Clinical nursing 2 (15 cr)

Objective

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 in all phases of the treatment process

Content

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

Evaluation

Assessment criteria level 3, competence during the completion phase.
You know how to
c. work as a team member in expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field
d. evaluate operations in customer, user and target group situations
e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices
f. promote the team’s goal-oriented operation
g. apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

You have proven your competence in the following modules:

Clinical nursing 25 ECTS
Clinical nursing 1, 15 ECTS