Supervised Practical Training in the Basics of Clinical Nursing 1- skills labs and simulations (3cr)

Objective

The student
- is able to use nursing interventions to respond to the patients' nursing needs and to implement structured documentation using uniform classification.
- is able to apply the principles of preventing infections and explain why this is important in clinical nursing.
- is able to assess resources of patients and families from different cultural backgrounds and support them in planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
-is able to plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based nursing interventions.
- takes a rehabilitation and resource-centred approach to his/her work with patients and family members of all ages.
- can assess needs for care using appropriate clinical and physiological tools or instruments, prioritise the findings and enter them onto the structured documentation system.
- is able to plan, implement and evaluate patients' drug care.
- can implement Finnish nutritional guidelines.
- understands the principles of safety management and sustainable development and is aware of his/her responsibility in promoting these principles at the workplace.
- can evaluate his/her professional competence critically from the perspectives of strengths and development needs.

Content

skills labs and simulations
drug calculations

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

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

Qualifications

Finnish Working Life 1 and 2