Medical Nursing (5 ECTS)

Materials

• Learning/Exam material: Brunner-Suddarths Medical-Surgical Textbook, the latest version: Cardiovascular diseases (Coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, heart failure, common arhytmias, strokes), neurological diseases (neuroanatomy, neurological status, strokes), pulmonary diseases (COPD, asthma), diabetes (DM1 & DM2), kidney failure, and infectious diseases (pneumonia, sepsis), communicable diseases and isolation protocols, rheumatoid diseases, nursing of cancer patients and chemotherapy

• Electrical safety material on a separate Moodle learning platform: https://moodle.metropolia.fi/course/view.php?id=1456 Key: CDE

• Other materials provided by lecturer during the study implementation

Employer connections

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Exam schedules

• Exam date 25.10.2023
Retake can be tried twice on pre-scheduled times. In case of failing both retakes the course has to be repeated. Elevating grade can be tried once in next possible retake. Enrollment to retake is always done with the name of teacher responsible for the course. Instructions how to enroll for retake are found in Oma.
Retake 1. 11.12.2023
Retake 2. Inform later
• Drug-calculations exams: check the times from the timetable.
• Electrical safety assignment return deadline agreed with the teacher

Completion alternatives

• N/A

Evaluation methods and criteria

• Exam H-5
Electricity safety assignment (pass-fail)
Drug-calculation (pass-fail)
Online courses and independent single/group assignments (100%)
Clinical laboratory teaching (100% attendance)
Simulation (100% attendance)

Student workload

• 1 cr = 27 h
• Total number of hours is 135 h, contact teaching 44 hours ( orientation, theory lessons, labs, simulation, exam), independent study 91 h

Content scheduling

• More information on progress of the course and course materials are found in Moodle and presented in orientation 14.8.2023

Teaching methods

• Flipped learning
• Case study work with evidence based nursing practices
• Interactive lecture
• Assignment oriented teaching
• Small group working
• Clinical laboratory teaching
• Simulation
• Skills laboratory learning
• Online courses
• Independent study

Further information

• It is the responsibility of a single student, being absent from either orientation or other classes, to find out about the contents missed from fellow students
o Theory classes involving assignments are of compulsory attendance
o Clinical laboratory /Simulation teaching are of compulsory attendance and students are required to wear appropriate protective uniforms. Instructions given in asepsis lectures are to be obeyed during practices
• The contents, assignments and evaluation in the course support the student achieving competence required in core competencies of National final nursing exam (YleSH180op)
• NOTE! Course related drug calculations and clinical labs/simulation has to be accepted prior to medical nursing practice
• AHOT: partial AHOT decision has to be received before participating the course. Student will enroll on the course and participate in Orientation. Partial AHOT has to be presented to the course teacher before Orientation, when it is agreed how student will accomplish the required parts of the course
* Electrical safety lessons on Zoom: https://metropolia.zoom.us/j/2755758729, key 1234

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"

Further information

• It is the responsibility of a single student, being absent from either orientation or other classes, to find out about the contents missed from fellow students
o Theory classes involving assignments are of compulsory attendance
o Clinical laboratory /Simulation teaching are of compulsory attendance and students are required to wear appropriate protective uniforms. Instructions given in asepsis lectures are to be obeyed during practices
• The contents, assignments and evaluation in the course support the student achieving competence required in core competencies of National final nursing exam (YleSH180op)
• NOTE! Course related drug calculations and clinical labs/simulation has to be accepted prior to medical nursing practice
• AHOT: partial AHOT decision has to be received before participating the course. Student will enroll on the course and participate in Orientation. Partial AHOT has to be presented to the course teacher before Orientation, when it is agreed how student will accomplish the required parts of the course
* Electrical safety lessons on Zoom: https://metropolia.zoom.us/j/2755758729, key 1234