•   Clinical nursing 1 SH00AC94-3028 01.08.2019-31.12.2019  15 credits  (SHSA18SM) +-
    Learning outcomes of the course
    Client-orientation
    • you value the patient/family/community member’s expertise concerning their own life
    • you are able to encounter clients as active participants in their own care
    • you are able to support the involvement of the client’s family in the care respecting the viewpoints and strengths of the client
    • you are able to engage in professional interaction with clients of different ages

    Ethics and professionality in nursing
    • you are able to assess and develop your own work and take responsibility for your actions
    • you are able to evaluate your own skills and development in interaction with others

    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 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 multi-professional network of experts
    • you are able to plan, administer and evaluate pharmacological treatment of various client groups
    • you are able to provide nursing care to different patients

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

    Patient education competence
    • you are able to plan, implement and evaluate 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

    Quality and safety of social and health care services
    • you understand your professional responsibility in ensuring and promoting patient safety
    • you are able to advise patients and their families in decision making concerning the treatment and the promotion of safety
    Prerequisites and co-requisites
    You have proven your competence in the following module:

    Clinical nursing 25 ECTS .
    Course contents
    Client-orientation
    • individual, family, community as a client
    • influence of health and illness on the clients’ life
    • strengths approach
    • role of the family and other significant people in client care
    • professional interaction, dialogue, client work skills, communication skills
    • influence of cultural background on the interaction and encounter with the client

    Ethics and professionality in nursing
    • Professional growth and development
    • Mentoring in the development process of professionality and expertise

    Clinical nursing
    • most common nursing procedures and diagnostic tests in clinical nursing
    • nursing intervention
    • national standardized electronic nursing documentation
    • national and international recommendations and guidelines on the treatment of various disease groups
    • infection prevention
    • aseptic technique
    • pharmacological treatment (pharmaceutical service, blood transfusions, dosage calculations)
    • nutrition therapy as part of the patient’s overall treatment
    • most common clinical diseases and used treatments and nursing interventions

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

    Patient education and teaching competence
    • patient education and teaching process: needs assessment, planning, implementation and documentation
    • use of information and communications technologies in patient education and communication

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

    Quality and safety of social and health care services
    • ergonomics
    • prevention and recognition of safety incidents
    • different areas of patient safety; equipment; treatment and medication safety
    • factors related to safety incidents and reporting of safety incidents
    • radiation safety

    Name of lecturer(s)

    Pirjo Heimo

    Mode of delivery

    Face-to-face

    Assessment methods and criteria

    Hyväksytty - hylätty (not translated)

    Language of instruction

    Tuition in Finnish

    Timing

    01.08.2019 - 31.12.2019

    Enrollment date

    15.08.2019 - 30.08.2019

    15 credits

    Group(s)
    • SHSA18SM
    Seats

    20 - 40

    Unit, in charge

    Kuntoutus- ja terveysalan koulutusyksikkö (not translated)

    Teacher(s)

    Pirjo Heimo, Marko Issakainen, Anu Muhonen, Anni Kemppainen

    Programme(s)

    Degree Programme in Nursing

    Unit location

    Savonlinna Campus

    Work placement(s)

    Sisätautien hoitotyön harjoittelu 7,5 op. (not translated)