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Clinical Training in Long Term NursingLaajuus (7 cr)

Code: BA00CP46

Objective

The student
- implements multi-professional nursing care for long term ill and aged patients while taking into consideration the patient's age, growth and development stage, the requirements of ethicality and the care and service setting.
- knows how to assess the resources of patients and their next-of-kin from different cultural backgrounds and knows how to support them in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
- plans, implements and evaluates nursing interventions for long term ill and aged patients and their next-of-kin facing common health changes and/or problems and/or crises medical conditions and/or disability and end of life.
- is competent in documentation and oral reporting.
- uses evidence-based interventions developed for medical conditions, infectious diseases to help, support and counsel patients and their next-of-kin.
- is competent in common nursing procedures and diagnostic examinations used as part of long term ill patients' comprehensive care.
- knows how to safely plan, implement and evaluate drug and fluid care and blood transfusions for adult and aged patients.
- knows how to implement nutritional care.
- knows how to support and promote long term ill and aged patients' and their next-of-kin's health and ability to function.
- is able to help and support patients and their next-of-kin in palliative and end-of-life nursing situations.
- is able to counsel and support patients and their next-of-kin in self-care and rehabilitation.
- is able to counsel patients before and after clinical examinations.
- observes asepsis and is able to explain why this is important in the care of long term ill patients.

Content

Practical training in settings which allow students to practice nursing among long term ill patients. eDrug Care Certificate. Writing and presentation of an assignment.

Qualifications

Registered Nurse's Core Competencies Modules I-II
Medication management and drug calculations
Medication and fluid care I

Clinical training in basics of clinical nursing

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail =0
The student
- is not adequately interested and competent in using the knowledge base of client-centered clinical nursing.
- cannot adequately explain his/her actions in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is not adequately able to apply the professional competence to client-centered clinical nursing.
- does not adequately use a client-centered approach or observe patient safety in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is not adequately capable of professional decision-making.
- does not adequately take into account safety or the ethical principles of the profession.
- is not adequately prepared to contribute to the development of client-centered clinical nursing.
- is not adequately familiar with or does not know how to use gerontological and medical nursing concepts.
- uses the nursing scientific knowledge base narrowly and is not adequately familiar with sources of information in gerontological or in medical nursing.
- does not follow Finnish working life rules.

Enrollment

01.05.2023 - 10.09.2023

Timing

09.10.2023 - 26.05.2024

Credits

7 op

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

1 - 30

Degree programmes
  • Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing
Teachers
  • Hanna Keski-Saari
  • Raila Kärnä
Student groups
  • MRN22
    Degree Programme in Nursing, Nursing Branch, Registered Nurse, RN, (UAS)

Objective

The student
- implements multi-professional nursing care for long term ill and aged patients while taking into consideration the patient's age, growth and development stage, the requirements of ethicality and the care and service setting.
- knows how to assess the resources of patients and their next-of-kin from different cultural backgrounds and knows how to support them in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
- plans, implements and evaluates nursing interventions for long term ill and aged patients and their next-of-kin facing common health changes and/or problems and/or crises medical conditions and/or disability and end of life.
- is competent in documentation and oral reporting.
- uses evidence-based interventions developed for medical conditions, infectious diseases to help, support and counsel patients and their next-of-kin.
- is competent in common nursing procedures and diagnostic examinations used as part of long term ill patients' comprehensive care.
- knows how to safely plan, implement and evaluate drug and fluid care and blood transfusions for adult and aged patients.
- knows how to implement nutritional care.
- knows how to support and promote long term ill and aged patients' and their next-of-kin's health and ability to function.
- is able to help and support patients and their next-of-kin in palliative and end-of-life nursing situations.
- is able to counsel and support patients and their next-of-kin in self-care and rehabilitation.
- is able to counsel patients before and after clinical examinations.
- observes asepsis and is able to explain why this is important in the care of long term ill patients.

Content

Practical training in settings which allow students to practice nursing among long term ill patients. eDrug Care Certificate. Writing and presentation of an assignment.

Evaluation scale

Passed/failed

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail =0
The student
- is not adequately interested and competent in using the knowledge base of client-centered clinical nursing.
- cannot adequately explain his/her actions in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is not adequately able to apply the professional competence to client-centered clinical nursing.
- does not adequately use a client-centered approach or observe patient safety in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is not adequately capable of professional decision-making.
- does not adequately take into account safety or the ethical principles of the profession.
- is not adequately prepared to contribute to the development of client-centered clinical nursing.
- is not adequately familiar with or does not know how to use gerontological and medical nursing concepts.
- uses the nursing scientific knowledge base narrowly and is not adequately familiar with sources of information in gerontological or in medical nursing.
- does not follow Finnish working life rules.

Qualifications

Registered Nurse's Core Competencies Modules I-II
Medication management and drug calculations
Medication and fluid care I

Clinical training in basics of clinical nursing

Enrollment

16.04.2022 - 07.09.2022

Timing

05.12.2022 - 19.03.2023

Credits

7 op

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing
Teachers
  • Riikka Halmesmäki
  • Terhi Voltti
Student groups
  • RN21
    Degree Programme in Nursing, Nursing Branch, Registered Nurse, RN, (UAS)

Objective

The student
- implements multi-professional nursing care for long term ill and aged patients while taking into consideration the patient's age, growth and development stage, the requirements of ethicality and the care and service setting.
- knows how to assess the resources of patients and their next-of-kin from different cultural backgrounds and knows how to support them in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
- plans, implements and evaluates nursing interventions for long term ill and aged patients and their next-of-kin facing common health changes and/or problems and/or crises medical conditions and/or disability and end of life.
- is competent in documentation and oral reporting.
- uses evidence-based interventions developed for medical conditions, infectious diseases to help, support and counsel patients and their next-of-kin.
- is competent in common nursing procedures and diagnostic examinations used as part of long term ill patients' comprehensive care.
- knows how to safely plan, implement and evaluate drug and fluid care and blood transfusions for adult and aged patients.
- knows how to implement nutritional care.
- knows how to support and promote long term ill and aged patients' and their next-of-kin's health and ability to function.
- is able to help and support patients and their next-of-kin in palliative and end-of-life nursing situations.
- is able to counsel and support patients and their next-of-kin in self-care and rehabilitation.
- is able to counsel patients before and after clinical examinations.
- observes asepsis and is able to explain why this is important in the care of long term ill patients.

Content

Practical training in settings which allow students to practice nursing among long term ill patients. eDrug Care Certificate. Writing and presentation of an assignment.

Teaching methods

Practical training

Further information

Open university of applied sciences students can participate in this course, if they have knowledge and skills of basic medications that are needed in registered nurses work. SeAMK UAS selects students who are qualified to take this course.

Evaluation scale

Passed/failed

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail =0
The student
- is not adequately interested and competent in using the knowledge base of client-centered clinical nursing.
- cannot adequately explain his/her actions in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is not adequately able to apply the professional competence to client-centered clinical nursing.
- does not adequately use a client-centered approach or observe patient safety in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is not adequately capable of professional decision-making.
- does not adequately take into account safety or the ethical principles of the profession.
- is not adequately prepared to contribute to the development of client-centered clinical nursing.
- is not adequately familiar with or does not know how to use gerontological and medical nursing concepts.
- uses the nursing scientific knowledge base narrowly and is not adequately familiar with sources of information in gerontological or in medical nursing.
- does not follow Finnish working life rules.

Qualifications

Registered Nurse's Core Competencies Modules I-II
Medication management and drug calculations
Medication and fluid care I

Clinical training in basics of clinical nursing