Clinical Physiology and Clinical Laboratory Tests (1 cr)
Code: TH00BW34-3003
General information
Enrollment
02.07.2023 - 31.08.2023
Timing
01.08.2023 - 10.11.2023
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 Public Health Nursing
Teachers
- Seija Kirkko-Jaakkola
- Anniina Friman
Scheduling groups
- ryhmä 1 (Size: 17. Open UAS: 0.)
- ryhmä 2 (Size: 17. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
-
PTERTK23
Small groups
- 1
- 2
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