Study Guide

Objective

The student
-is capable of working in a multi-professional team and is able to consider the patient's age, growth and development stage.
-is able to assess the resources of patients and their next-of-kin coming from different cultural backgrounds.
-is able to take this assessment into consideration when planning, implementing and evaluating the surgical nursing.
-can plan, implement and evaluate nursing interventions for patients and their next-of-kin of all ages facing common surgical situations.
-can use evidence-based implementations developed for surgical nursing to help, support, and counsel patients and their next-of-kin.
-knows how to act aseptically.
-is competent in common nursing procedures and diagnostic examinations used as part of surgical nursing.
-knows how to support and promote surgical patients' and their next-of-kin's health, self-care, rehabilitation and ability to function.
-applies knowledge of key conditions requiring surgical intervention in different phases of surgical nursing care of a patient.
-documents the nursing care of a client/patient according to the nursing care process; assesses the client’s/patient’s need for interventions (care) in accordance with the Finnish Care Classification (FinCC), plans and implements interventions using the Finnish Classification of Nursing Interventions (FiCNI), evaluates nursing outcomes using the Finnish Classification of Nursing Outcomes (FiCNO), as well as produces a summary of the nursing care.

Content

Major conditions requiring surgical intervention (surgery and surgical specialties)
Pre-, intra- and post-operative nursing care
Pain mechanisms
Identification of pain
Assessment of pain intensity and techniques used in the assessment of pain
Health promotion, self-care support and rehabilitation for surgical patients and their next-of-kin.
Nursing interventions (FinCC) in surgical nursing.
The national documentation model for nursing.
Assessment of nursing needs and monitoring vital functions of surgical patients.
Counselling of surgical patients and their next-of-kin.
Multi-professionalism
Surgical patient medication and drug calculations
Skills-labs and simulations

Materials

- Ahonen, O et al. (2019). Kliininen hoitotyö:sisätauteja, kirurgisia sairauksia ja syöpätauteja sairastavan hoito. Sanoma Pro.
- Other material indicated by the teacher.

Teaching methods

Contact teaching
Skills labs
Simulations
Independent studying
Exam

Exam schedules

Announced separately during the course

Student workload

1 ECTS corresponds to 27h of student work, total 3 x 27h = 81h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-2
The student
- uses the knowledge foundation of client-centred clinical nursing narrowly.
- on a satisfactory level, seeks information and uses evidence-based knowledge to explain his/her actions in client-centred clinical nursing.
- on a satisfactory level, implements his/her competence in client-centred clinical nursing in various nursing situations.
- is capable of client-centred and safe clinical practice based on ethical principles.
- possesses adequate skills in client-centered clinical decision-making.
- is, to some extent, prepared to develop client-centred clinical nursing.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4
The student
- competently and extensively uses the concepts and knowledge of client-centred clinical nursing.
- evaluates and critically uses evidence-based knowledge in client-centred clinical nursing.
- implements his/her competence in client-centred clinical nursing in an anticipatory manner and is capable of independent decision-making in various client-centred clinical nursing situations.
- is capable of client-centred, responsible and safe clinical practice.
- applies alternative solutions to decision-making in client-centred clinical nursing.
- evaluates action and safety in client-centred clinical nursing based on professional ethical principles of nursing.
- acts as an expert of client-centred clinical nursing in multidisciplinary teams and projects in collaboration with people who represent different cultures.
- purposefully develops himself/herself and the working community in client-centred clinical nursing.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5
The student
- demonstrates competence in the nursing scientific knowledge base and competently applies this knowledge to client-centred clinical nursing.
- independently seeks, uses and critically evaluates international evidence-based nursing scientific knowledge in client-centred clinical nursing.
- implements his/her competence in client-centred clinical nursing in an anticipatory manner and is capable of independent decision-making in various client-centred clinical nursing situations.
- assumes responsibility for the patient's/client's care and service process in client-centred clinical nursing.
- creates innovative alternative solutions to decision-making in client-centred clinical nursing.
-develops action and safety based on the professional ethics of nursing in client-centred clinical nursing.
-as an expert of client-centred clinical nursing, develops action in multidisciplinary teams and projects in collaboration with people who represent different cultures.
- develops himself/herself, the profession and practice in client-centred clinical nursing purposefully, with a career-oriented approach.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail = 0
The student
- does not adequately appreciate or use the knowledge base of client-centred clinical nursing.
- is not adequately able to give reasons for his/her chosen actions in client-centred clinical nursing.
- is not adequately able to apply his/her knowledge of client-centred clinical nursing.
- is not capable of adequate client-centred and safe clinical practice.
- does not possess adequate decision-making skills for client-centred clinical nursing.
- does not adequately take into consideration safety or ethical principles in client-centred clinical nursing.
- is not prepared to develop client-centred clinical nursing.

Assessment methods and criteria

The exam will be assessed numerically from 1-5.
For skills labs and simulations, 100% participation is required, absences must be made up with another group.

Qualifications

Registed Nurse`s Competence in Basics of Clinical Nursing and Evidence Based Clinical Competence of Registered Nurses 1