Clinical Physiology and Laboratory Studies (1 cr)
Code: TH00BY19-3001
General information
Enrollment
02.12.2021 - 13.02.2022
Timing
01.01.2022 - 31.07.2022
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 Midwifery
Teachers
- Anniina Friman
Scheduling groups
- Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 15. Open UAS: 0.)
- Pienryhmä 2 (Size: 15. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
-
PKÄTIS21
Small groups
- Pienryhmä 1
- Pienryhmä 2
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