Surgical and perioperative nursing (5 cr)
Code: SH00AC89-3021
General information
Enrollment
15.08.2019 - 30.08.2019
Timing
21.10.2019 - 20.12.2019
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
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Emergency Care
Teachers
- Katri Rissanen
- Leena Kosunen
Teacher in charge
Katri Rissanen
Groups
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EHKT18SM
Objective
Clinical nursing
• you are able to perform the main clinical nursing tasks and diagnostic tests as part of the overall care for a surgical patient
• you are able to treat a surgical patient
• you are able to administer and evaluate safe pharmacological treatment
• you are able to support the functional ability and participation of a disabled person
Evidence-based practice and decision making
• you are able to determine the surgical patient’s need for care and plan nursing interventions according to the decision making process
• you are able to actively utilize research knowledge (recommendations, reports based on research evidence) in nursing decision making
Patient education competence
• you manage patient education as part of nursing work in surgical and perioperative care
Quality and safety of social and health care services
• you understand your professional responsibility in ensuring and
promoting patient safety
• you are able to promote patient safety in all phases of the patient’s
treatment process
Content
Clinical nursing
• most common procedures and diagnostic tests in surgical care
• most common diseases and symptoms requiring surgical care
• pre, intra- and postoperative care
• nursing interventions in the care of the surgical patient
• injuries
• pharmacological treatment in surgical and pre-, intra-, and postoperative care: pharmaceutical service, dosage calculations, blood transfusions, pharmacology and pharmacy
Evidence-based practice and decision making
• evaluation of the nursing process
• documentation in nursing
Patient education competence
• patient/client education
Quality and safety of social and health care services
• radiation safety
Evaluation scale
1-5
Qualifications
You have proven your competence in the following modules:
Basics of professional nursing 30 ECTS
Promotion of health and functional ability 15 ECTS