Nursing of Chronically Ill Patients (5 ECTS)

Objective

Students
- can evaluate the care needs of a patient suffering from national diseases as well as plan, implement and evaluate client-oriented nursing using evidence-based knowledge
- can evaluate the care needs of a patient suffering from national diseases by means of appropriate clinical and physiological evaluations and instruments as well as respond to them with assistive methods of nursing
- can support the resources of patients and their significant others considering their cultural background
- understand the significance of close multiprofessional cooperation and care path for the client-oriented care of the chronically ill.

Content

Client-oriented and coherent care path of patients suffering from national diseases
Supporting resources of patients suffering from national diseases and their significant others in a client-oriented way throughout the care path
Nursing of patients suffering from circulatory, respiratory and metabolic diseases, major care protocols and procedures and assistive methods
Documentation of nursing and basics of reporting
Major national diseases and internal conditions

Materials

Exam material:Ahonen, Bleck-Vehkaluoto, Ekola, Partamies, Sulosaari & Uski-Tallqvist 2016. Kliininen hoitotyö. Sanoma Pro Oy. Cardiovascular diseases, neurological diseases, lung diseases, diabetes and infectious diseases in a patient care
Or in English: Brunner-Suddarths Medical-Surgical Textbook, the latest version. Pages announced at orientation lecture.
Other materials provided by teachers
Lecture material

Teaching methods

Lectures, clinical labs, simulation training, virtual learning, independent tasks

Employer connections

N/A

Exam schedules

Course exam as scheduled in timetable
Retake 1: Spring 2019, date announced in the orientation lecture
Retake 2: Autumn 2019
Drug-calculations exam: orientation lecture
Retake 1: if needed, during the course
Retake 2: if needed, during the course

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

135h

Content scheduling

N/A

Further information

Lectures: Nursing records and documentation, care of a patient with cardiovascular diseases, neurological diseases, pulmonary diseases and diabetes
Online group assignments in Moodle regarding infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases
Clinical labs: ECG, monitoring, resuscitation, caring and positioning of a paralyzed patient, airway suction, supporting breathing
Simulations x 2

YOU MUST PASS DRUG-CALCULATION EXAM AND CLINICAL LABS BEFORE GOING TO CLINICAL PRACTICE!

STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE BEFORE ATTENDING ON THE COURSE:
Clinical nursing theory and clinical labs
Anatomy and physiology
Pharmacotherapy 1 (at least drug calculations and clinical labs 1-4)
Clinical nursing skills part 1 and 2

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Evaluating competences evaluation criteria novice/beginner is used.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Opiskelija
- osaa etsiä tietoa yksittäiseen tilanteeseen
- osoittaa perehtyneisyyttä alan tietoperustaan
- erottaa arkitiedon tutkitusta tiedosta
- osaa toimia yksittäisissä ammatillisissa tilanteissa ohjeistuksen mukaisesti
- pyrkii toimimaan asiakaslähtöisesti
- osoittaa saavuttaneensa riittävät tiedot pystyäkseen toimimaan ammatillisissa tilanteissa
- osoittaa perehtyneisyyden ammattialan eettisiin periaatteisiin
- osaa toimia työryhmän jäsenenä
- kykenee arvioimaan omia vahvuuksiaan ja kehittymistarpeitaan

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam (0-5)
Drug-calculation exam and clinical labs (pass-fail), 100% attendance in clinical labs
Simulations: 100% attendance + possible preliminary tasks completed before simulation
Active participation 80 % in theory teaching.
All independent course assignments done.