Practical training: Clinical laboratory practice 2Laajuus (3 cr)

Objective

Ethics and professionality in nursing
• you are able to assess and develop your own work and take responsibility for your actions

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 of 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 multiprofessional network of experts
• you are able to plan, administer and evaluate the pharmacological treatment of various client groups
• you are able to provide nursing care to patients with a various range of diseases

Evidence-based practice and decision making
• you are able to evaluate the 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 the nursing process in different environments

Patient education competence
• you are able to plan and implement 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

Content

Ethics and professionality in nursing
• professional growth and development

Clinical nursing
• most common procedures and diagnostic tests in clinical nursing
• nursing interventions
• national standardized electronic nursing documentation
• aseptic technique
• pharmacological treatment (dosage calculations)

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

Patient education competence
• patient education process: needs assessment and planning

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
c. work as a team member in expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field
e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices
f. promote the team’s goal-oriented operation
g. apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field

Qualifications

You have proven your competence in the following module:
Clinical nursing 25 ECTS

Materials

Practical training: Basics of professional nursing 30 ECTS

Further information

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