NS-2-023

Nursing 2021 (top up), spring - Nursing competences

• 3 (2022-01-01 to 2022-03-13)
• 4 (2022-03-14 to 2022-07-31)

English

Compulsory

First

1

10 cr

The aim of the course is to:

- update clinical nursing skills suitable for
Finnish
health care context (internal medicine,
surgical
care, intensive care and perioperative care
(anesthesia and instruments), home care,
pediatrics and policlinics.

- Understand the Finnish health care system
from
a holistic perspective, is able to work in an
aseptic
way and be able to prioritize nursing tasks
according to patient needs.

-Feel confident in implementing previous
nursing
skills in the Finnish health care system.

- Demonstrates ability to assess and develop
their
own skills.

- Self-assessment, development and marketing of
their personal competence

- Demonstrates knowledge of independent
communication and interaction in his or her
native
language, the second official language of
Finland,
and at least one foreign language.

- Finnish, Swedish and a foreign language

At the end of the course the student is
expected
to be able to:

-see the Finnish health care system as a whole
-be able to work as nurse from a Finnish
nursing
perspective
-can work as a nurse in different clinical
settings

INTERNAL MEDICINE AND INTENSIVE CARE (4
cr)

- patient assessment by using the ABCDE- tool,
- I&O balance
- iv cannulation
- hanging iv solutions and mixing iv antibiotics
- iv pumps
- the use of an arterial line
- tracheostomy- and care of intubated patients
- oral and nasal suctioning, closed suctioning
- ambu-bag oxygenation, the use of Ventimask
- get used to ventilator settings: CPAP/Bi-pap and
Optiflow
- the care of unconscious patient
- care for patient on ventilator
- deep suctioning (closed-open)

PERIOPERATIVE CARE (2 cr)
- abg/ arterial line
- anesthesia
- mid-line/picc
- setting up a clean table/ sterile table at
bedside and operation room
- sterile glove application/removal/ assisting
doctor to apply
- tubes/draines/chesttubes
- sterile dressing change
- dressing and removing sterile gown

POLICLINIC ( 2cr):
- cardioversion
- placing a patient on monitor (non-invasive)
- cvk/picc/mid-line
- ECG obtaining ecg 3-12-14 leads

HOME CARE (1 cr):
- blood sample/blood drawing
- Wound care (Vac)
- sutures/staples removal

The student must have a previous nursing degree
from aborad.

- Compulsory attendance at introductory lecture,
practical exercises, seminars and simulation.
- The teaching is in English and simulated nursing
situations and cases are held in Finnish

The literature is web-based and available through
Arcadas library: Perlego

Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing: A
systems approach

Essential nursing care for children and young
people: theory, policy and practice

Essential paediatrics and child health

Articles:
Four phases of intravenous fluid therapy: a
conceptual model
Intravenous fluid therapy
Now and then, the History of Parenteral
Fluid Administration

Additive literature is found on ItsLearning
consisting of videos, articles and chapters from
book.

• Lectures - 38 hours
• Practical exercises - 40 hours
• Small-group work - 45 hours
• Individual studies - 100 hours
• Internet-based studies - 47 hours

• Total workload of the course: 270 hours
• Of which autonomous studies: 270 hours
• Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Participation in tuition

Exams (written-, oral-, home-)

To pass the course the student should pass the
following examinations:

Participate in the skills days, accomplish all
web-
based courses from Oppiportti that are in Finnish
Theory exam approved, all quizzes done
successfully and also participation in on-line
seminars together with opponent's report.

• Appelroth Maria
• Ekman Petra
• Eronen Lotta
• Gray Pamela
• Grönlund Anu
• Herva Marja
• Mannevaara Pauleen
• Sjölund Terese
• Stockmann-Broo Christine
• von Hedenberg-Löfman Linnéa

Sjölund Terese

https://arcada.itslearning.com/ External link

No limit (14 students enrolled)

12 months after course has ended

2021-12-09 to 2022-03-07

2022-05-09 - Exams