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Internal Medicine and Surgical Nursing 1Laajuus (7 cr)

Code: TH00BV43

Credits

7 op

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Enrollment

02.07.2024 - 31.12.2024

Timing

01.08.2024 - 31.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Minna Kummunsalo
  • Riia Lamminmäki
  • Sirpa Rajala
  • Mervi Rasilainen
  • Teija Franck

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.12.2023 - 31.07.2024

Timing

01.01.2024 - 31.07.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Minna Kummunsalo
  • Mervi Rasilainen
  • Teija Franck

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.07.2023 - 13.10.2023

Timing

09.10.2023 - 12.11.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Satu Halonen
  • Henna Lehtola
Groups
  • PSHSS22A

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Content scheduling

Objectives
Students will
- Learn to plan, administer and evaluate individual patient care and to explain their actions
- Learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
- Learn to apply internal medicine and surgical treatment methods in individual cases
- Know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
- Learn to provide personal guidance to patients and their family members in promoting health and treating illness and in rehabilitation
- Understand the responsibility of nurses in caring for internal medicine and surgically treated patients
- Learn to promote occupational and patient safety in their work
- Know how to use aseptic techniques in different treatment situations
- Gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
- Learn to document information about the care of internal medicine and surgical patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Enrollment

02.07.2023 - 01.09.2023

Timing

09.10.2023 - 12.11.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Sirpa Nikunen
  • Tiina Pelander
Groups
  • PSHTS22V

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Enrollment

02.07.2023 - 31.08.2023

Timing

07.08.2023 - 31.10.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Anne-Mari Seppälä
  • Kati Lahtinen
Groups
  • PSHTS22A

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Enrollment

22.05.2023 - 11.09.2023

Timing

01.08.2023 - 31.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Saara Laaksonen
  • Jaana Forsbacka
Scheduling groups
  • Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 25. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Pienryhmä 2 (Size: 25. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
  • PSHTS22B
Small groups
  • 1
  • 2

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Enrollment

29.05.2023 - 30.09.2023

Timing

01.05.2023 - 31.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Tarja Bergfors
  • Anne-Mari Seppälä
Groups
  • MSAISS22

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.12.2022 - 31.01.2023

Timing

20.03.2023 - 23.04.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

10 - 30

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Riikka Teuri
  • Tuuli Paija
Groups
  • PSHTK22B

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Enrollment

02.12.2022 - 31.12.2022

Timing

01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Mervi Rasilainen
  • Annika Luomala
Groups
  • MSHTK22A

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.12.2022 - 31.01.2023

Timing

01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Maija Valta
  • Päivi Matikainen
Groups
  • PSHTK22A

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.12.2022 - 08.01.2023

Timing

01.01.2023 - 19.02.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Salo IoT Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

10 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Jaana Uuttu
  • Henna Lehtola
Groups
  • PSHSK22A

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Content scheduling

Objectives
Students will
- Learn to plan, administer and evaluate individual patient care and to explain their actions
- Learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
- Learn to apply internal medicine and surgical treatment methods in individual cases
- Know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
- Learn to provide personal guidance to patients and their family members in promoting health and treating illness and in rehabilitation
- Understand the responsibility of nurses in caring for internal medicine and surgically treated patients
- Learn to promote occupational and patient safety in their work
- Know how to use aseptic techniques in different treatment situations
- Gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
- Learn to document information about the care of internal medicine and surgical patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Enrollment

13.06.2022 - 31.08.2022

Timing

29.08.2022 - 14.10.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

RDI portion

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Saara Laaksonen
  • Maarit Munkki-Utunen
  • Jaana Forsbacka
Groups
  • PSHTS21B

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Enrollment

02.05.2022 - 02.09.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Anu Nousiainen
  • Sari Mäkinen
Groups
  • PSHSS21A

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Enrollment

07.06.2022 - 28.04.2023

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Sirpa Nikunen
  • Anu Nousiainen
  • Sari Mäkinen
Groups
  • PSHSS21B

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Enrollment

01.06.2022 - 04.09.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Ville Vainio
  • Maija Valta
  • Jaana Forsbacka
Groups
  • PSHTS21A

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Content scheduling

Objectives
Students will
- Learn to plan, administer and evaluate individual patient care and to explain their actions
- Learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
- Learn to apply internal medicine and surgical treatment methods in individual cases
- Know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
- Learn to provide personal guidance to patients and their family members in promoting health and treating illness and in rehabilitation
- Understand the responsibility of nurses in caring for internal medicine and surgically treated patients
- Learn to promote occupational and patient safety in their work
- Know how to use aseptic techniques in different treatment situations
- Gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
- Learn to document information about the care of internal medicine and surgical patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Enrollment

02.07.2022 - 09.10.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Mirka Toivonen
  • Jaana Forsbacka
Groups
  • PSHTS21C

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Enrollment

02.07.2022 - 30.09.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Tarja Bergfors
  • Päivi Erkko
  • Satu Halonen
Groups
  • MSAISS21

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

31.05.2022 - 04.09.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

RDI portion

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

10 - 30

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Sirpa Nikunen
  • Tiina Pelander
Groups
  • PSHTS21V

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Enrollment

01.06.2022 - 16.09.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Salo IoT Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Sirpa Nikunen
  • Päivi Matikainen
Groups
  • PSHSS21V

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Enrollment

02.12.2021 - 07.03.2022

Timing

21.03.2022 - 01.05.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

10 - 30

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Maija Valta
  • Maarit Munkki-Utunen
  • Tuuli Paija
Groups
  • PSHTK21C

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Enrollment

01.12.2021 - 31.01.2022

Timing

01.01.2022 - 09.04.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Anu Nousiainen
  • Sari Mäkinen
Groups
  • PSHSK21A

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

24.01.2022 - 28.02.2022

Timing

01.01.2022 - 31.07.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Kaisa Friman
  • Isa Öhberg
  • Jaana Forsbacka
Groups
  • PSHTK21A

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

03.01.2022 - 28.01.2022

Timing

01.01.2022 - 31.07.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Annika Luomala
  • Mirka Toivonen
  • Jaana Forsbacka
Groups
  • PSHTK21B

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

01.12.2021 - 20.02.2022

Timing

01.12.2021 - 31.07.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Johanna Nieminen
  • Päivi Erkko
  • Satu Haapalainen
Groups
  • MSHTK21B

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

01.12.2021 - 27.02.2022

Timing

01.12.2021 - 31.07.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Johanna Nieminen
  • Satu Haapalainen
  • Mirka Toivonen
Groups
  • MSHTK21A

Objective

NURSING OF SURGICAL AND INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS 1 practical training 7 ECTS SIKI 1

Objectives
• Students will know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Students will learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Students will learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Students will gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients (medication passport)
• Students will know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Students will be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Students will know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Students will learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

Content

Contents
• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

H-5