Internal medicine and cancer care skills workshop and simulation (4cr)
Course unit code: IMC0204N24S
General information
- Credits
- 4 cr
- Teaching language
- English
Objective
Students
• can use systematic approaches and indicators to assess the clinical condition of the patient
• recognise the most common disorders of vital functions and the risk factors that predispose to them
• know how to use evidence-based interventions to support breathing, circulation, secretory functions and fluid balance taking into account patient safety
• know the principles of enteral fluid and nutrition therapy and pharmacotherapy
• know the principles of CPR and how to perform CPR
• are aware of professional interaction and guidance of patients and their family members
• develop their oral and written Finnish language skills needed in care settings
Content
• applying systematic approaches and indicators (ISBAR, cABCDE, NEWS, GCS) to the assessment and reporting of a patient’s condition
• identification and treatment of the most common respiratory, circulatory, secretion and fluid balance disorders
• assisting with breathing, supporting oxygenation and suctioning airways
• taking care of special functions; short-term and indwelling catheterisation, lowering fluid balance
• identifying emergency patients, principles of CPR and performing CPR
• high-quality ECG recording and the most common arrhythmias
• enteral fluid and nutrition therapy and pharmacotherapy; nasogastric tube, PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy)
• administering medicines via different routes; intramuscular injection (IM), administering inhaled medications
• professional interaction and patient guidance
Qualifications
The study module Basics of clinical nursing (CLI01) and the study module Clinical nursing skills workshops and simulations (CLI02) have been completed.
Internal medicine and cancer care (IMC01) participation in teaching/the study module has been completed.
Further information
RPL 8/2025:
Recognition of prior learning is only possible if the student has a previous nursing degree or equivalent higher education studies leading to a nursing degree.