Clinical Nursing (15 cr)

Objective

Students
- deepen their evidence-based competence in accordance with the key competence areas of nursing: clinical, decision-making, patient education, interaction, ethical, health promotion, and development and leadership competence
- can evaluate their evidence-based development and assume responsibility for the quality of nursing in their own actions
- are prepared for future-oriented and patient/client-oriented development of nursing
- deepen their competence in planning, implementing, evaluating and developing patients’ clinical (medical-surgical) nursing in different operating environments
- deepen their competence in supporting and giving guidance to patients and their significant others in different phases of the clinical pathway

Content

- evidence-based nursing and its development
- nurses’ expertise and multiprofessional teamwork and networks
- health technology and competence in future nursing
- advanced studies in nursing of medical-surgical patients
- patient education supporting patient’s resources and empowerment; supporting and providing guidance to significant others
- specific questions related to the study unit

Location and time

Clasroom teaching at Myllypuro campus.
Part of lectures can take place in Zoom. Have a look at the schedule.

Materials

Course materials:

Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 15th Edition (no e-book version, books are available in Metropolia`s library)
Teacher`s given materials in Moodle
Possible E-book recommendations separately in learning sections

Materials on course cannot be shared/distributed without Teacher`s permission, they are solely for use of study purposes on this course only.

Teaching methods

Flipped learning
Interactive lecture
Cooperative learning
Small group work
Guided assignment
Reflective workbook
Clinical laboratory teaching
Simulation
OSCE
Independent study (EXAM)

Employer connections

Expertice in Nursing-practice starts after the implementation from the week 12.

Exam schedules

Theory exam will be held take at week 11 (15.3.2024 at 10.00-12.00) on Myllypuro´s campus. (paper exam)

1st retake at week 16
2nd retake week 23

International connections

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Completion alternatives

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Student workload

15 credits includes 405 hours of students work. Mandatory participation to lectures and laboratories and simulations.
Rest of the workload consists of small group work, independent assignment and studying theory.

Content scheduling

Implementation takes place between weeks 2-9. Orientation class is on 10.1. at 10.15. Participation to orientation is mandatory. More information and the materials are published in Moodle which is opened to students in the orientation.

Students confirm their participation to the implementation by participating to the orientation. If the student is not able to participate to the orientation, student is responsible of notifying teacher about this beforehand.

Further information

The course is part of the advanced phase of nursing education and, according to the study plan, it is scheduled for the student's last academic year.

Completing the course requires that the basic studies have mostly been completed. Students cannot start clinical nursing training 7 until all basic training has been completed successfully.

The course requires a lot of work, so completing other studies at the same time is a challenge.

If the student has the right to an extended exam time, the responsible teacher of course must be informed as soon as possible after the orientation.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"

Assessment methods and criteria

Completing this implementation means:
Active participation
Passed medical calculations
Student has participated to all simulations and laboratories
Student has completed all assignments (group and individual)
Implementation is graded based on the exam grade (1-5/failed)

Qualifications

The student may choose the nursing expertise studies when he has completed the theoretical studies included in the professional nursing studies and clinical practices included in these, unless otherwise agreed in the student's ISP.