Study Guide

Objective

The student
- implements multi-professional nursing care for 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 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 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 practices oral reporting.
- uses evidence-based interventions developed for medical conditions, infectious diseases, gerontological and dementia nursing care to help, support and counsel patients and their next-of-kin.
- is competent in common nursing procedures and diagnostic examinations used as part of aged patients' total care.
- knows how to safely plan, implement and evaluate drug and fluid care for adult and aged patients.
- knows how to implement nutritional care.
- knows how to support and promote aged patients' and their next-of-kin 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 aged patients.

Content

Practical training in clinical nursing environment where it is possible to practice the care, rehabilitation and medical conditions of aged patients/ clients. The student takes into consideration the nursing process of an aged patient/ client and utilizes his/ her theoretical and evidence based knowledge.

Evaluation scale

1-5

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 the 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 nursing concepts.
- uses the nursing scientific knowledge base narrowly and is not adequately familiar with sources of information in gerontological 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 the basics of clinical nursing