.11.2021 - 21.11.2021

Timing

21.03.2022 - 03.06.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Marjo Piispa
  • Leena Kosunen
Teacher in charge

Leena Kosunen

Groups
  • SHKT20SM
    Nursing, part-time studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Materials

The study material is given in Learn.

Teaching methods

Studying includes contact teaching and independent online work. The course includes study assigments and final exam.

Employer connections

Practices according to curriculum.

Exam schedules

Final exam is electronic exam in the exam rooms. The deadlines for the learning tasks are announced at the beginning of the course in Learn.

International connections

International student exchange possible.

Student workload

5 x 27 h , total 135 h

Content scheduling

-

Further information

Preconditions:
Approved courses
-Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology 5 ect
-Basics of clinical nursing 5 ect
-Patient safety and pharmacotherapy 5 ect
-Preclinical training, basics in nursing 4 ect
-Clinical training, basics in nursing
-Nursing in medical wards 5 ect
-Surgical and perioperative nursing 5 ect
-Preclinical training (nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Completing the learning tasks assigned to the student. Evaluation: complemented - passed.
Exam, evaluation: failed-1-5.

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

08.11.2021 - 21.11.2021

Timing

24.01.2022 - 27.03.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Leila Sikanen
  • Maria Koski
Teacher in charge

Leila Sikanen

Scheduling groups
  • Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Pienryhmä 2 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Pienryhmä 3 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
  • SHMI20KM
    Nursing, part-time studies
  • SHMI20KMB
    Nursing, part-time studies
Small groups
  • Pienryhmä 1
  • Pienryhmä 2
  • Pienryhmä 3

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

08.11.2021 - 21.11.2021

Timing

10.01.2022 - 25.02.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Marjo Piispa
  • Leena Kosunen
Teacher in charge

Leena Kosunen

Groups
  • EHKT20SM
    Paramedic, part-time studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Materials

The study material is given in Learn.

Teaching methods

Studying includes contact teaching and independent online work. The course includes study assigments and final exam.

Employer connections

Practices according to curriculum.

Exam schedules

Final exam is electronic exam in the exam rooms. The deadlines for the learning tasks are announced at the beginning of the course in Learn.

International connections

International student exchange possible.

Student workload

5 x 27 h , total 135 h

Content scheduling

-

Further information

Preconditions:
Approved courses
-Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology 5 ect
-Basics of clinical nursing 5 ect
-Patient safety and pharmacotherapy 5 ect
-Preclinical training, basics in nursing 4 ect
-Clinical training, basics in nursing
-Nursing in medical wards 5 ect
-Surgical and perioperative nursing 5 ect
-Preclinical training (nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Completing the learning tasks assigned to the student. Evaluation: complemented - passed.
Exam, evaluation: failed-1-5.

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing

Enrollment

08.11.2021 - 21.11.2021

Timing

10.01.2022 - 18.02.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Marjo Piispa
  • Leena Kosunen
Teacher in charge

Leena Kosunen

Groups
  • THKV20SP
    Health care, full-time studies

Objective

You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?

Materials

The study material is given in Learn.

Teaching methods

Studying includes contact teaching and independent online work. The course includes study assigments and final exam.

Employer connections

Practices according to curriculum.

Exam schedules

Final exam is electronic exam in the exam rooms. The deadlines for the learning tasks are announced at the beginning of the course in Learn.

International connections

International student exchange possible.

Student workload

5 x 27 h , total 135 h

Content scheduling

-

Further information

Preconditions:
Approved courses
-Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology 5 ect
-Basics of clinical nursing 5 ect
-Patient safety and pharmacotherapy 5 ect
-Preclinical training, basics in nursing 4 ect
-Clinical training, basics in nursing
-Nursing in medical wards 5 ect
-Surgical and perioperative nursing 5 ect
-Preclinical training (nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Completing the learning tasks assigned to the student. Evaluation: complemented - passed.
Exam, evaluation: failed-1-5.

Qualifications

First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing