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Emergency Care and High Dependency Nursing (5 cr)

Code: SX00DZ89-3031

General information


Enrollment
28.11.2022 - 11.12.2022
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
06.02.2023 - 10.03.2023
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
On-campus
Unit
(2019-2024) School of Health Care
Campus
Myllypurontie 1
Teaching languages
Finnish
Seats
20 - 70
Degree programmes
Public Health Nursing
Midwifery
Teachers
Ella Parkkonen
Maiju Salovaara-Hiltunen
Sara Pesonen
Mari Lindroos
Sirpa Kekäläinen
Teacher in charge
Maiju Salovaara-Hiltunen
Groups
SXQ22S1
Terveydenhoitotyön tutkinto-ohjelma päivä
SXL22S1
Kätilötyön tutkinto-ohjelma päivä
Course
SX00DZ89

Implementation has 5 reservations. Total duration of reservations is 14 h 45 min.

Time Topic Location
Mon 06.03.2023 time 08:15 - 11:30
(3 h 15 min)
R3 Päivystys- ja valvontapotilaan hoitotyö SX00DZ89-3031
MPB5022 Kliininen hoitotyö 2
Mon 06.03.2023 time 12:45 - 16:00
(3 h 15 min)
R4 Päivystys- ja valvontapotilaan hoitotyö SX00DZ89-3031
MPB5022 Kliininen hoitotyö 2
Tue 07.03.2023 time 08:30 - 11:30
(3 h 0 min)
R1+2 Päivystys- ja valvontapotilaan hoitotyö SX00DZ89-3031
MPB5012 Simulaatio, päivystys
MPB5032 Kliininen hoitotyö 3
MPB5030 Reflektointitila
Tue 07.03.2023 time 12:45 - 16:00
(3 h 15 min)
R3+4 Päivystys- ja valvontapotilaan hoitotyö SX00DZ89-3031
MPB5012 Simulaatio, päivystys
MPB5032 Kliininen hoitotyö 3
MPB5030 Reflektointitila
Fri 10.03.2023 time 12:30 - 14:30
(2 h 0 min)
Päivystys- ja valvontapotilaan hoitotyö SX00DZ89-3031
MPA3008 Digitila
MPA3010 Digitila
Changes to reservations may be possible.

Objective

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

Content

- 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

Location and time

Nämä tiedot löytyvät lukujärjestyksestä.

Materials

Radiation Safety material on Moodle:
Säteilyturvallisuus / Hoitotyö CD
https://moodle.metropolia.fi/course/view.php?id=2979
Key CD

Teaching methods

Interactive lecture
Guided assignment
Laboration
Simulation
Independent e-learning
Exam

Exam schedules

Assignments return dates, exams and retakes will be informed in orientation and lectures

Completion alternatives

Ei valinnaisia suoritustapoja

Student workload

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

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

Content scheduling

the course takes place in weeks xxx

Further information

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.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"

Qualifications

Medical Nursing Competence.
Surgical nursing Competence.

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