Surgical and Perioperative Nursing (5 cr)

Objective

Students
- can plan, implement and evaluate surgical and perioperative nursing in multiprofessional workgroups in different operating environments
- are able to plan, implement and evaluate the patient’s evidence-based anaesthetic and surgical nursing in multiprofessional workgroups under supervision
- understand the significance of nurses’ role to the health promotion of surgical and perioperative nursing
- know how to evaluate the needs of surgical patients and respond to them using nursing interventions and methods
- can guide and support patients requiring surgical and perioperative care and their significant others by using appropriate guidance methods
- understand the importance of safeguarding the continuity of care for surgical and perioperative patients from the perspective of patient safety

Content

- nursing process in surgical and perioperative nursing
- care path of patients requiring surgical care
- monitoring patients requiring surgical nursing care (ABCDE, NEWS, ISBAR)
- nursing procedures in the care of surgical patients (e.g. surgical wound care and treatment of acute pain)
- support the coping and decision-making of surgical patients and their significant others during the course of illness and care
- the most common patient groups requiring surgery
- documentation and reporting of surgical patients
- anaesthesiology and surgery
- perioperative nurse’s tasks in surgical units: anaesthesiological nurse, instrument nurse, circulating nurse and recovery nurse
- general forms of anaesthesia and medicines used during anaesthesia
- monitoring patient safety
- postoperative monitoring and care
- aseptic work methods in the operative environment

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"

Qualifications

Basics of Clinical Nursing Competence.
Basic knowledge of Pharmacotherapy.