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Nursing Assessment and Interventions, Clinical SkillsLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: IN00BC95

Credits

5 op

Teaching language

  • English

Responsible person

  • Ernest Aluoch

Learning objectives

After competing the course, the student is able to
- work in accordance with the ethical guidelines, values and principles of nursing.
- pay attention to and promote patient safety.
- assess the client’s needs, choose and use the appropriate nursing interventions to promote health and functional ability.
- use the ABCDE-method to examine the patient’s vital signs.
- guide the client/patient in daily activities according to the principles of rehabilitative nursing.
- explain what shoud be documented about the patient's/client's daily activities and health.
- work aceptically and pays attention to the transmission-based precautions.
- pay attention to safety of food hygiene in patient care.
- identifie the nutritional condition and is able to provide enteral nutrition to the patient.
- recognize the need for change and use methods that promote health and functional ability to achieve goals.
- master the basics and the essential methods of first aid and resuscitation.
- work ergonomically correctly.

Content

- Nursing assessment and interventions (assisting in daily activities, enteral nutrition, secretion, ABCDE-protocol: monitoring and nursing of vital fuctions. Deseased care).
- Professional interaction and guiding the client/patient in nursing care.
- Patient safety.
- Nursing documentation according to the Finnish classification of nursing diagnoses, the national documentation model, use of the Docca software.
- Asptics, Infection prevention and control.
- Personal and food hygiene.
- First aid.
- Ergonomics.

Qualifications

Nursing Assessment and Interventions commenced.

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Enrollment

01.08.2023 - 15.09.2023

Timing

11.09.2023 - 01.03.2024

Credits

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Teaching languages
  • English
Seats

0 - 25

Teachers
  • Okko Tervo
  • Henna Lehikoinen
  • Petra Nissinen
  • Petri Suohovi
  • Tiina Hirvonen
  • Riikka Jehkinen
  • Anne-Marika Partanen
  • Sanna Leinonen
  • Ernest Aluoch
Scheduling groups
  • G1/3 (Size: 10. Open UAS: 0.)
  • G2/3 (Size: 10. Open UAS: 0.)
  • G3/3 (Size: 10. Open UAS: 0.)
Student groups
  • IN23SP
    Nursing
Education groups
  • G1/3
  • G2/3
  • G3/3

Teaching methods

- Participation in exercises (100%), skill labs (100%) and completion of required preliminary assignments.
- Participation of theory lectures
-Accepted completion of documentation exercises.
-A passed skills examination.
-Participation in ergonomics and nutrition tasks (100%) .

Student workload

Working hours required for this study module: 27 hours x 5cr = 135 hours

Theory lectures = 9 hours
Skill labs = 46 hours
Skills Exam - 6 hours
Independent studies/preparing for exams and skill labs - 74 hours

Qualifications

Nursing Assessment and Interventions commenced.

Materials

To be announced at the beginning of the course. Material in Moodle.

Perry, A., Potter, P.A., Stockert, P. & Hall, A. 2019. Essentials for Nursing Practice. 9th Edition. Elsevier. E-book available

Perry, A., Potter, P.A., & Ostetendorf, W.F. 2018. Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques. 9th Edition. Elsevier. E-book available from 2014 edition.

Further information

All the skill labs and theory lectures (Resuscitation + Ergonomics) are compulsory and requires 100 % attendance to complete the course.