Study Guide

Objective

BASICS OF CLINICAL NURSING AND REHABILITATION
The student
- is able to work in accordance with the values, ethical guidelines and principles of nursing care, and evaluates their implementation in daily nursing care.
- understands the needs of the client/patient by planning, implementing and assessing appropriate individual nursing care in cooperation with the client/patient, their next-of-kin, and other professionals.
- masters the knowledge and skills needed for key nursing interventions as part of holistic care of the client /patient in different situations.
- masters the principles of infection prevention and puts his/ her knowledge into practice in the implementation of infection prevention.
- applies a rehabilitative approach in nursing work when counseling the client/patient to achieve/maintain functional ability.
- identifies health risk factors of clients/patients.
- complies with the requirements and regulations governing data protection and information security in health care and social welfare services relating to the creation, use, storage and disposal of data.
-demonstrates knowledge of appropriate recording of the client’s /patient’s nursing care process.
-documents the nursing care of the 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.
-takes into account the principles of sustainable development.

FIRST AID
The student
- is able to recognize the need for immediate first aid.
- is able to act calmly in first-aid situations.
- is able to provide first aid in various emergency situations.
- knows about the plans made to secure health care during any exceptional circumstances.

Content

BASICS OF CLINICAL NURSING AND REHABILITATION

Nursing care process
Asepsis
Hand hygiene and routine safety precaution
Common nursing care methods and implementations
Assisting the patient in mobility and rehabilitative nursing
Nursing care of a dying patient
Information security and data protection and related legislation
Client-centered decision-making, implementation and evaluation of nursing care
Use of different categories in the classifications of nursing, free text recording
Finnish Care Classification (FinCC) – (FiCND, FiCNI, FiCNO)
Sustainable development and economical principles in nursing

FIRST AID

Operating principles of first aid
Life-saving first aid
Operation in various first aid situations, e.g. emergency first aid. Basic CPR.
Health care and civil protection plans for exceptional circumstances

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

BASICS OF CLINICAL NURSING AND REHABILITATION
1-2
The student
- can search information, follows instructions and works in individual client-centered clinical nursing situations
- demonstrates that he/she knows the ethical principles for registered nurses/public health nurses
- knows how to act in a client and patient-safe manner
- understand infection control in nursing
- can describe methods of helping in nursing work
- can describe the principles of the rehabilitative approach
- understands the principles, how to work as a member of a team

FIRST AID is evaluated passed / failed

The student
-recognizes the need for immediate first aid and is able to provide the necessary emergency assistance.
-is able to act according to the principles of first aid in different emergency situations

Assessment criteria, good (3)

BASICS OF CLINICAL NURSING AND REHABILITATION
3-4
The student
- searches various sources for information required in nursing and can justify nursing decisions.
- is competent to implement responsible and safe client- / patient centered clinical nursing.
- can justify infection control in nursing.
- can justify the use of different nursing assistance methods in nursing.
- can justify the use of the principles of the rehabilitative approach in nursing work.
- is competent to work as a member of a team, following the principles of client-centered clinical nursing and sharing knowledge.
- knows and can use the principles of sustainable development and economical principles in nursing.


FIRST AID

The student
-recognizes the need for immediate first aid and is able to provide the necessary emergency assistance.
-is able to act according to the principles of first aid in different emergency situations, considering the situation.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

BASICS OF CLINICAL NURSING AND REHABILITATION

The student
- uses and applies evidence-based knowledge in client-centred nursing.
- is competent to implement responsible and safe client-centred nursing.
- can give reasons for his/her actions based on the ethical principles of registered nurses/public health nurses.
- can implement and evaluate infection control procedures in various nursing situations.
- can apply his knowledge in the use of various nursing assistance methods in nursing work.
- can apply the principles of the rehabilitative approach to nursing work.
- is competent to work as a member of a team and shares his/her knowledge in client-centred nursing.


FIRST AID is evaluated passed / failed

The student
-recognizes the need for immediate first aid and is able to provide the necessary emergency assistance.
-is able to act according to the principles of first aid in different first aid situations, taking into account the situation broadly.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail=0
BASICS OF CLINICAL NURSING AND REHABILITATION
The student

- cannot demonstrate ability to use the knowledge base of client-centred nursing.
- is not competent to work in individual client-centred nursing situations even if instructed.
- cannot demonstrate awareness of the ethical principles for nurses in client-centred clinical nursing.
- does not know how to prevent infections in nursing.
- does not know how to act in a client- and patient-safe way in client-oriented nursing.
- is not able to describe implementations of nursing.
- is not able to describe the principles of the rehabilitative approach in nursing.
- is not competent to work as a member of a team or to share knowledge in client-centred clinical nursing.
-is unable to analyse his/her strengths or development needs in client-centred clinical nursing.
- does not know the principles of sustainable development or economical principles.

FIRST AID

The student
-does not recognize the immediate need for first aid and is unable to provide the necessary emergency assistance.
-is not able to act according to the principles of first aid in different first aid situations.