Study Guide

Objective

- The student can prevent infections and understand the meaning of asepsis in nursing. The student can apply the infection prevention principles and explain why these principles are important in clinical nursing.
- The student understands the meaning of individual, family and resource-centered nursing, the effect of health and illness on the client's life. The student also understands the meaning of sustainable development in nursing.
- The student can practice most common hand skills needed in nursing. And students will be able to respond to the need for care using evidence-based nursing support methods.
- The student can assess the patient's need for treatment using appropriate clinical and physiological assessment and measurement methods.
- The student is able to take into account the need and function of nutrition in the organism during nutritional care, guidelines for healthy nutrition to prevent prevalent diseases, challenges in the nutrition of people of different ages. And the student understands how to use Finnish nutrition recommendations.
- The student can document the nursing plan and understand the meaning of the documentation.
-The student is able to document according to the national structured documentation model.

Content

Under supervision the student practices:
- Infection control and asepsis in nursing.
- Individual- and family-centered nursing, resource-oriented nursing, the impact of health and illness on the life of the client.
- Assessment of care needs.
- Monitoring the patient's basic vital functions.
- Key nursing intervention methods.
- Special activities (urinary and bowel function)
- Skin and wound care.
- Pain management.
- Sleep management.
- In nutritional care, the need for and role of nutrients in the body, dietary recommendations for health promotion and prevention of common diseases, nutritional challenges of different age groups.
- Spirituality and culture in nursing.
- End of life care.
- Legal obligations and other guidelines on safety in the health care setting, e.g. how to deal with needlestick accidents and a safe care environment.
- National structured documentation model for nursing care.
- Basics of clinical nursing, bedside testing.
- Monitoring the patient's vital functions by using ABCDE-protocol and NEWS.

Materials

Essentials for Nursing Practice, 9th edition, 2019.
Book:Essentials for Nursing Practice, ninth edition, 2019
Infection Prevention and Control; pages 235-266
Safety; pages 782-803
Hygiene; pages 812-850
Nutrition; pages 972-1000
Urinary Elimination; pages 1018-1046
Bowel Elimination; pages 1059-1083
Sleep; pages 917-937
Pain Management; pages 939-965
Spiritual Health; pages 578-595
Skin Integrity and Wound Care; pages 1100-1137
Informatics and Documentation; pages 157-176

Teaching methods

Online teaching, flipped learning, face-to-face teaching, independent tasks, exam

Student workload

1ECTS = 27h student work

Further information

Skills labs are obligatory.
The course is conducted in Finnish and English

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-2
The student
- searches for information required in individual situations in client-centered clinical nursing.
- demonstrates that he/she is able to some extent to use the knowledge base of client-centered clinical nursing.
- makes a difference between everyday knowledge and evidence-based knowledge in client-centered clinical nursing.
- follows instructions, is competent to work in individual client-centered clinical nursing situations.
- demonstrates that he/she knows the ethical principles for registered nurses in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is competent to work as a member of a team and shares some of his/her knowledge in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is able to analyze his/ her strengths and development needs in client-centered clinical nursing.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4
The student
- searches various sources for information required in client-centered clinical nursing and actively familiarizes himself/ herself with the knowledge base of client-centered clinical nursing.
- uses and applies evidence-based knowledge in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is competent to implement responsible and safe client-centered clinical nursing.
- at work, in client-centered clinical nursing, observes ethical principles for registered nurses.
- is competent to work as a member of a team, following the principles of client-centered clinical nursing and sharing knowledge.
- develops himself/herself and his/her competence in client-centered clinical nursing.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5
The student
- searches various sources for information required in client-centered clinical nursing and is able to explain its use in client-centered clinical nursing.
- uses and applies evidence-based knowledge in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is competent to implement responsible and safe client-centered clinical nursing.
- can explain his/her actions in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is able to solve tasks and problems in client-centered clinical nursing.
- can give reasons for his/her actions based on the ethical principles of registered nurses.
- is competent to work as a member of a team and shares his/her knowledge in client-centered clinical nursing.
- systematically develops himself/herself and his/her competence in client-centered clinical nursing.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail=0
The student
- does not know how to search for information required in individual situations in client-centered clinical nursing.
- cannot demonstrate the ability to use the knowledge base of client-centered clinical nursing.
- does not make a difference between everyday knowledge and evidence-based knowledge in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is not competent to work in individual client-centered clinical nursing situations even if instructed.
- cannot demonstrate awareness of the ethical principles for registered nurses in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is not competent to work as a member of a team or to share knowledge in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is unable to analyze his/her strengths or development needs in client-centered clinical nursing.

Assessment methods and criteria

Documentation: Moodletasks and documentation task in Docca
Exam (Numerical evalution 1-5).