Advanced Nursing for Medical Surgical Patients and Infection Patients and Virtual Simulation (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

The student:
· knows the basics of the digestive system, the genitourinary system, and the structure and function of the genital organs, and the factors behind them
· know the early events of the development of the human individual
• understands the clinical pathway/treatment process of medical surgical and infection patients and its special features
• understands the importance of up-to-date information and the flow of information in the different stages of overall treatment of medical surgical patients and patients with infectious diseases
• develops their multidisciplinary teamwork skills in the care of medical surgical patients and patients with infectious diseases
• promotes patient safety when implementing treatment/assistance methods
• makes use of digitalisation in patient care and guidance
• applies different problem-solving skills appropriately while analysing and evaluating their own activities
• is able to integrate nutritional care and guidance of medical surgical patients as part of nursing together with a multidisciplinary network of experts
• identifies digital solutions to support decision-making in nursing

Objective

ADVANCED NURSING FOR MEDICAL SURGICAL PATIENTS AND INFECTION PATIENTS AND VIRTUAL SIMULATION 5 ETCS SINKI

The course includes 1 ETCS of studies in English

Objectives
The student:
• understands the clinical pathway of medical surgical and infection patients and its special features
• understands the importance of up-to-date information and the flow of information in the different stages of overall treatment of medical surgical patients and patients with infectious diseases
• develops their multiprofessional teamwork skills in the care of medical surgical patients and patients with infectious diseases
• promotes patient safety when implementing treatment methods
• makes use of digitalisation in patient care and guidance
• applies different problem-solving skills appropriately while analysing and evaluating their own activities
• is able to integrate nutritional care and guidance of medical surgical patients as part of nursing together with a multiprofessional network of experts
• identifies digital solutions to support decision-making in nursing
In simulation
• learns more about the nursing, information management and decision-making of patients with internal diseases or health challenges treated through surgery
• learns about palliative nursing
• deepens their ethical thinking
• gains experience in their digital skills in nursing and continuous learning.

Content

Contents
· Special features and treatment of medical surgical patients
· Comprehensive treatment of patients with infections using medical surgical methods
· Prevention, control and treatment of serious infections, highly contagious infections and pandemics
· Guidance for patients with infections and their families and friends using different methods, e.g. digitally
· Nutritional care and guidance of medical surgical patients
· Digital medical devices in medical surgical nursing and perioperative nursing

During the simulations:
• students practise nursing, information management in nursing and decision-making of people with national diseases.
• reflect on the ethical challenges of nursing and develop their ethical sensitivity.

Materials

- Opettajan materiaali prekliinisillä tunneilla sekä Itslearningissä
- Huovinen ym. 2023. Kliininen hoitotyö. Sanoma Pro Oy, Helsinki.
- Saano, S. & Taam-Ukkonen, M. 2020. Lääkehoidon käsikirja. Sanoma Pro Oy, Helsinki

Teaching methods

Prekliiniset harjoitustunnit + ennakkotehtävät
Projektipaja ja posterikävely
Itsenäinen työskentely
Yksilö- ja ryhmätentti
Virtuaalisimulaatio

Exam schedules

Tenttien ja tehtävien ajankohdat löytyvät Itslearning-alustalta ennen opintojakson alkua.

International connections

Huomioithan opintojakson edeltävyysehdot; Sisätautipotilaan hoitotyön perusteet ja kirurgisen ja perioperatiivisen potilaan hoitotyön perusteet on oltava suoritettuna ennen tätä opintojaksoa.

Oma tietokone tulee ottaa mukaan jokaiselle tunnille.

Completion alternatives

Mikäli joudut olemaan pois tunneilta, ota opettajaan yhteyttä korvaavan suorituskerran suunnittelemiseksi.
Prekliiniset harjoittelutunnit, posterin teko ja posterikävely sekä virtuaalisimulaatio korvataan toisen ryhmän vastaavalla tunnilla.

Student workload

Oppimistehtävät kuvataan tarkemmin opintojakson Itslearning-alustalla.

Opiskelijan työn mitoitus:
5 op = 135h opiskelijan työtä, joka jakautuu seuraavasti:

Rokotusosaamisen perusteet 27h
Työskentely koululla 27h
Itsenäinen työskentely 6h
Tentit ja niihin valmistautuminen 65 h
Virtuaalisimulaatio 10h

Qualifications

Basics of nursing in internal diseases and basics of surgical and perioperative nursing must have been completed.

Further information

Tarvittaessa ota opettajiin yhteyttä sähköpostitse.