Bases of Emergency CareLaajuus (10 cr)

Objective

Having competed the study unit the student
- understands professional interaction as a central part of an emergency nurse's professional competenceunderstands the importance of the principal of the patient's human value, equality and self-determination for good emergency care in various operational environmentsis
- able to recognize and anticipate disturbances in vital functions , life-threatening and other immediate care demanding dysfunctions following patient safetyis
- able to define the patient's state , place for further treatment, care during the transfer on the basis of care instructionsis
- able to instruct a patient, who was not transferred, on issues concerning further care

Content

professional interaction in emergency care
ethical special features of emergency care
patient safety
dysfunctions in vital functions, life-threatening and other situations demanding immediate care principles of situation
assessment definition of procedures
implementation of care
patient guidance and counselling demanded by the situation
regulations, instructions and licences outside the hospitalemergency nurse's responsibilities and obligations

Assessment criteria, good (3)

kiitettävä(5), hyvä (4-3), tyydyttävä (2-1), hylätty (o)