Internship: Nursing Assessment and Interventions PracticeLaajuus (10 cr)
Code: IN00BL69
Credits
10 op
Teaching language
- English
Responsible person
- Tiina Mäkeläinen
- Ernest Aluoch
Learning objectives
After completing the course, student is able to
- work in accordance with the nursing values, principles and regulations
- act while understanding the limits of their responsibility
- act in professional interactions while respecting the individuality and diversity of the client/patient
- identify client’s/patient’s nutritional health, daily functional ability and need for nursing care
- help clients/patients maintain their functional abilities and advise them on basic nutrition issues and provide respectful nursing care
- work aseptically correctly according to the infection prevention and control principles
- use essential nursing methods and instruments
- recognize the principles of dialogic interaction
Content
- aseptic and Infection prevention and control
- nursing interventions: taking care of hygiene, nutrition therapy, fluid therapy and secretion
- vital functions: monitoring blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature, consciousness and blood sugar
- medical treatment: implementing medical treatment and monitoring the effectiveness
- functional ability and nutrition: monitoring daily functional ability and assessing nutritional health
- structural documentation
- appreciative encounter and dialogic interaction with the client/patient
Further information
Possible travel and/ or housing expenses.
Qualifications
- Nursing Assessment and Interventions
- Nursing Assessment and Interventions Clinical skills
- Anatomy, Physiology and Diagnostic Examinations 1
- Basics of Pharmacological Treatment
All above course must be completed either entirely or adequate parts according to the implementation plan. The Clinical Skills Exam of Nursing Assessment and Intervention course must be completed.
Enrollment
01.08.2024 - 15.09.2024
Timing
07.10.2024 - 31.07.2025
Credits
10 op
RD proportion (cr)
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
0 - 30
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Okko Tervo
- Katri Huuskola
- Anne-Marika Partanen
- Ernest Aluoch
- Milla Roth
- Tiina Mäkeläinen
- Salla Lommi
Scheduling groups
- G1/3 (Size: 12. Open UAS: 0.)
- G2/3 (Size: 12. Open UAS: 0.)
- G3/3 (Size: 12. Open UAS: 0.)
Student groups
-
IN24SPNursing
Education groups
- G1/3
- G2/3
- G3/3
Teaching methods
5 weeks internship in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
Alternative implementation methods
RPL
Student workload
Length of internship: five (5) weeks, 185 hours (37 -40 hours/ week)
Practical training and working life cooperation
5 weeks internship in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
Qualifications
- Nursing Assessment and Interventions
- Nursing Assessment and Interventions Clinical skills
- Anatomy, Physiology and Diagnostic Examinations 1
- Basics of Pharmacological Treatment
All above course must be completed either entirely or adequate parts according to the implementation plan. The Clinical Skills Exam of Nursing Assessment and Intervention course must be completed.
Further information
More detailed information can be found in our Moodle course platform.