NS-2-023

• Nursing 2020 (top up) - Nursing competences
• Nursing 2021 (top up) - Nursing competences

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 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 (ABCDE)
- I&O balance
- iv cannulation
- hanging iv solutions/iv antibiotics
-iv pumps
- abg/ arterial line
- Respiration
- tracheostomy
- oral & nasal suctioning
- ambu-bag oxygenation VM
- OF, CPAP/Bi-pap
- care of unconsious patient
- care for patient on ventilator
- deep suctioning (closed-open)
- resuscitation

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
- patient assessment
- placing a patient on monitor (non-invasive)
- relevant laboratory results for main patient
groups

HOME CARE (1 cr):
- blood sample/blood drawing
- ECG: obtaining ecg 3-12-14 leads
- Wound care (Vac)
- sutures/staples removal

The student must have a previous nursing degree
from aborad.

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

E-book that can be accessed through Arcadas
library and links found on ItsLearning:

Fundamentals of Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! 2015
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Chapter: 6

Chapter: 7

Chapter: 8

Chapter: 9

Chapter: 10

Chapter: 11

Chapter: 12

Chapter: 13

Chapter: 14

Nursing Pharmacalogy Made Incredibly Easy! 2015

Chapter 4: Pain medication p.139-167 (Not the
anestetic drugs)

Wound Care Made Incredibly Easy! 2015: Slachta A.
Patricia. 2015, Third edition.

Not the scales and algoritmes, product table

Medical-Surgical Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!
2015.

Chapter 11. End of life care

Ebooks:

Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins:

Chapters: 4: Cardiovascular system
Chapter 5: Respiratory system
Chapter 6: Gastrointestinal system (Lotta!)
Chapter 7: Renal system
Chapter 10: Multisystem issues (iv therapy,
electrolytes, bloodtransfusions, burns,
hyperthermia,hypothermia, hypovolemic chock, MOF,
septic chock, trauma)

Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy!
Williams & Wilkins

Drugs for fluid and electrolyte balance
Dosage Calculation Made Incredibly Easy! Margareth
Harvey. 2015.

Chapter 12: Calculating parenteral injections
Chapter 13: Calculating iv infusions
Chapter 16: Calculating critical care dosages
Medical-Surgical Nursing Made Incredibly easy!

Chapter 3: Fluids and electrolytes
Chapter 4: Perioperative care
Chapter 5: Pain management
Chapter 10: Respiratory disorders
Fundamentals of Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Chapter 11. Iv therapy

Articles:

Four phases of intravenous fluid therapy: a
conceptual model (pdf)
Intravenous fluid therapy (pdf)
Now and Then, the History of Parenteral Fluid
Administration(pdf)

Books:

Perioperatiivinen hoitotyö Sanoma Pro
Anestesiologian ja tehohoidon perusteet
Tehohoitopas
Akuuttihoito opas
Akuuttihoidon lääkkeet

Oppiportti:

Peruselintoimintojen häiriöt ja niiden hoito
(Oppiportti?)
Anestesiahoitotyön käsikirja (oppipporti)

• Lectures - 32 hours
• Practical exercises - 50 hours
• Individual studies - 145 hours
• Internet-based studies - 40 hours
• Written exams: 26.10.2021 23.11.2021 - 3 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 the
online bloodtransfusion course
Accomplish on-line courses on Oppiportti:
- Injektioiden perusteet
- EKGn perusteet ja systemaattinen tulkinta
- Laiteturvallisuus
- ABCDE

Pass both written exams

• Appelroth Maria
• Ekman Petra
• Eronen Lotta
• Gray Pamela
• Grönlund Anu
• Herva Marja
• Karbin Daniela
• Mannevaara Pauleen
• Sjölund Terese
• Skogster Annika

Sjölund Terese

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

No limit

12 months after course has ended

2021-10-26 - Exams