Anesthesia Care Work (6cr)

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Content scheduling

Weeks 41-46
aTheme Day (VarHa) 1.10 at 14-17pm

Objective

Objectives
• Know how to determine the patient’s need for anaesthetic nursing, to plan and administer care and evaluate its effectiveness
• Become familiar with various forms of anaesthetics and gain more knowledge on anaesthetic pharmacotherapy
• Knows the safe dosage of anaesthetic medication and their key effects, indications, contraindications, side and adverse effects
• Gain the competence to perform anaesthetic nursing
• Learn about the airway management of patients using various equipment
• Learn about the controlled ventilation of patients, the settings of respirators and the monitoring and interpretation of parameters
• Deepen their skills in monitoring vital signs and maintaining them during anaesthesia, as well as in reacting to changes in the patient’s condition
• Learn about care technology used in operating rooms
• Know how to document and report on the treatment of patients during the anaesthetic treatment process
• Learn about the postoperative care of patients in the recovery room and know the criteria for transferring the patient to the inpatient ward
• Learn to interact with, help and provide guidance to patients of different ages during treatment
• Learn to apply information from nursing science and other related sciences and use it to perform and develop nursing
• Students will learn to analyse how their own values and attitudes influence their interaction with patients of different ages and their professional interaction

Content

Contents:
• Definition of the needs of a patient’s anaesthetic nursing, planning and performance of care and assessment of the effectiveness of care
• Various methods of anaesthetic and pharmacotherapy relevant to anaesthetic nursing
• Safe dosage of anaesthetic medication and their key effects, indications, contraindications, side and adverse effects
• Anaesthetic nursing
• Airway management of patients using various equipment
• Controlled ventilation of patients, the settings of respirators and the monitoring and interpretation of parameters
• Monitoring vital signs and maintaining them during anaesthesia, reacting to changes in the patient’s condition
• Technology used in operating rooms
• Patient documentation and reporting in accordance with the anesthesia nursing process
• Postoperative care of patients in the recovery room and transfer to the inpatient ward
• Encountering, helping and guidance of patients of various ages during care
• Application of information from nursing science and other related sciences and using it to perform and develop nursing
• The influence of values and attitudes in encountering patients of different ages and in professional interaction.

Materials

Course materials, separately assigned material (from internship in working life)

Teaching methods

Practical training in working life

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

Electronic learning platform, SunHarkka.application. The student document their learning objectives in SunHarkka, the instructor and teacher approve the objectives. Mid-evaluation with the workplace instructor. Final evaluation is documented in SunHarkka, along with the student’s self-assessment for the period. The teacher approves the period once the evaluation is approved by the instructor and all practice hours are completed.

Sustainable development:
- Economic activity: electronic materials.
- The student practices their skills during the period in accordance with the sustainable development goals and evaluates their actions, for example regarding environmental impacts.

Completion alternatives

Compensation for absences must be agreed separately with the supervising teacher. If possible, the compensation will be taken during the period or the training period will be extended by the agreed number of hours to be compensated. If this is not possible, the training period hours will be made up at another time, at another place (to be agreed separately).

Student workload

1 credit = 27 hours
Practice hours 216 hours

CV + training + feedback session = 6 hours
Independent study related to the topic = 10 hours

100% attendance, sick leave, etc. must be compensated (to be agreed upon separately with the instructor and supervising teacher).

Evaluation methods and criteria

Training assessment criteria /special criteria for internship, can be found in Messi and SunHarkka. The student must be familiar with the evaluation criteria before the start of the internship and the criteria will be discussed during the internship orientation.

Further information

The SunHarkka application serves as a communication channel between the student, the supervisor, and the teacher. The student is responsible for updating SunHarkka and ensuring the information is current, for example, regarding their supervising teacher(s).