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Clinical Physiology and Laboratory Studies (1 cr)

Code: TH00BY19-3002

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2022 - 12.02.2023

Timing

01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023

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 Midwifery

Teachers

  • Seija Kirkko-Jaakkola
  • Anniina Friman

Scheduling groups

  • a-ryhmä (Size: 15. Open UAS: 0.)
  • b-ryhmä (Size: 15. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • PKÄTIS22

Small groups

  • a
  • b

Objective

The student:

• Can advise patients in preparing for examinations and after the examination
• Becomes familiar with the most common laboratory tests and know how to describe their significance
• Can take high-quality samples and interpret 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 of it
• Patient guidance during specimen collection
• Standardisation 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 registration)
• Nursing in the administration of examinations

Evaluation scale

H-5