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Clinical Physiology and Clinical Laboratory Tests (1 cr)

Code: TH00BW34-3002

General information


Enrollment

15.08.2022 - 16.09.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing

Teachers

  • Anniina Friman

Scheduling groups

  • a-ryhmä (Size: 17. Open UAS: 0.)
  • b-ryhmä (Size: 17. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • PTERTK22

Small groups

  • a-ryhmä
  • b-ryhmä

Objective

Students will
• Know how to advise patients in preparing for examinations and after the examination
• Become familiar with the most common laboratory tests and know how to describe their significance
• Know how to collect high-quality specimens and analyse them
• Become familiar with the most common clinical physiology examinations of internal medicine patients and the related role of nursing

Content

Contents
• The most common laboratory tests (blood and urine tests)
• Preparation of patients and the importance thereof
• Patient guidance during specimen collection
• Standardization and quality management of specimen collection
• Collection of venous and skin puncture specimens
• Collection of urine specimens and chemical screening of urine
• Complications in specimen collection
• Storage and transportation of specimens
• Point-of-care testing and the quality management of point-of-care instruments
• Guidance of patients and preparation for examinations
• The most common clinical physiology examinations (e.g. ECG recording)
• The role of nursing in performing examinations and tests

Evaluation scale

H-5