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. The student is able to assess the resources of patients and their next-of-kin coming from different cultural backgrounds. In addition, the student is able to take this assessment into consideration when planning, implementing and evaluating the surgical nursing. Moreover, the student can plan, implement and evaluate nursing interventions for adult patients and their next-of-kin of all ages facing common surgical conditions and situations.
The student can use evidence-based implementations developed for surgical nursing to help, support, and counsel adult patients and their next-of-kin. The student knows how to act aseptically. The student can observe and manage different wounds. The student is competent in common nursing procedures and diagnostic examinations used as part of surgical nursing. The student knows how to support and promote surgical patients' and their next-of-kin's health, self-care, rehabilitation and ability to function. The student is able to manage and support pain patients.

Content

Pre- and post-operative nursing, rehabilitation and counselling. Assessment of nursing needs and monitoring vital functions of surgical patients with acute and chronic diseases. Pain assessment and control. Essential examinations, nursing procedures and diagnostic examinations in surgical nursing. Wound care. Nursing interventions (FinCC) in surgical nursing. Asepsis in surgical nursing. Health promotion, self-care support and rehabilitation in nursing with surgical patients and their next-of-kin. The national documentation model for nursing. The impact of the patient's age, sex, cultural background, growth and development stage and care and service setting on the care of surgical patients and their next-of-kin. Nursing and counselling of patients and their next-of-kin facing a crisis up to a surgical disease and operation. Multi-professionalism in the care of surgical patients. A safe nursing environment. Occupational safety. Common surgical diseases. The safe use of common technology in examinations and treatments throughout the care and service pathways for surgical patients.

Materials

Brunner & Suddarth`s Textbook of Medical-Surgical nursing (2018 14th edition)USA: Wolters Kluwer (or latest edition)
Material in Moodle

Teaching methods

Theory teaching
Independent studying
Skills labs
Simulations

Student workload

1 ECTS = 27h of student work

Content scheduling

Preparations for surgery, assessment of the patient after surgery, pain management, wound care and nursing of different kinds of surgical patients. Skills and knowledge how to use different materials and equipment in surgical nursing.

Further information

Exchange students can participate to this course.
Skills labs and simulations are compulsory.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

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

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4
The student
- competently and extensively uses the concepts and knowledge of client-centered clinical nursing with surgical patients.
- evaluates and critically uses evidence-based knowledge in client-centered clinical nursing with surgical patients.
- implements his/her competence in client-centered clinical nursing in an anticipatory manner and is capable of independent decision-making in various client-centered clinical nursing situations with surgical patients.
- is capable of client-centered, responsible and safe clinical practice in surgical nursing.
- applies alternative solutions to decision-making in client-centered clinical nursing with surgical patients.
- evaluates action and safety in client-centered clinical nursing based on professional ethical principles of nursing.
- acts as an expert of client-centered 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-centered clinical nursing.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student
- demonstrates competence in the nursing scientific knowledge base and competently applies this knowledge to client-centered clinical nursing with surgical patients.
- independently seeks, uses and critically evaluates international evidence-based nursing scientific knowledge in client-centered clinical nursing with surgical patients.
- implements his/her competence in client-centered clinical nursing in an anticipatory manner and is capable of independent decision-making in various client-centered clinical nursing situations.
- assumes responsibility for the patient's/client's care and service process in client-centered clinical nursing with surgical patients.
- creates innovative alternative solutions to decision-making in client-centered clinical nursing.
- develops action and safety based on the professional ethics of nursing in client-centered clinical nursing.
-as an expert of client-centered 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-centered clinical nursing purposefully, with a career-oriented approach.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

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

Qualifications

Registered Nurse's Core Competencies Module I-II
Medication management and drug calculations