Medical NursingLaajuus (6 cr)

Objective

Students implement under supervision multi-professional nursing care for medically ill patients while taking into consideration the patient's age, growth and development stage, the requirements of ethicality and the care and service setting. Students know under supervision how to assess the resources of patients and families from different cultural backgrounds and know how to support them in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care. Students plan, implement and evaluate under supervision nursing interventions for medically ill patients and family members of all ages facing common medical conditions and end of life. Students use evidence-based interventions developed for medical conditions, infectious diseases to help, support and counsel patients and family members of all ages. Students practice in common nursing procedures and diagnostic examinations used as part of medically ill patients' total care. Students know under supervisionhow to support and promote medically ill patients' and families' health and ability to function. They are under supervision able to help and support patients and family members of all ages in palliative and end-of-life nursing situations. Students are under supervision able to counsel and support patients and families of all ages in self-care. They are under supervision able to counsel patients before and after clinical examinations. Students observe the principles of fighting infections and are able to explain why this is important in the care of medically ill patients. Students are using current evidence-based knowledge of internal medicine and infectious diseases.

Content

Health promotion, self-care support and rehabilitation in nursing medically ill patients and their families. Nursing interventions (FinCC) in nursing patients with medical conditions, infectious diseases. The national documentation model for nursing, Effica- platform. The impact of the patient's age, sex, cultural background, growth and development stage and care and service setting on the care of medically ill patients and their families. Assessment of nursing needs and monitoring vital functions in medically ill patients. Essential examinations and nursing procedures for medically ill patients. Nursing, rehabilitation and counselling of patients and families suffering from nationally prevalent diseases. Nursing, rehabilitation and counselling of patients and families suffering from common neurological diseases. Nursing, rehabilitation and counselling of patients and families suffering from common infectious diseases. Palliative nursing. End-of-life nursing. Multiprofessionalism in the care of medically ill patients. The most important physiological and microbiological examinations. A safe nursing environment. Common medical conditions, infectious diseases.

Qualifications

Basics of Clinical Nursing 1 and 2

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-2
Students
-use the knowledge foundation of client-centred clinical nursing narrowly
-on a satisfactory level, seek information and use evidence-based knowledge to explain their actions in client-centred clinical nursing
-on a satisfactory level, implement their competence in client-centred clinical nursing in various nursing/public health nursing situations
-are capable of client-centred and safe clinical practice based on ethical principles
-possess adequate skills in client-centered clinical decision-making
-are to some extent prepared to develop client-centred clinical nursing

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4
Students
-competently and extensively use the concepts and knowledge of client-centred clinical nursing
-evaluate and critically use evidence-based knowledge in client-centred clinical nursing
- implement their competence in client-centred clinical nursing in an anticipatory manner and are capable of independent decision-making in various client-centred clinical nursing situations
-are capable of client-centred, responsible and safe clinical practice
-apply alternative solutions to decision-making in client-centred clinical nursing
-evaluate action and safety in client-centred clinical nursing based on professional ethical principles of nursing/public health nursing
-act as experts of client-centred clinical nursing in multidisciplinary teams and projects in collaboration with people who represent different cultures
- purposefully develop themselves and their working community in client-centred clinical nursing

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5
Students
-demonstrate competence in the nursing scientific knowledge base and competently apply this knowledge to client-centred clinical nursing
-independently seek, use and critically evaluate international evidence-based nursing scientific knowledge in client-centred clinical nursing
- implement their competence in client-centred clinical nursing in an anticipatory manner and are capable of independent decision-making in various client-centred clinical nursing situations
-assume responsibility for the patient's/client's care and service process in client-centred clinical nursing
-create innovative alternative solutions to decision-making in client-centred clinical nursing
-develop action and safety based on the professional ethics of nursing/public health nursing in client-centred clinical nursing
-as experts of client-centred clinical nursing, develop action in multidisciplinary teams and projects in collaboration with people who represent different cultures
- develop themselves, their profession and practice in client-centred clinical nursing purposefully, with a career-oriented approach

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail = 0
Students
- do not adequately appreciate or use the knowledge base of client-centred clinical nursing
- are not adequately able to give reasons for their chosen actions in client-centred clinical nursing
-are not adequately able to apply to practice their knowledge of client-centred clinical nursing
-are not capable of adequate client-centred and safe clinical practice
-do not possess adequate decision-making skills for client-centred clinical nursing
-do not adequately take into consideration safety or ethical principles in client-centred clinical nursing
-are not prepared to develop client-centred clinical nursing