Opinto-opas

Osaamistavoitteet

After completing th course, the student
- understands the importance of the nurse’s ethical guidelines and nursing values in his or her work.
- understands the importance of evidence based practice.
- explains the emergence of internal and oncological diseases, their symptoms, diagnostics and treatments, and care.
- can assesses the client's nursing needs in different nursing situations and environments.
- deepens his or her expertise in planning, implementing and assessing the treatment of internal medicine and cancer patients and document the process.
- knows the importance of service guidance in a situation of a patients with long-term illnesses and their closed ones.
- carry out nursing interventions..
- can apply nutrition and physical activity treatment.
- is familiar with the basics of the essential medical treatment of internal medicine and cancer patients.
- can provide resource-oriented mentoring for the patient’s self-care and lifestyle changes.
- understands and pays attention to the importance of closed ones and friends at different stages of the patient’s disease.
- can perform the required drug calculations accurately.

Sisältö

Evidence based decision-making process in nursing care and nutrition therapy of internal medicine and cancer patients.
Essential medicational care and drug calculations.
Psychosocial support for the client and the closed ones at different stages of the disease.
Ethics and health promotion, the client’s active role in self-care.
The most common internal diseases and diagnostics.
Documentation.
Infection prevention and control.
Encountering a terminally ill or dying patient (basics of palliative care).

Esitietovaatimukset

Nursing Assessment and Nursing Interventions 1 and 2.
Internship: Nursing Assessment and Interventions Practice.
Basics of Pharmacological Treatment.