Nursing in acute and intensive care and preclinical training (6 cr)

Objective

You can apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive care nursing.
You can apply your skills in the key nursing methods of acute and intensive care nursing.
You know how to act in accordance with the principles that promote rehabilitation.
You can systematically assess the need and urgency of a patient's care.
You can act in acute care situations and emergencies.
You know how to plan, implement and evaluate a patient's medication.
You can apply the basics of IV-fluid therapy in the care of an acute patient.
You can apply your knowledge about injuries when threating an injured person.
You can apply ethical principles in acute and intensive care.
You can begin the immediate rescue operations independently and can carry out measures in crises and catastrophe situations.

Content

How do you apply evidence based knowledge in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you assess the need of treatment a patient who needs urgent care?
How do you apply your skills in the key nursing methods of acute and intensive care nursing?
How do you implement treatment resuscitation?
How do you support the functional ability of an injured person in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you plan, implement and evaluate a patient's medication?
How do you assess nutrient requirements and fluid balance in acute and intensive care nursing?
How do you apply the basics of IV-fluid therapy in the care of an acute patient?
How do you support the ability of a disabled person to function in acute and intensive care work?
How do you take into account the ethical questions in acute and intensive nursing?
How do you operate in a crisis and catastrophe situation?

Course material

The study material and information for preclinical training is given in Learn.

Study forms and methods

You can perform the course by active studies in contact teaching and online working. The other way is to integrate the studies to work. In this case you need to show your expertise of your earlier working experience 1 month before the course starts.

Studying includes contact teaching and independent online work. The course includes study assigments, practice exams and final exam.

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RDI and work-related cooperation

Possible expert lectures or working life visits.

Timing of exams and assignments

Final exam is supervised electronic exam. The dates will be announced at the beginning of the course. The exam is assessed on a numerical scale from fail 0 to excellent K5. The exam is considered passed when 50% of the answers are correct. A passing grade can be improved once (the better performance will be recorded in the final assessment). A failing grade can be retaken twice within one year.

The assigned learning tasks in the course must be approved before the end of the course.

International cooperation

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Student workload

6 ects = 162h

The workload is divided between contact teaching (laboratories, simulations) and independent study. The course also includes optional webinars.

Course part description

The course includes 3 credits of joint theory instruction and 3 credits of campus-specific exercises, such as laboratories and simulations.

Further information

The earlier studies before the student can attend to this course:
The student must have completed or be in the process of completing the theoretical courses in internal medicine and surgical nursing, as well as the pre-clinical exercises. The student is required to confirm the fulfillment of prerequisites at the beginning of the course on the LEARN platform. If it is revealed that the student has falsely claimed to have completed the prerequisite studies, it constitutes academic dishonesty, and the course may be rejected.

In simulations, laboratories, and seminar days 100% attendance is mandatory.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Theory:
Completing the learning tasks assigned to the student. Evaluation: complemented - passed.
Exam, evaluation: failed-1-5.

Preclinical training:
Activity in training days (100% attendance) and approved evaluation of learning

Qualifications

On suorittanut Hoitotyön ammatilliset perusteet opintokokonaisuuden ja Kliinisen hoitotyön perusharjoittelun. On suorittanut Terveyden edistämisen opintokokonaisuuden. On osallistunut Kliininen hoitotyö I opintokokonaisuuteen.