Study Guide

Objective

The student
- implements multi-professional nursing care for medical, surgical, perioperative, gynaecological patients or patients in out-patient clinics or in acute care settings 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 their next-of-kin from different cultural backgrounds and how to support them in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
- plans, implements and evaluates nursing interventions for nursing of acute care settings, out-patient clinics or medical, surgical, perioperative and/or gynaecological patients and their next-of-kin facing common health changes and/or problems.
- is competent in nursing documentation and oral reporting.
- is competent in clinical examinations.
- is competent in using nursing protocols that support the care of the patient.
- uses evidence-based nursing interventions to help, support and counsel patients in acute care, outpatient clinics, medical, surgical, perioperative or gynaecological patients and their next-of-kin.
- is competent in common clinical nursing procedures and diagnostic examinations used as part of nursing in acute care, outpatient clinics or nursing of surgical, perioperative or gynaecological patients' comprehensive care.
- knows how to plan, implement and evaluate drug and fluid care and blood transfusions for adult patients in acute care or in out-patient care as well as in medical, surgical, perioperative or gynaecological care settings.
- is able to implement nutritional care.
- knows how to support and promote patients of out-patient clinics or surgical, perioperative or gynaecological patients' and their next-of-kin's health and ability to function and rehabilitation.
- knows how to counsel and support patients and their next-of-kin in self-care and in health education.
- knows how to counsel patients before and after common clinical and radiological examinations.
- observes asepsis and is able to explain why this is important in the care of nursing in acute care, outpatient clinics or medical, surgical, perioperative or gynaecological patients.

Content

Practical training in clinical nursing placements, which allow students to practice nursing of acute care, out-patient clinics or in medical, surgical, perioperative or gynaecological nursing. eDrug Care Certificate. Writing and presenting an assignment.

Evaluation scale

Passed/failed

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail =0
The student
- is not adequately interested and competent in using the knowledge base of client-centred clinical nursing
- cannot adequately explain his/ her actions in client-centred clinical nursing
- is not adequately able to apply the professional competence to client-centred clinical nursing
- does not adequately use a client-centred approach or observe patient safety in client-centred clinical nursing
- is not adequately capable of professional decision-making
- does not adequately take into account safety or the ethical principles of the profession
- is not adequately prepared to contribute to the development of client-centred clinical nursing
- does not follow Finnish working life rules

Qualifications

Registered Nurse's Core Competencies Modules I-III
Medication management and drug calculations
Medication and fluid care I-II
Pharmacology

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

Further information

It is possible that in these clinical training environments may also be under-aged patients. Therefore, the student must show criminal record certificate before starting this training.
The criminal record certification is shown to Head of DP in Nursing two weeks before training starts.