Perioperative nursingLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You can apply operational models securing patient safety in perioperative nursing.
You master the aseptic practices in your own work, in teamwork and in patient care.
You can apply the most commonly used methods of anesthesia, and are familiar with their indications and basic techniques.
You can use the key nursing and monitoring devices in perioperative nursing.
You master the registration and reporting principles of perioperative nursing.
You can describe the effects of illnesses appearing at various ages on anesthesia and its planning.
You are able to describe the physiology of pain and assess, plan and carry out evidence-based medication.
You are able to assess, plan and administer medication to surgical patients.
You can identify, prevent and treat surgical and anaestesic complications.
You can describe the key operating methods in specialist surgery.
You can work as a member of multiprofessional surgical teams and as a nurse in the operating room.
You are able to recognise your ethical challenges and responsibilities.
You can act responsibly in maintaining information security and privacy protection.
You can guide surgical (elective, emergency) patients so that they are committed to the treatment and you can act safely promoting their rehabilitation.
You recognise the significance of patients' families in rehabilitation.
You master surgical patients' preoperative and postoperative monitoring and nursing.
You can carry out intraoperative nursing with support.

Content

How do you ensure patient safety and follow the principles of aseptics in multiprofessional teamwork in the various nurses' roles in the operation room?
How do you carry out and assess patient care before, during and after anaesthesia?
How do you carry out and assess patient care before, during and after surgical operation?
What is the equipment used in anaesthesia and in the operation room, and what maintenance actions do they require?
How do you document and report patients' care at different stages of anaesthesia and operation room nursing?
How do you assess, design and carry out surgical patients' medical treatment and pain relief?
How do you identify, prevent and manage the complications of surgery and anaesthesia?
What are the central operation methods in the different fields of surgery?
How do you operate ethically in challenging situations?
How do you operate responsibly in maintaining information security and privacy protection?
How do you guide surgical patients (elective, day surgical, emergency) to ensure they are committed to care, and how do you operate safely and promote their rehabilitation?
How do you support surgical patients' family members in terms of rehabilitation?

Evaluation

Based on level 3 of graduation-level competence in Xamk's assessment guidelines
students can:
• use professional vocabulary and concepts in different situations.
• carry out unfamiliar interrelated tasks fluently.
• work in teams in a goal-oriented way.