The Basic Practice of Clinical Nursing 1 (5 cr)

Objective

Students
- are aware of the key competence areas of nursing
- can implement several methods in assisting and supporting client/patient’s daily activities considering patient safety
- detect changes in client/patient’s basic vital signs and are capable of supporting these vital signs with assistive methods
- understand the significance of ethicality and professional interaction to nursing and consider patient’s needs for psychosocial support
- can adopt an individually-oriented approach to encountering clients/patients from different cultures
- understand the importance of quality in nursing to improve patient care and their own development

Content

- working methods considering patient safety
- consider patient safety issues in their work
- significance of professional interaction
- cultural background in client encounters and interaction
- ethics in nursing
- basics of reporting
- laws and decrees on quality management and quality assessment in nursing
- post-mortem nursing care

Location and time

According to the schedule: autumn 2023
Placed at Myllypuro Campus and online

Materials

Any of the three books mentioned below is suitable as a textbook.

Blomqvist M, Rummukainen T, Sainio T, Simola T & Tyrisevä-Ryösö M. 2022. Hoitotyön perusosaaminen. SanomaPro.
- chapters 1-10
- Kuolevan potilaan hoito (opettajan materiaali)
- Muistiinpanot ja opettajien ohjeistama materiaali / notes & other material from the lecturer
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Rautava-Nurmi, H., Westergård, A., Henttonen, T., Ojala, M. & Vuorinen, S. Hoitotyön taidot ja toiminnot. 2019. SanomaPro.

- luku/chapter 2 Hoitotyön arvot, periaatteet ja lainsäädäntö
- luku/chapter 3 Ihmisen ja hoitotyön monimuotoisuus; ei 3.1 Elämänvaiheisiin liittyvät osatekijät
- luku/chapter 4 Hoitotyön prosessi ja näyttöön perustuva dokumentointi
- luku/chapter 6 Ihmisen aistit ja niiden toiminta ei 6.1 Aistien toiminta
- luku/chapter 7 Aseptiikka hoitotyössä; ei/not included 7.9. Infektion vuoksi eristäminen, ei / not included 7.10. Tutkimukseen tai toimenpiteeseen valmistaminen
- luku/chapter 9 Päivittäiset toiminnot; ei Aivoverenkiertohäiriöpotilaan asentohoito
- luku/chapter 10 Sairaan iho ja haavojen hoito
- luku/chapter 11 Ravitsemus
- luku/chapter 12 Erittäminen; ei/ not includedVirtsa-avanne ja rakkoavanne
- luku/chapter 13 Nestetasapaino; ei/ not included 13.6 Laskimoverinäytteen ottaminen
- luku/chapter 14 Hengitys; ei/ not included 14.7 Hengityksen hoito invasiivisilla menetelmillä
- luku 15 Verenkierto; ei/ not included Sydämen rytmin seuranta
- Kuolevan potilaan hoito (opettajan materiaali/other material assigned by the teacher)
- Muistiinpanot ja opettajien ohjeistama materiaali / other material assigned by the teacher
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Literature in the 2015 edition: Rautava-Nurmi, H., Westergård, A., Henttonen, T., Ojala, M. & Vuorinen, S. Hoitotyön taidot ja toiminnot. 2015. SanomaPro.
- chapter 2 Hoitotyön arvot, periaatteet ja lainsäädäntö
- chapter 3 Vuorovaikutus ja monikulttuurinen hoitotyö
- chapter 4 Hoitotyön prosessi ja näyttöön perustuva dokumentointi
- chapter 6 Ihmisen aistit ja niiden toiminta ei 6.1 Aistien toiminta
- chapter 7 Aseptiikka hoitotyössä ei/not included 7.9. Infektion vuoksi eristäminen not included 7.10. Tutkimukseen tai toimenpiteeseen valmistaminen
- chapter 9 Aktiviteetti, not included: as an example: aivoverenkiertohäiriöpotilaan asentohoito
- chapter 10 Päivittäiset toiminnot
- chapter 11 Kudoseheys
- chapter 12 Ravitsemus
- chapter 13 Erittäminen, ei avannepotilaan hoito
- chapter 14 Nestetasapaino
- chapter 15 Hengitys ei/not included 15.7 Hengityksen hoito invasiivisilla menetelmillä
- chapter 16 Verenkierto, ei sydämen rytmin seuranta
- Kuolevan potilaan hoitotyö (opettajan materiaali/material assigned by the teacher)
- Muistiinpanot ja opettajien ohjeistama materiaali / other material assigned by the teacher

Teaching methods

- Flipped learning
- Case study work with evidence based nursing solutions
- Interactive lecture
- Task oriented teaching
- Small group working
- Clinical laboratory teaching
- Skills lab working
- Web courses
- Independent study

Employer connections

N/A

Exam schedules

Course exam

Retake can be tried twice on pre-scheduled times, in case of failure in both the course has to be repeated. Elevating grade can be tried once in next possible retake. Enrollment into retake is always done on the name of teacher responsible for the course . Instructions how to enroll for retake are found in Oma.

International connections

Student can complete the course with an English-speaking group.

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours

Total number of hours on course is 135 h:
- contact teaching 15 hours (theory lessons )
- labs 20 hours
- independent study 100 h (skill stations, assignments etc.)

Content scheduling

More information on progress of the course and course materials are in Moodle, presented during the orientation.

Further information

It is the responsibility of a single student, being absent from either orientation or other classes, to find out about the contents of previous from the fellow students.

Clinical laboratory are of compulsory attendance and students are required to wear appropriate protective uniforms. Instructions given in asepsis lectures are being followed during practising.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment:
- Passing grade 50% in Exam
- Web courses and independent single/group course assignments 100%
- Clinical laboratory teaching 100% attendance

Exam 0-5
Exam scoring:
0-49.99% = 0/fail
50%- 59,99% = T1
60%-69,99% = T2
70% - 79,99% H3
80%-89,99% = H4
90% - 100% = K5

Objective

Students
- are aware of the key competence areas of nursing
- can implement several methods in assisting and supporting client/patient’s daily activities considering patient safety
- detect changes in client/patient’s basic vital signs and are capable of supporting these vital signs with assistive methods
- understand the significance of ethicality and professional interaction to nursing and consider patient’s needs for psychosocial support
- can adopt an individually-oriented approach to encountering clients/patients from different cultures
- understand the importance of quality in nursing to improve patient care and their own development

Content

- working methods considering patient safety
- consider patient safety issues in their work
- significance of professional interaction
- cultural background in client encounters and interaction
- ethics in nursing
- basics of reporting
- laws and decrees on quality management and quality assessment in nursing
- post-mortem nursing care