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Dermatological, Ophthalmic and Otologic Nursing (5 cr)

Code: TH00BV57-3005

General information


Enrollment

02.01.2024 - 10.02.2025

Timing

10.02.2025 - 14.03.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning

Unit

Nursing

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

10 - 45

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Tiina Nurmela
  • Marika Leppänen

Scheduling groups

  • Avoimen AMK:n kiintiöpaikat. Ilmoittaudu ilman tätä pienryhmää. (Size: 5. Open UAS: 5.)

Groups

  • PSHSK23A
  • PSHTK23A
  • PSHTK23B
  • MSHTK23A
  • MSAISS22
  • PSHTS22B
  • PSHTS22V
  • PSHSS22A
  • PSHTS22A

Small groups

  • Open UAS quota. Please enroll without selecting this group.

Objective

DERMATOLOGICAL, OPHTHALMIC AND OTOLOGIC NURSING 5 ECTS ISKO

Objectives
• Students will learn to plan, administer and evaluate the nursing of patients with common skin, eye, nose, throat and ear disorders.
• Students will know how to support and provide guidance to patients and their family members in cases of skin, eye, nose, throat and ear disorders.

Content

Contents
• Nursing and guidance of ophthalmic patients
o Glaucoma, cataract, macular degeneration, eye infection, foreign object in the eye
• Nursing and guidance of patients with ear, nose and throat diseases
o Tinnitus, Ménière’s disease, different types of dizziness
o Special features of surgical anaesthesia care
• Nursing and guidance of patients with skin disorders
o Common skin disorders (allergies, psoriasis)

Teaching methods

lectures at classroom or Distant
Web-based teaching
Independent reading and writing tasks

Exam schedules

Exam on ITS- learning environment on the week 11.

International connections

Contact teaching in classroom or in zoom us
Flipped learning

Student workload

Dermatological, Ophthalmic and Otologic Nursing 5 ECTS = 135 hours student work

Content scheduling

Timing: From week 7 to week 11. The course contains 2 ECTS studies in english language.
- Ophtalmic nursing and patients supervision
- Otologic nursing and patients supervision
- The most common dermatologic diseases
- Dermatologic patients nursing and patient supervision

Evaluation scale

H-5