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Internship: Medical Nursing PracticeLaajuus (10 cr)

Code: IN00BD01

Credits

10 op

Teaching language

  • English

Responsible person

  • Tiina Mäkeläinen

Learning objectives

The student is able to
- work in compliance with the ethical guidelines, values and principles of nursing care
- consider the questions of responsibility in nursing internal medicine and cancer patients at different stages of the disease, and when encountering terminally ill or dying patients and their friends and family members
- use evidence based practice in his or her work
- identify the symptoms of internal medicine and cancer patients, make an accurate assessment and select appropriate nursing interventions
- plan, implement, assess and document treatment in cooperation with the patient and family members
- safely administer medication and fluids and carry out a blood transfusion for an internal medicine patient. He or she also masters drug calculations.
- learn to address the lifestyle change and to support health promotion applying the resource-oriented approach
- learn to work in a multi-professional co-operation
- master ergonomically and aseptically correct ways of working
- assess and develop his or her skills in nursing internal medicine patients
- master intravenous cannulation

Content

Nursing internal medicine patients, resource-oriented health promotion guidance, intravenous cannulation

Further information

Possible travel and/or housing expenses.

Qualifications

Nursing Assessment and Nursing Interventions, Internship: Nursing Assessment and Interventions practice must be completed. Basics of Pharmacological Treatment and at least one set of drug calculations must be acceptably completed. Medical Nursing must be completed, in either full or an adequate part of it, according to the implementation plan.

Enrollment

01.12.2023 - 15.01.2024

Timing

15.01.2024 - 31.05.2024

Credits

10 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Teaching languages
  • English
Seats

1 - 32

Teachers
  • Heli Hiltunen
  • Okko Tervo
  • Roosa Vehkoja
  • Riikka Jehkinen
  • Ernest Aluoch
  • Taru Tikka
  • Tiina Mäkeläinen
  • Marja Gröhn-Rissanen
  • Sari Oderhohwo
Scheduling groups
  • G1/2 (Size: 13. Open UAS: 0.)
  • G2/2 (Size: 13. Open UAS: 0.)
  • G1/3 (Size: 12. Open UAS: 0.)
  • G2/3 (Size: 12. Open UAS: 0.)
  • G3/3 (Size: 12. Open UAS: 0.)
Student groups
  • IN23SP
    Nursing
Education groups
  • G1/2
  • G2/2
  • G1/3
  • G2/3
  • G3/3

Teaching methods

Internship in different nursing environments in hospitals, health centers. Participation in simulations(100%), seminars(100%) and workshops(100%). Assignments.

Alternative implementation methods

Assessment (270 hours of student work)

Internship five weeks (185h) equivalent of (37 hours/ week).

Student workload

Medical Nursing -Internship course, 10 ects. (270 hours of student work)

Internship, five weeks 185h
Internship ( placement, practice and purkku) info sessions = 10h
Seminars 1 x 4h = 4h
Simulations= 8h
Skill labs= 8h
PSP Discussion= 1 h
Tutor teacher lesson = 4h

Independent studies, 50 h

Practical training and working life cooperation

Medical Nursing -Internship course, 10 ects. (270 hours of student work)

Qualifications

Nursing Assessment and Nursing Interventions, Internship: Nursing Assessment and Interventions practice must be completed. Basics of Pharmacological Treatment and at least one set of drug calculations must be acceptably completed. Medical Nursing must be completed, in either full or an adequate part of it, according to the implementation plan.

Materials

Janice L. Hinkle, Kerry H. Cheever. 2013. Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing. 13th ed. Lippincot’s. Available on-line book.
-Current Care Guidelines (Käypä hoito) http://www.kaypahoito.fi/web/english/home
-Material in Moodle

Further information

Nursing Assessment and Nursing Interventions, Internship: Nursing Assessment and Interventions practice must be completed. Basics of Pharmacological Treatment and at least one set of drug calculations must be acceptably completed. Medical Nursing must be completed, in either full or an adequate part of it, according to the implementation plan.