Clinical Nursing and Professional Finnish language (5cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Objectives
- Students will learn to apply the skills and knowledge necessary in the care environment to the nursing of patients.
- Students will learn to assess the patients’ need for care and answer the needs with nursing assistance methods both independently and as a multiprofessional teammember.
- Students will learn to base their actions on facts when working in a team providing demanding care.
- Students will learn to examine and observe patients in need of demanding nursing and draw conclusions from the care provided.
- Students will master the procedures and equipment of demanding nursing, as well as pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy.
- Students will learn to support critically ill patients and their family members.
- Students will become familiar with the treatment path.
- Students will learn to secure the continuity of patient care (e.g. ISBAR, documentation and reporting).
- Students will learn to assess their own competence and develop their nursing skills.
- Students will learn to use evidence-based information for decision-making and evaluate the customer’s treatment process systematically.
- Students will learn to plan, provide and evaluate safe pharmacotherapy as a multiprofessional team member.
- Students will learn to identify customers in crisis and answer their needs for care.
- Students will learn to work as members of multiprofessional teams and assume leadership responsibilities.
Students will practice patient care and professional operations in simulated cases

ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL COMPETENCE

A nurse's competence assessment is a process in which a nurse demonstrates and documents their competence in different care situations and environments. The evidence involves concrete tasks that the nurse must perform, as well as their evaluation. The aim is to ensure the competence and ability of nurses to act professionally and responsibly for patient care.
Objectives of the demonstration of competence:
- demonstrate their skills in managing various treatment situations.
- demonstrate their ability to operate safely and take into account patient safety considerations.
- demonstrate respect for the patient, the ability to cooperate, act ethically and protect patients' privacy.
- demonstrate their ability to work in a team and collaboratively with other healthcare professionals.
- communication should be clear and open with patients and colleagues.
- the nurse is expected to be able to draw up treatment plans for patients and monitor their implementation. This also includes the ability to make changes to treatment plans if necessary.
- demonstrate the ability to identify and solve problems and situations related to treatment.
- the ability to record patient data carefully and appropriately in the patient information system and to provide clear and understandable reports on the patient's situation.
- demonstrate their ability to act independently and take responsibility for their own work and patient care.
The competence assessment is planned on the basis of standardized competence demonstrations.
A. A plan for the demonstration of competence is made together with the evaluator's demonstrator, where the objectives and tasks of the demonstration are reviewed.
B. The nurse completes the tasks and demonstrates competence in a simulated learning environment.
C. The evaluator observes the nurse's actions, gives feedback in relation to the goals.
D. The nurse is given immediate feedback on the performance and, if necessary, suggestions for improvement.
Demonstration of competence is a continuous process in which nurses demonstrate their competence and develop professionally. It ensures that the nurse is able to provide high-quality care and take care of the well-being and safety of patients.

Content

Contents
- Multiprofessional addressing of a patient’s needs
- Demanding care of internal medicine patients
- Demanding care of surgical patients
- Demanding care of children and adolescents
- Care of patients in need of intensive care and guidance for family members
- Demanding care of perioperative patients
- Care of patients in need of emergency and acute care
- Demanding care of mental health and substance abuse patients
- Care of elderly patients

Qualifications

Completed Diploma or Bachelor-level nurse’s degree outside the EU and EEA countries.
Approved selection the test.
The suitability of the applicant for training is ensured in the selection test.
Finnish language proficiency at least at level A2.1 (according to the European Framework of Reference).