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Advanced Perioperative Nursing (5 cr)

Code: TH00BU98-3002

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2022 - 25.04.2023

Timing

01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

10 - 60

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Marjo Kaarto
  • Tuija Leinonen

Scheduling groups

  • Vain avoimen AMK:n opiskelijoille (Tutkinto-opiskelija ilmoittaudu joka tapauksessa, toteutus ei ole vain avoimen opiskelijoille) (Size: 5. Open UAS: 5.)

Groups

  • PSHSS20C
  • PSHSS20B
  • PSHTS20V
  • PSHTS20C
  • PSHSS20A
  • PSHTS20A
  • PSHTS20B
  • MSAISS20
  • MSHTK20A
  • MSHTK20B
  • PSHTK20A
  • PSHTK20B
  • PSHTK20C
  • PSHSK20

Small groups

  • For Open UAS students only

Objective

ADVANCED PERIOPERATIVE NURSING STUDY UNIT, 5 ECTS PESY
Objectives

Students will
• Become familiar with the special characteristics of the anaesthesia and surgery of patients from different patient groups
• Know how to act in the different roles of nurses in a surgical team
• Become familiar with different surgical methods applied in the treatment of surgical patients
• Become familiar with common anaesthetics and anaesthetic methods and the related dosage calculation methods
• Know any rare reactions and complications related to anaesthesia
• Know how to perform massive fluid therapy and blood transfusion during surgery
• Know how to perform perioperative nursing on infectious patients
• Know how to alleviate the pain of surgical patients
• Master aseptic techniques in perioperative nursing
• Know how to apply their evidence-based operations to develop perioperative nursing
• Know how to ensure patient safety in perioperative nursing and the related reporting procedures
• Know how to document and report perioperative nursing procedures
• Know how to act professionally and collegially in a surgical team and gain proficiency in evaluating their own activities by accepting and giving feedback as a member of the team
• Know how to pay attention to economics and ecology

Content

Contents
• Aseptic techniques in perioperative nursing
• Surgical and anaesthetic nursing in different surgical fields and for different patient groups with special needs
• Patient safety in perioperative nursing
• Common special and emergency situations at surgical wards

Evaluation scale

H-5