Advanced Perioperative Nursing Studies (5 cr)
Code: TH00BV61-3006
General information
Enrollment
01.04.2024 - 23.09.2024
Timing
01.10.2024 - 01.11.2024
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 - 40
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Marjo Kaarto
- Tuija Leinonen
Groups
-
PSHTS21A
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PSHTS21B
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MSHTK22A
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PSHTS21C
-
PSHTK22A
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PSHTK22B
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PSHSS21V
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PSHTS21V
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PSHSS21A
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PSHSS21B
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PSHSK22A
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MSAISS21
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