Clinical Nursing (15 ECTS)

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

Weeks 33-40 (11.8- 3.10.2025)
Classroom teaching at Myllypuro campus.
Part of lectures can take place in Zoom/Teams. 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
Workshops
Oral group exam
Independent study (Moodle- exam)

Employer connections

Expertise in Nursing-practice starts after the implementation from week 41.

Exam schedules

Theory exam will be held take at week 40 at Myllypuro´s Campus IT classes (Moodle exam).
1st retake: EXAM room- will be announced later
2nd retake: EXAM room- will be announced later

Oral group exam/OSCE on week 40.
The re-take for oral group exam will be announced later.

International connections

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Completion alternatives

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Student workload

15 credits includes 405 hours of students work. Mandatory participation for part of the theory lectures (mandatory theory classed are marked to the calendar). Mandatory participation for laboratory classes, workshops, Finnish integration classes and simulations.

Finnish integration classes= 1 credit. If the student`s mother tongue is Finnish, he/she has to attend the joint classes of the Finnish Programme (Kliininen hoitotyö) for 1 credit. Note: The student has to contact the responsible teacher for the course at the orientation day for more details and information.

If the student`s (mother tongue is other than Finnish) wants exemption from the Finnish integration classes, she/he must discuss with the Finnish language teacher and agree the. demonstration of competence at the beginning of the implementation.

Rest of the workload consists of small group work, independent assignment and studying theory.

Content scheduling

Implementation takes place between weeks 33-40, theory exam and oral group exam to week 10- Orientation class is at week 33.. Participation to orientation is mandatory. Mandatory knowledge test at the orientation day for everyone- no need for prior preparation for the knowledge test. More information about the course: course objectives and the materials are published in Moodle which is introduced 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.

USING ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE:
Artificial intelligence can be utilized for brainstorming in written assignments, but it should not be used as a substitute for independent thinking and writing. Editing the language and style of self-produced text is permitted, but generating entire texts using AI is not allowed. If you use AI, its use must be transparently disclosed. Failure to disclose the use of AI will be considered misconduct. When using AI, please familiarize yourself with Metropolia's guidelines https://opiskelija.oma.metropolia.fi/delegate/desktop_web_content_attachment/attachment/9923680 for AI usage and take responsibility for adhering to these guidelines.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"

Assessment methods and criteria

Theory exam (Failed/1-5)
Oral group exam (Pass/Failed)
Passed medical calculations
Passed simulation classes, workshop classes and laboratory classed.
Participation to all Finnish integration classes/ complementary way separately agreed with responsible teacher or the Finnish teacher.
Student has completed all assignments: reflective workbook, clinical knowledge test, knowledge tests in Moodle, group work
Continuous assessment of competence
Implementation is graded based on the theory 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.