Emergencies in Acute Care Nursing (Erasmus BIP) (5 cr)

Objective

To gain a wider and deeper knowledge and skills about acute care nursing generally, to have a cultural exchange and share knowledge with students from abroad who share the same interest, to strenghten one`own nursing competence especially in field of acute care, to develop flexibility and team working skills and shared decision making skills, to practise recognizing patient deterioration and ALS skills.

Content

This course will cover different medical emergency situations from a nursing point of view in varied emergency and acute care settings (A&E, ICU, HDU and operating theatres). Intensive week consists of simulations, clinical laboratory practices and fun social activities.
This type of joint course will serve nursing students who are interested in emergency and acute care nursing with aspiration to gain additional competencies for working in the field.

Location and time

Part 1: Virtual study

ONLINE MEETING 1 - Tuesday 16 January

17:00-19:00 (Fin/Est)

16:00-18:00 (Belgia, Malta, Portugal, Switzerland

Topics: Orientation to course. Meet & greet

Zoom https://metropolia.zoom.us/my/tiinavaramaki


ONLINE MEETING 2 - Tuesday 30 January

17:00-19:00 (Fin/Est)

16:00-18:00 (Belgia, Malta, Portugal, Switzerland)

Topic: Principles of care in different acute care areas, cABCDE in acute care and detecting and managing patient deterioration

ONLINE MEETING 3: 2h Tuesday 13 February 17:00-19:00 (Finland time)

17:00-19:00 (Fin/Est)

16:00-18:00 (Belgia, Malta, Portugal, Switzerland)

Topic: Principles of communication in emergency situations, principles of medicines management and drugs used in emergency situations


ONLINE MEETING 4 12. Tuesday March

17:00-19:00 (Fin/Est)

16:00-18:00 (Belgia, Malta, Portugal, Switzerland)



Topics: Principles of blood gas analysis interpretation, principles of IV fluid management & electrolytes in acute care


Part 2:

Intensive Week 15-19 April 2024 in Helsinki, Finland

Metropolia?campus, address: Myllypurontie 1, Helsinki


The program will start on Monday morning 15 April at 09:00 on Metropolia campus and finish on Friday 19 April afternoon. The detailed programme of the week will be available during the orientation session.

Materials

Will be provided during the course
Student may use as supportive material acute nursing books and databases provided by own institution

Teaching methods

Online expert lectures and independent assignments starting in January (pls see the schedule)
Intensive week at Metropolia campus 15-19 April 2024

This course will cover different medical emergency situations from a nursing point of view in varied emergency and acute care settings (A&E, ICU, HDU and operating theatres). Intensive week consists of simulations, clinical laboratory practices and fun social activities.
This type of joint course will serve nursing students who are interested in emergency and acute care nursing with aspiration to gain additional competencies for working in the field.

Employer connections

Included into the course by using work-life experts and work-life visit

Exam schedules

No exam but course assignments included

International connections

Implemented as full international co-operation
Participating HEIs are: Metropolia UAS Helsinki Finland, Malta University, Tallinn Health Care College,
Polytechnic Institute of Setubal, Portugal, Artevelde UAS Belgium and Kingston University UK.

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

1cr=27 hours of student work
5 credits course

Content scheduling

Whole course is run during spring term 2024 (pls see separate program). More info given in Orientation

Further information

Metropolia students can enroll to the implementation SX00FN72-3002 Emergencies in Acute Care Nursing. The selection of students will be informed later as enrollment time is over if many applicants (students will also join from all participating Universities except UK)

Registration deadline: 2.-15.12.24

Students will be contacted and selection of students will be made based on study success and motivation.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass/Fail completed learning assignments, participation in online studies 80% and intensive week 100%

Assessment methods and criteria

Participation in theory studies online
Participation in Intensive week 100%
Completed assignments