Study Guide

Objective

SURGICAL PATIENT NURSING 8 cr SUNU Objectives: The student shall be able to - learn to plan, implement and evaluate individual patient care and explain his or her actions - recognise the changes brought about by surgical diseases and injuries in the patient and explain them to him or her and the family members - learn to apply treatment methods used at surgical units with individual patients - find ethical solutions in different treatment situations - guide the patient and his or her family members individually in health promotion, treatment of diseases and rehabilitation - understand a nurse's responsibility in infection control and care of patient in surgical medicine and act aseptically in different treatment situations. - improve his or her medicinal treatment competence in nursing in surgical medicine (Medication Passport) - document information relating to basic surgical nursing of the patient

Content

The contents will be published in the implementation plan Study material: The study material will be published in the implementation plan

Materials

Previous theory courses, preclinical training lessons and practices at working life.

Teaching methods

Practice at working life

International connections

Working life based

Student workload

Assignments and student’s workload:
8 credits is 203 hours of student work which includes 2 hours of practice orientation, 2 hours feedback and 2 hours for updating personal CV to Jobiili. The student practices the remaining 197 hours in the internship place.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Evaluation: Approved/ failed
Accepted completion requires:
Before the practice the student needs to fill in the Jobiili CV and participate in the practice orientation lesson.
During the practice the student needs to achieve the goals of the practice and complete the hours in practice. The student writes own goals, discusses them with the practice supervisor and uploads them to Optima. Midterm and final evaluations are held between the supervisor and the student. The student writes a self-evaluation and uploads all documents to Optima.
After the practice the student returns the practice evaluation forms and timetable forms to the teacher and participates in the feedback lesson.

Content scheduling

Supervised nursing practice at working life, weeks 41-45

Further information

The student needs to pay for the travelling costs.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation is based on the assessment criteria for supervised practical training. Evaluation discussion is held between the student and the supervisor. Assessment of five nursing competences: customer-oriented, ethical and professional skills, evidence-based clinical skills, teaching and guidance skills, cooperation skills in social and health care operating environments and nursing development skills.