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Dermatological, Ophthalmic and Otologic NursingLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: TH00BU94

Credits

5 op

Objective

DERMATOLOGICAL, OPHTHALMIC AND OTOLOGIC NURSING 5 ECTS ISKO

Objectives
• Students will learn to plan, administer and evaluate the nursing of patients with common skin, eye, nose, throat and ear disorders.
• Students will know how to support and provide guidance to patients and their family members in cases of skin, eye, nose, throat and ear disorders.

Content

Contents
• Nursing and guidance of ophthalmic patients
o Glaucoma, cataract, macular degeneration, eye infection, foreign object in the eye
• Nursing and guidance of patients with ear, nose and throat diseases
o Tinnitus, Ménière’s disease, different types of dizziness
o Special features of surgical anaesthesia care
• Nursing and guidance of patients with skin disorders
o Common skin disorders (allergies, psoriasis)

Enrollment

06.06.2022 - 29.08.2022

Timing

30.08.2022 - 02.10.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

10 - 30

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Tiina Nurmela
  • Marika Leppänen
Scheduling groups
  • Vain avoimen AMK:n opiskelijoille (Size: 5. Open UAS: 5.)
Groups
  • PSHTS20C
  • PSHSS20C
  • PSHSS20A
  • PSHTS20A
  • PSHTS20B
  • MSAISS20
  • PSHSS20B
  • PSHTS20V
Small groups
  • For Open UAS students only

Objective

DERMATOLOGICAL, OPHTHALMIC AND OTOLOGIC NURSING 5 ECTS ISKO

Objectives
• Students will learn to plan, administer and evaluate the nursing of patients with common skin, eye, nose, throat and ear disorders.
• Students will know how to support and provide guidance to patients and their family members in cases of skin, eye, nose, throat and ear disorders.

Content

Contents
• Nursing and guidance of ophthalmic patients
o Glaucoma, cataract, macular degeneration, eye infection, foreign object in the eye
• Nursing and guidance of patients with ear, nose and throat diseases
o Tinnitus, Ménière’s disease, different types of dizziness
o Special features of surgical anaesthesia care
• Nursing and guidance of patients with skin disorders
o Common skin disorders (allergies, psoriasis)

Teaching methods

lectures at classroom or Distant
Web-based teaching
Independent reading and writing tasks

International connections

Contact teaching in classroom or in zoom us
Flipped learning

Student workload

Dermatological, Ophthalmic and Otologic Nursing 5 ECTS = 135 hours student work

Content scheduling

The course contains 2 ECTS studies in english language.
- Ophtalmic nursing and patients supervision
- Otologic nursing and patients supervision
- The most common dermatologic diseases
- Dermatologic patients nursing and patient supervision

Evaluation scale

H-5