Surgical and perioperative nursingLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You know how to apply your knowledge on key surgical illnesses when nursing perioperative patients at different stages.
You master the key nursing methods of a surgical and perioperative patient.
You master the aseptic practices in your own work and in patient care.

You master the operating models preventing complications and promoting rehabilitation in nursing perioperative patients.
You can work utilizing operating models that promote patient and work safety.
You can apply your knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology to surgical and perioperative nursing.
You can carry out the medication of a surgical and perioperative patient safely utilizing applied pharmacology.
You know the principles of safe transfusion.
You can carry out evidence-based pain management.
You know how to apply guidance and teaching methods to surgical and perioperative nursing.
You are able to apply evidence-based information to surgical and perioperative nursing.
You are able to document the surgical and perioperative nursing process and summary in a nationally uniform way

Content

What are the most common illnesses and disabilities that require surgical care?
What are the aims and methods of pre-, intra-, and postoperative nursing?

How is the observation and treatment of a patient carried out at the different stages of pre-, intra-, and postoperative nursing?
How do you utilize the methods of systematic assessment of a patient in postoperative nursing? NEWS, ABCDE?
What are the key treatments and nursing methods used at different stages in nursing surgical patients?
What are the key treatments and nursing methods used in nursing perioperative patients?
How is patient safety ensured at different nursing stages?
What are the key medicine groups in surgical nursing?
How is safe medication planned, carried out and assessed at the stage of pre-, intra-, and postoperative nursing?
How is medicinal and non-medicinal pain management assessed, planned and carried out?
How do you apply evidence-based information to surgical and perioperative nursing?
How is transfusion carried out safely?
How do you guide a patient and make him/her committed to self-care?

Accomplishment methods

Students can:
• use the professional concepts of surgical and perioperative nursing consistently.
• search for information in key professional sources.
• perceive tasks as a whole.
• use the eky methods os surgical and perioperative nursing.
• use evidence-based information to justify one’s actions.