Nursing in acute and intensive care (5 cr)
Code: HT00DT94-3011
General information
Enrollment
06.04.2022 - 22.04.2022
Timing
01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Tiia Laukkanen
- Marko Issakainen
- Tarja Turtiainen
Teacher in charge
Niina Luukkonen
Groups
-
SHSA20KPNursing, fulltime studies
Objective
You can apply information on anatomy and physiology, patophysiology, pharmacology and medical treatment in the planning, implementation and assessment of the patient's safe medical treatment.
You can assess the need for care of a patient needing urgent care.
You can estimate the need of immediate care systematically and can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
In cooperation with a multidisciplinary expert team, you can integrate nutrition therapy and guidance as part of comprehensive care in the treatment of a critically ill patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.
Content
How do you assess the care need of a patient who needs urgent care? (The assessment of the need for urgent care, ABCDE, News, assessment of the need for care of an emergency patient)
How do you act when taking care of patients needing urgent and/or intensive care, and in emergencies?
How do you estimate the need for nutrients of a critically or acutely ill patient, and how do you follow the fluid consumption/fluid balance?
How do you design, implement and assess the patient's medical treatment in acute and intensive nursing (Applied pharmacology)
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing? How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in an accident situation?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation and in radiation, nuclear, chemical or biological accidents?
How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?
Opiskelumateriaali
Ilmoitetaan opintojakson alussa.
Learn-alustalla oleva materiaali.
Yksilölliset oppimisväylät
Tarkemmat opintojaksotiedot täydentyvät kevään aikana ja kun opintojakso alkaa.
Tentit ja muut määräajat
Akuutti- ja tehohoitotyön Exam tentti opintojakson päätyttyä. Arviointi 1-5.
Opiskelijan työmäärä
1op = 27h, josta osa on lähiopetusta ja osa itseopiskelua
5op = 135h
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment methods and criteria
Arviointi numeerinen 1-5.
Qualifications
First year courses, theory of nursing in medical wards, surgical and perioperative nursing and gerontological nursing