•   Perioperative Nursing TH00BV30-3018 01.01.2023-31.07.2023  4 credits  (MSHTK22A) +-
    Competence objectives of study unit
    PERIOPERATIVE NURSING 5 ECTS PEHO
    The study unit includes 1 ECTS of studies arranged in English

    Objectives
    Students will
    • Understand the treatment path for perioperative patients
    • Know how to describe the perioperative treatment process of adult patients
    • Learn the principles of asepsis and know how to apply the methods and principles of infection prevention in a surgical ward
    • Be able to work in multiprofessional surgical and anaesthetic teams at the different phases of perioperative nursing
    • Become proficient in the basic principles and values of surgical and anaesthetic nursing and learn to base their actions on the latest research information
    • Understand the special features of pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy for perioperative patients and know how to apply them in patient care
    • Become familiar with the most common anaesthetic and analgesic methods
    • Know how to prepare patients for anaesthesia and procedures
    • Know how to use common patient testing, examination, monitoring and care instruments, analyse the resulting information and act accordingly
    • Know how to report on and document the different phases of perioperative treatment
    • Learn to identify the special features of counselling and support provided to perioperative patients
    • Be aware of the safety risks in surgical and anaesthetic wards and know how to ensure the safety of activities
    • Understand the tasks of anaesthetic nurses, circulating nurses and surgeon’s assistants and identify the key instruments used
    • Be able to perform immediate postoperative observation in the recovery room
    Content of study unit
    Preclinical Training in Perioperative Nursing

    Objectives



    Students will

    • Learn to perform nursing of surgical patients in a surgical ward

    • Learn to carry out the necessary preparations for the patient’s intra-operative care

    • Understand the key factors contributing to successful team work in surgical and anaesthetic wards

    • Practise the tasks of anaesthetic nurses, circulating nurses and surgeon’s assistants

    • Learn to use the key care equipment, supplies and instruments used in anaesthetic and surgical care

    • Practise aseptic techniques in different nursing roles in a surgical ward

    • Learn to observe and care for patients in the intraoperative and immediate postoperative context

    • Practise documenting and reporting of perioperative nursing

    • Contents:

    • The operating room as an environment

    • Preoperative and intraoperative preparations in surgical and anaesthetic wards and transferring the patient to an operating room

    • Care of a patient during a procedure: different nursing roles, duties and team work

    • How to use the surgical team checklist

    • Observation and care of patients under anaesthesia

    • Common operating positions and disinfection of the area of operation

    • Collecting instruments and treatment supplies

    • Surgical hand disinfection, sterile clothing and defining the area of operation

    • Common care equipment, devices and instruments

    • Aseptic techniques of surgical wards

    • Providing assistance in a surgery

    • Tasks related to ending a procedure (supply inventory and equipment maintenance)

    • Transferring the patient and immediate postoperative observation and care

    • Pharmacotherapy and liquid therapy



    Anaesthesiology and Pharmacology 1 ECTS ANFA

    • Common methods of anaesthesia , the medications used in them and the effects and phases of these medications in the body

    • Preparations for anaesthesia (collecting the medications, preparing the patient monitoring systems and the anaesthesia workstation)

    • Observation and care of patients under anaesthesia in the operating and recovery rooms

    • Pharmacotherapy and liquid therapy during anaesthesia and in the recovery room

    • Pain assessment and management

    Teacher(s) in charge

    Marjo Kaarto, Tuija Leinonen

    Teaching language

    Finnish

    Timing

    01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023

    Enrollment date range

    02.12.2022 - 31.03.2023

    Group(s)
    • MSHTK22A
    Responsible unit

    Health and Well-being

    Degree Programme(s)

    Degree Programme in Nursing

    Assessment scale

    H-5