Nursing in acute and intensive careLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

Ethics and professionality in nursing
• you are able to represent your client’s best interests and present yourself as a nursing professional in various teams
• you are able to produce, share and utilize expert competence in multidisciplinary teams, networks and partnerships

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 determine the patient’s need for urgent or emergency care
• you are able to support patients in need of acute care and their families
• you are able to administer and evaluate safe pharmacological treatment on patients in need of acute and intensive care
• you are able to support the functional ability and participation of a disabled person
• you are able to perform humane symptomatic treatment on critically ill patients

Evidence-based practice and decision making
• you are able to determine the content of necessary treatment and plan the treatment process based on standard decision-making procedures in acute and intensive care
• you are able to actively utilize research knowledge (recommendations, reports based on research evidence) in your decision making

Patient education competence
• you manage patient education as a method in acute and intensive nursing

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

Content

Ethics and professionality in nursing
• collegiality
• partnership work skills
• team work skills
• networking and co-operation networks

Clinical nursing
• procedures and diagnostic tests in acute and intensive nursing
• pharmacological treatment in acute and intencive care: pharmaceutical service, dosage calculations, IV-treatment, pharmacology and pharmacy
• assessment of the patient’s need for care
• operations in acute and emergency situations
• advanced life support
• injuries, multi-trauma patients
• encountering dying patients and their families
• nursing interventions in acute and intensive care

Evidence-based practice and decision making
• evaluation of the nursing process
• documentation in nursing

Patient education competence
• patient/client education

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

Evaluation

Assessment criteria level 3, competence during the completion phase.
You know how to
a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way
b. evaluate information sources critically
e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices
f. promote the team’s goal-oriented operation

Qualifications

You have proven your competence in the following modules and studies:

Module: Basics of professional nursing 30 ECTS
Module: Promotion of health and functional ability 15 ECTS
Study: Nursing in medical wards 5 ECTS
Study: Surgical and perioperative nursing 5 ECTS

Materials

Practical training: Basics of professional nursing 30 ECTS