Study Guide

Objective

The student
-is capable of working in a multi-professional team and is able to consider the patient's age, growth and development stage.
-is able to assess the resources of patients and their next-of-kin coming from different cultural backgrounds.
-is able to take this assessment into consideration when planning, implementing and evaluating the perioperative nursing.
-can plan, implement and evaluate nursing interventions for patients and their next-of-kin facing common perioperative situations.
-can use evidence-based implementations developed for perioperative nursing to help, support, and counsel patients and their next-of-kin.
-knows how to act aseptically.
-is competent in common nursing procedures and diagnostic examinations used as part of perioperative nursing.
-knows how to support and promote perioperative patients' and their next-of-kin's health, self-care, rehabilitation and ability to function.
-applies their knowledge of key conditions requiring surgical intervention in different phases of perioperative nursing care of a patient.

Content

Major conditions requiring surgical intervention (surgery and surgical specialties)
Pre-, intra- and post-operative nursing care
Interventions and methods used in the nursing care of perioperative patient
Drug Care and Drug Calculations
Skill-labs and simulations

Qualifications

Registed Nurse`s Competence in Basics of Clinical Nursing
Evidence-Based Clinical Competence of Registered Nurses1

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-2
The student
- uses the knowledge foundation of client-centered clinical nursing narrowly.
- on a satisfactory level, seeks information and uses evidence-based knowledge to explain his/her actions in client-centered clinical nursing.
- on a satisfactory level, implements his/her competence in client-centered clinical nursing in various nursing/public health nursing situations.
- is capable of client-centered and safe clinical practice based on ethical principles.
- possesses adequate skills in client-centered clinical decision-making.
- is to some extent prepared to develop client-centered clinical nursing.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4
The student
- competently and extensively uses the concepts and knowledge of client-centered clinical nursing.
- evaluates and critically uses evidence-based knowledge in client-centered clinical nursing.
- implements his/her competence in client-centered clinical nursing in an anticipatory manner and is capable of independent decision-making in various client-centered clinical nursing situations.
- is capable of client-centered, responsible and safe clinical practice.
- applies alternative solutions to decision-making in client-centered clinical nursing.
- evaluates action and safety in client-centered clinical nursing based on professional ethical principles of nursing.
- acts as an expert of client-centered clinical nursing in multidisciplinary teams and projects in collaboration with people who represent different cultures.
- purposefully develops himself/herself and the working community in client-centered clinical nursing.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5
The student
- demonstrates competence in the nursing scientific knowledge base and competently applies this knowledge to client-centered clinical nursing.
- independently seeks, uses and critically evaluates international evidence-based nursing scientific knowledge in client-centered clinical nursing.
- implements his/her competence in client-centered clinical nursing in an anticipatory manner and is capable of independent decision-making in various client-centered clinical nursing situations.
- assumes responsibility for the patient's/client's care and service process in client-centered clinical nursing.
- creates innovative alternative solutions to decision-making in client-centered clinical nursing.
-develops action and safety based on the professional ethics of nursing in client-centered clinical nursing.
-as an expert of client-centered clinical nursing, develops action in multidisciplinary teams and projects in collaboration with people who represent different cultures.
- develops himself/herself, the profession and practice in client-centered clinical nursing purposefully, with a career-oriented approach.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail = 0
The student
- does not adequately appreciate or use the knowledge base of client-centered clinical nursing.
- is not adequately able to give reasons for his/her chosen actions in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is not adequately able to apply his/her knowledge of client-centered clinical nursing.
- is not capable of adequate client-centered and safe clinical practice.
- does not possess adequate decision-making skills for client-centered clinical nursing.
- does not adequately take into consideration safety or ethical principles in client-centered clinical nursing.
- is not prepared to develop client-centered clinical nursing.