Clinical Examinations, Radiation Protection and Radiological Examinations (3 cr)
Code: SH00CN96-3009
General information
Enrollment
13.11.2023 - 09.02.2024
Timing
08.01.2024 - 02.06.2024
Credits
3 op
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing
Teachers
- Marika Toivonen
- Katriina Kuhalampi
Student groups
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TH23
Objective
The student
-knows the stages of the laboratory process and is able to guide the patient to the most common clinical trials.
-is able to take the ECG-film and the most common blood and urine samples.
-is familiar with the basics of analytics, as well as basic clinical chemistry, hematology, physiology and microbiology studies.
The student
-is able to describe the most important radiation protection and radiation protection aspects related to medical radiation use.
-is able to prepare and guide the patient for the most important radiological examinations: X-ray examinations, ultrasound examinations and magnetic examinations and radiological procedures.
Content
Clinical examinations: Laboratory process, blood and urine sampling, and other analytics. Basic examinations in clinical chemistry, hematology, physiology and microbiology
Radiation Protection and Radiological Examinations: Generation of X-rays and biological effects of radiation
Radiation legislation in Finland and radiation protection methods for medical radiation use
Preparations for examinations, course of examination and follow-up treatments for key radiological studies
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Clinical examinations
1- 2
The student
-knows the role of the nurse in the laboratory process and in obtaining reliable laboratory results.
-is able to guide the patient to various laboratory tests.
-knows the basics of analytics.
-is familiar with clinical chemistry, hematology, microbiology and physiology studies.
-is able to take different blood and urine samples as well as the ECG- film.
Radiation Protection and Radiological Examinations
The student
-is able to make some use of radiation legislation related to medical radiation use and aspects related to radiation protection in nursing.
-is able to describe briefly how he / she guides the patient in some key radiological examinations.
-is able to distinguish the most important radiation-damaging examinations from other studies.
-understands the most important risk factors related to magnetic examinations.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
3- 4
Clinical examinations
The student
-understands the role of the nurse in the laboratory process and in obtaining reliable laboratory results and is able to apply the knowledge in practice.
-is able to guide the patient to various laboratory tests, knowing the reasons for the respective case.
-knows the basics of different analytics and knows how to apply them in his/her activities.
-is familiar with key clinical chemistry, hematology, microbiology, and physiology studies and is able to utilize the knowledge to guide the patient.
-is able to control different types of blood and urine samples and ECG- film and is able to justify his/ her actions.
Radiation Protection and Radiological Examinations
The student
-is able to utilize radiation legislation related to medical radiation use and aspects related to radiation protection in nursing.
-is able to describe how he/she prepares and directs the patient in most important radiological examinations.
-is able to distinguish radiation-related studies from other studies as a rule, and to understand the risk factors associated with magnetic investigation.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
5
Clinical examinations
The student
-masters the role of the nurse in the laboratory process and in obtaining reliable laboratory results.
-student patient guidance for various laboratory tests is smooth and justified.
-is able to do high-quality analytics independently.
-masters the essential clinical chemistry, hematology, microbiology and physiology studies and understands their importance in patient care.
-is able to control the taking of blood and urine specimens of different grades and the heart film independently, justifying their actions.
Radiation Protection and Radiological Examinations
The student
-is able to apply radiation legislation related to medical radiation use and aspects related to radiation protection in nursing.
-can reasonably describe how he / she prepares and guides the patient in all important radiological examinations.
-can critically justify and distinguish radiation-sensitive studies from other studies.
-understands the risk factors related to magnetic investigation, partly applying them in nursing.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Fail
The student does not master the essential issues of radiation legislation and radiation protection related to nursing.
The student is not able to describe the guidance and preparation of the patient coming to radiological / clinical studies or the description is fundamentally inadequate.
The student is unable to distinguish between radiation-sensitive studies and other studies.
The student does not know the risk factors of magnetic research.
Patient safety is compromised in the student's activities.