Skills Labs in the Basics of Clinical Nursing and First Aid (2cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

The student learns to simulate and to use skills in nursing. The student understands the meaning of simulations while maintaining patient safety and practicing non-technical skills in nursing. While practicing in a nursing team, the student encounters multicultural peer students and other people with respect and equality and gives and takes feedback. The student learns to evaluate his/ her own nursing skills and communication skills and methods. The student evaluates and develops the work, assumes responsibility for his/her actions and becomes aware of the interaction and co-operation skills and development needs of him/ herself.

The student practices simulated patient situations also in Finnish and prepares for clinical training.

Content

In ways of skills labs and simulations: Professional behavior and interaction. Co-operation skills. Working in pairs and groups.

Maintaining patient safety and quality of the nursing process. Assessing patients by using ABCDE and NEWS. The student practices the skills that are needed in basics of clinical nursing. Activities in different emergency situations. Emergency first aid. Basic Life Support, use of defibrillator.

Rehabilitation and Ergonomics in nursing.

Materials

Material provided by the teachers

Teaching methods

Skills lab, simulations
Independent studies, online studies.

Student workload

1ECTS = 27h student work

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail=0
The student
- does not participate in skills labs and simulations
- does not follow ethicality in nursing
- does not maintain patient safety while practicing clinical skills
- does not do assignments

Further information

Skills labs and simulations are compulsory. The student must do those with another group, if she/ he misses the classes.
The course is conducted in Finnish and English