Study Guide

Objective

The student understands the legislation and care pathways in outpatient nursing. The student implements multi-professional practice and outpatient nursing while taking into consideration the patient's age, growth and development stage, the requirements of ethicality and the care and service setting. The student knows how to assess the resources of patients and their next-of-kin from different cultural backgrounds. The student is able to plan, implement and evaluate practice, need of care and outpatient nursing. The student can use evidence-based interventions developed for practice and outpatient nursing to help, support and counsel patients and in consultation situations. The student can observe asepsis and knows how to monitor patients in practice and outpatient nursing. The student is competent in common nursing procedures and diagnostic examinations used as part of patients' total care. The student knows how to support and promote health, ability to function and self-care in patients and next-of-kin of all ages in practices and in outpatient clinics and is able to use health technology and digital guidance methods as part of the care.

Content

Assessing the need of care, health promotion, self-care support and rehabilitation in nursing in out-patient clinics. The national documentation model for nursing. Assessment of nursing needs and monitoring vital functions of patients in nursing in out-patient clinics. The use of health technology as part of nursing. Asepsis in out-patient nursing. Multi-professionalism in out-patient nursing. Assessing the need of care in practice, on the phone and digitally online. Assessing the need of care in most common medical, neurological, surgical, ear, nose and throat diseases and infectious diseases. Secures the continuity of care. Counselling of patients and their next-of-kin. A safe nursing environment and occupational safety. The student follows sustainable development while working.

Materials

Materials on Moodle
Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 14th Edition

Teaching methods

Independent studies, lessons
skill labs
simulations

Exam schedules

Exam in the moodle, Teachers give instructions

Student workload

1 ECTS= 27h student work

Further information

Skill labs and simulations are mandatory

Evaluation scale

1-5

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 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 are 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 in 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 the chosen action 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
- the student does not participate in lab skills and in simulations

Assessment methods and criteria

Grade 1-5
Exam

Qualifications

Registered Nurse's Core Competencies Modules I-III
Registered Nurse's Medication and Fluid Care Competencies

Clinical training in the basics of clinical nursing
Clinical training in gerontological nursing

Objective

The student understands the legislation and care pathways in outpatient nursing. The student implements multi-professional practice and outpatient nursing while taking into consideration the patient's age, growth and development stage, the requirements of ethicality and the care and service setting. The student knows how to assess the resources of patients and their next-of-kin from different cultural backgrounds. The student is able to plan, implement and evaluate practice, need of care and outpatient nursing. The student can use evidence-based interventions developed for practice and outpatient nursing to help, support and counsel patients and in consultation situations. The student can observe asepsis and knows how to monitor patients in practice and outpatient nursing. The student is competent in common nursing procedures and diagnostic examinations used as part of patients' total care. The student knows how to support and promote health, ability to function and self-care in patients and next-of-kin of all ages in practices and in outpatient clinics and is able to use health technology and digital guidance methods as part of the care.

Content

Assessing the need of care, health promotion, self-care support and rehabilitation in nursing in out-patient clinics. The national documentation model for nursing. Assessment of nursing needs and monitoring vital functions of patients in nursing in out-patient clinics. The use of health technology as part of nursing. Asepsis in out-patient nursing. Multi-professionalism in out-patient nursing. Assessing the need of care in practice, on the phone and digitally online. Assessing the need of care in most common medical, neurological, surgical, ear, nose and throat diseases and infectious diseases. Secures the continuity of care. Counselling of patients and their next-of-kin. A safe nursing environment and occupational safety. The student follows sustainable development while working.

Materials

Materials on Moodle
Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 14th Edition

Teaching methods

Independent studies, online studies
can be performed completely independently

Exam schedules

Exam in the moodle, Teachers give instructions

Student workload

1 ECTS= 27h student work

Evaluation scale

1-5

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 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 are 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 in 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 the chosen action 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
- the student does not participate in lab skills and in simulations

Assessment methods and criteria

Grade 1-5
Exam

Qualifications

Registered Nurse's Core Competencies Modules I-III
Registered Nurse's Medication and Fluid Care Competencies

Clinical training in the basics of clinical nursing
Clinical training in gerontological nursing