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Surgical Patient Nursing (5 cr)

Code: 7031309-1014

General information


Timing

01.08.2017 - 31.12.2017

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

Salo IoT Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

10 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Sirpa Nikunen
  • Annukka Mattinen

Groups

  • PSHSS16A

Objective

The student shall be able to- describe the treatment episode of adult patients of different ages in surgical treatment, its premises, special characteristics and ethical requirements.- perform evidence-based methods in surgical nursing that support survival, and report health problems and their treatment in patients with surgically treated diseases.- explain the premises for radiological examinations and radiation therapy- control the spreading of infections in different surgical treatment environments.- acquire information and skills to guide and support the patient to take responsibility for regaining and maintaining his or her own health.- plan, implement and evaluate the nursing of a surgical patient in terms of his or her vital functions, medicinal treatment and changes due to the disease in the different stages of the treatment period and document the treatment of a surgical patient.- describe special issues specific to the nutrition of a surgical patient- describe the most common surgical diseases and their examination and treatment methods.

Content

Surgical Patient Nursing SUNU Surgical patients nursing 3,75 cr SPN- identifying the treatment problems of a surgical patient, treatment planning as well as the care pathway- preparing the patient for surgery- documentation in the treatment of a surgical patient- post-operative patient monitoring and treatment- nursing of a surgical patient in key specialist areas- first aid and treatment of lesions and incisions- treatment of patients with a cast- first aid and treatment of patients with a fracture- conditions and injuries caused by extreme cold and heat- infusion, nutrition and medicinal treatment of surgical patientsSurgical patient’s nutrition 0,25 cr SPNSurgery and pharmacology 1 cr SPContents:urological diseasesthoraxvascular diseasesabdominal surgical diseasesneurosurgerymusculoskeletal diseasesbreast surgerytraumatology and burns and scaldsplastic surgery

Evaluation scale

H-5