Study Guide

Objective

Work placement objectives
Students
• can adhere to patient and client safety practices
• can act according to the working environment’s data security and protection practices
• can observe infection risks in the work placement environment and work in an aseptic way
• can act according to the principles of nursing
• can establish a care and client relationship and assess their ability to deal with patients and customers in a holistic way
• can take into account the diversity and multiculturalism of individuals and life histories in customer/carer relationships
• can observe and respond to the basic daily needs of individuals and document under supervision the care provided
• can administer medication under supervision using the enteral route of administration
• understand their responsibility in the implementation of pharmacotherapy and are familiar with the pharmacotherapy plan of their work placement
• can identify risk points in the pharmacotherapy process in their own work
• can assess the realisation of their objectives and work placement plan and set development objectives
• develop their oral and written Finnish language skills needed in nursing

Objectives of work placement reflection
Students
• reflect on the importance of the first work placement in relation to their own professional growth
• reflect on the realisation of the principles of nursing and respectful treatment of patients in the first work placement, taking into account ethical issues
• understand the process of setting their own work placement objectives to support their learning