Acute and Critical Care Nursing (3 op)

Arviointiasteikko

1-5

Tavoitteet

The student applies legislation, ethical guidelines and principles in critical care. The student knows the structure of the service provision system, the collaborating authorities and typical service pathways for various client groups in critical care. The student knows the principals in health promotion in acute and critical care. The student becomes competent in identifying the needs of patients and their next-of-kin, as well as in planning, implementing, evaluating and documenting acute and critical care. The student is able to assess patient’s need of care in emergency but also in intensive care. The student safely administers drugs and fluids and follows fluid balance and nutritional status of patients in acute and in critical care. The student is familiar to give oral and written reports and to consult. The student also becomes competent in dealing with patient and his/ her next-of-kin in various life situations and supports the patient and his/ her next-of kin in crisis. The student becomes familiar with the principles of patient-oriented, resource-based and multi-professional nursing of patients and their next-of-kin. The student utilizes information and nursing technology and equipment. The student is able to maintain patient safety and work safety in acute and critical care nursing. The student works in a manner of sustainable development.

Sisältö

Care and service provision system for acute and critically ill adult patients, pre-hospital care, emergency and ICU as care environments, main concepts and different care situations for most common medical, surgical, cardiac, respiratory and neurological acute and critically ill patients.

Oppimateriaalit

Essential Procedures for Emergency, Urgent, and Primary
Care Settings: A Clinical Companion
Edited by Theresa M. Campo and Keith A.
Lafferty. 3rd edition. New York City, Springer
Publishing Company

Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management
Edited by Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, and Mary E.
Lough. 9th edition. St. Louis, Elsevier

Cardiac Nursing: The Red Reference Book for Cardiac Nurses
By Elizabeth Perpetua and Patricia Keegan. 7th edition.
Philadelphia, Wolters Kluwer.

Lippincott Certification Review: Adult-Gerontology Acute
Care Nurse Practitioner
Edited by Elizabeth Wirth-Tomaszewski. Philadelphia,
Wolters Kluwer

Opetusmenetelmät

Lessons, skills labs, simulations
Independent studies

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

1 ECTS is 27hours of student work

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

1-2
The student
- is able to describe some elements in the care and service provision system for critically ill patients, including collaboration between authorities.
- under supervision, recognizes changes and problems in vital functions and knows how to carry out nursing interventions to help patients in most common critical care situations.
- under supervision, is competent to plan and carry out safely intravenous fluid and drug care for critically ill patients.
- under supervision, is competent to apply nursing technology and to give reports and to consult team members in critical care.
- under supervision, documents the critical care.
- under supervision, is competent to encounter critically ill patients and their next-of-kin.
- under supervision, knows how to counsel and how to promote health for critically ill patients and their next-of-kin.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3)

3-4
The student
- is able to describe the care and service provision system for critically ill patients, including collaboration between authorities.
- recognizes changes and problems in vital functions and knows how to carry out nursing interventions to help patients in most common critical situations.
- is competent to plan and carry out safely intravenous fluid and drug care for critically ill patients and to evaluate the effectiveness of the care.
- is competent to apply nursing technology and to give reports, as well as to consult team members in critical care.
- is competent to document critical care.
- is competent to encounter critically ill patients and their next-of-kin professionally and works empathically.
- knows how to counsel critically ill patients and how to promote health for critically ill patients and their next-of-kin.

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

5
The student
- is able to describe the structure of the care and service provision system for critically ill patients, including collaboration between authorities.
- is competent to follow nursing protocols and recognizes independently the changes and problems in vital functions and implements appropriate nursing interventions.
- knows how to carry out nursing interventions to help patients in most common critical situations and independently evaluates the effectiveness of the care.
- is competent to plan and carry out safely intravenous fluid and drug care for critically ill patients and to evaluate the effectiveness of the care.
- is competent to apply nursing technology, give reports, and consult team members in critical care.
- is competent to document critical care.
- is competent to encounter critically ill patients and their next-of-kin professionally and uses empathy to support them.
- is competent to counsel critically ill patients and knows how to promote health for critically ill patients and their next-of-kin.
- is competent to support the patient and his/her next-of-kin in crisis situations.

Arviointikriteeri, hyväksytty/hylätty

Fail = 0
The student
- is not able to describe the structure of the care and service provision system for critically ill patients or the collaboration between authorities.
- does not know how to meet basic needs of critically ill patients.
- skills and knowledge of critical care nursing are lacking and patient safety and/ or work safety is jeopardized.
- does not recognize changes in patient's vital functions.
- does not know any nursing interventions to promote care of critically ill patients.
- does not fully observe asepsis.
- repeatedly makes mistakes in drug and fluid care.
- avoids nursing and learning situations.
- does not respect confidentiality.
- collaboration skills are poor.

Esitietovaatimukset

Registered Nurse's Core Competencies Modules I-III
Registered Nurse's Medication and Fluid Care Competencies

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

Lisätiedot

Basic studies from first and second year and all medication and fluid care related courses must be done, before starting on this course.