Acute 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 nursing of patients in emergency care, high dependency units, intensive care units and perioperative units of 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 patients in emergency care, high dependency units, intensive care units and perioperative care
- patient education supporting patient’s resources and empowerment; supporting and providing guidance to significant others
- specific questions related to the study unit

Further information

Using artificial intelligence (AI):
Artificial intelligence can be used to ideate written works, to understand concepts, to review things, but it should not be used to replace the thought and writing work done by oneself. Correcting the grammar of the self-generated text with artificial intelligence is allowed, but writing entire texts with it is not allowed. If you use artificial intelligence, its use must be described transparently. When using artificial intelligence, please familiarize yourself with Metropolia's instructions for using artificial intelligence and take responsibility for operating in accordance with the instructions.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"

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.