•     Emergency Care and High Dependency Nursing SX00DZ89-3007 11.01.2021-14.03.2021  5 credits  (SXL20S1, ...) +-
    Learning outcomes of the course
    Students
    - are familiar with legislation related to emergency care and high dependency nursing and understand nurses’ responsibilities and obligations in relation to the patients of emergency care and high dependency nursing
    - understand the significant aspects of emergency care and high dependency nursing and the importance of multiprofessional collaboration from the perspective of patient’s overall care
    - are familiar with nurses’ key competence areas in nursing of emergency care and high dependency patients
    - understand the importance of needs assessment of emergency care patients as part of patient safety
    - can implement patient triage categories
    - are able to use diagnostic methods for patients in emergency care
    - understand the importance of emergency care and high dependency care as part of the acute care patient’s clinical pathway
    - can provide information on medical, work-related and population-level exposure to radiation in general terms and interpret radiation risks
    - can inform about the quality and extent of exposure to radiation in daily work tasks
    - understand the general principles of radiation protection and can apply them to practice
    Prerequisites and co-requisites
    Medical Nursing Competence.
    Basic knowledge of Pharmacotherapy.
    Course contents
    - legislation, significant aspects and nurses’ competence areas in emergency care
    - emergency care in primary health care and specialized health care, joint emergency departments
    - emergency care and high dependency units, staffing structure, multiprofessional collaboration
    - needs assessment of emergency care patients
    - triage categories
    - laboratory tests, minor procedures (pleural puncture and pleural drain, lumbar puncture)
    - nursing care of epidural/spinal anaesthesia patients
    - monitoring and care of emergency surgery patients
    - radiation safety
    - basics of radiation physics and biology and their significance to the use of medical radiation
    - effective legislation on the use of medical radiation
    - major technical and physical factors affecting radiation safety and procedures related to them in medical situations involving exposure to radiation at work
    Assessment criteria
    Satisfactory
    See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"
    Name of lecturer(s)

    Elina Kettunen

    Mode of delivery

    Face-to-face

    Recommended or required reading

    Materials on radiation safety on separate Moodle

    Säteilyturvallisuus / Kätilöt ja terveydenhoitajat
    https://moodle.metropolia.fi/course/view.php?id=2982
    Key: KäTe

    Planned learning activities and teaching methods

    Interactive lecture
    Guided assignment
    Laboration
    Simulation
    Independent e-learning
    Exam

    Assessment methods and criteria

    Radiation safety is assessed via virtual assignments.

    Language of instruction

    Tuition in Finnish

    Timing

    11.01.2021 - 14.03.2021

    Enrollment date

    30.11.2020 - 13.12.2020

    Group(s)
    • SXL20S1
    • SXQ20S1
    Seats

    20 - 105

    Unit, in charge

    School of Health Care

    Teacher(s)

    Kirsti Hämäläinen, Elina Kettunen, Pasi Miettinen, Jenni Tiainen, Tuomas Vuokko

    Further information for students

    -Students must confirm their attendance for a course implementation by being present when tuition begins or in another manner agreed with the lecturer; for example, by returning the first course assignment. Students who are unable to attend the first teaching session due to illness may also confirm their attendance by informing the lecturer of this in advance.



    -The approved performance of the radiation safety component entitles the holder to work in an environment where ionizing radiation is used in connection with a medical procedure.

    Degree Programme

    Public Health Nursing, Midwifery

    Unit location

    Myllypurontie 1

    Evaluation scale

    0-5

    Completion alternatives

    -

    Work placement(s)

    N/A

    Exam schedule

    Exam: 8.3.2021
    Retakes: 3.5.2021 and 8.6.2021
    Assignments return dates will be informed in orientation and lectures

    International connections

    -

    Students use of time and load

    5op=135h
    Päivystys- ja valvontahoitotyön osuus (2,5op = 67,5t):
    Luennot: 4 x 4t = 16t
    Laboraatio 1 x 4t (molemmille pienryhmille 4t)
    Itsenäinen opiskelu/verkkokurssit 44t
    Tentti 3t

    Kir/peri (1,5op = 40,5h)
    Kir/peri simulaatiot 2 x 2t = 4h
    Simulaatioon valmistavat tehtävät 8h
    Artikkelitehtävä 28,5h

    Säteilyturvallisuus (1op = 27h)
    Luennot 4 h
    Itsenäinen opiskelu ja tehtävä 23 h (not translated)

    Content periodicity

    the course takes place in weeks 2-10

    Location and Time

    N/A