Practical Training in Acute or Perioperative Nursing in Day Surgery Clinics (6cr)

Evaluation scale

Passed/failed

Content scheduling

Harjoittelu toteutuu harjoittelupaikoissa, joissa mahdollistuu vastaanotto- ja polikliinisen hoitotyön harjoittelu.

Objective

COMPETENCE IN CUSTOMERSHIP IN HEALTH CARE, DECISION-MAKING COMPETENCE AND ETHICAL COMPETENCE

Under supervision, students will be competent in identifying needs of patients and their families and in planning, implementing, evaluating and documenting nursing care. Students will learn the structure of the service provision system and common service parthways. Students will learn to give oral reports under supervision. They will also be competent in dealing with patients in various life situations. They will observe the principles of patient-oriented, resource-based and multi-professional nursing of patients and their families. Students will utilise information and nursing technology and equipment. They will apply nursing ethical principles to perioperative and day surgical nursing.

CLINICAL COMPETENCE

Students will be competent in identifying and evaluating changes and disorders in a patient's basic vital functions and, under supervision, in initiating appropriate nursing interventions. Students will, under supervision, be able to recognise individual rehabilitation needs of patients and to support them during the rehabilitation process. Under supervision, students will be competent in preparing patients for treatment and monitoring and caring for them during and after the treatment. Students will follow asepsis in perioperative and day-surgical nursing. Students will, under supervision, be able to implement common treatments, procedures and examinations in perioperative and day-surgical nursing. Under supervision, they will know how to implement intravenous fluid, drug and nutritional care and blood transfusions. Students will learn to recognise pain and will, under supervision, know how to plan, implement and evaluate pain control. They will learn central methods of anaesthesia and the related nursing procedures.

COMPETENCE IN HEALTH PROMOTION

Students will work according to the principles of promoting and supporting the health and resources of the patient in multi-professional nursing. Students will learn the main factors that influence the health and illness of patients. They will also know the occupational health principles pertaining to physical and mental safety that are important in the maintenance and promotion of their own wellbeing at work.

COUNSELLING AND MENTORING COMPETENCE

Under supervision, students will be competent to apply research and evidence-based knowlege to counsel patients on health and illness. Students will, under supervision, be able to plan, implement and evaluate counselling situations.

LEARNING COMPETENCE

Students will be competent in critically evaluating their level of professional expertise with regard to their strengths and weaknesses. Students will reflect on and evaluate their competences and skills.

Content

Students apply theoretical studies in practice in perioperative and day-surgical nursing environments.

Teaching methods

Harjoittelu, harjoittelutehtävä, lääkehoitopassin täyttäminen verkossa, osaamisen arviointi, seminaarityöskentely, ohjaustilanteet

Student workload

Harjoittelun kokonaistuntimäärä on 160 tuntia, johon sisältyvät harjoittelutuntien lisäksi harjoittelun orientointitunnit, harjoittelutehtävät, reflektiotunnit sekä seminaarityöskentely. Harjoittelu on neljä viikkoa 35 h x 4 = 140 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The same criteria as for the courses perioperative nursing, outpatient nursing, emergency nursing and intensive care nursing

Qualifications

No previous studies are required.