Study Guide

Objective

Students
- know how to form a description of holistic nursing in adult nursing
- know how to analyse information regarding adult health and wellbeing and the need for care and service systems
- know how to apply the basics of medical care to the most common internal diseases and surgeries in customer-oriented nursing and health promotion
- know how to apply the patient’s experience-based knowledge when guiding lifestyle changes and supporting coping in the daily life
- know how to apply evidence-based data and assess the quality of care

Content

- holistic nursing
- adult health and wellbeing, need for care and services
- the most common internal diseases and procedures and methods used in the treatment of an internal disease patient
- the most common surgically treated diseases
- pre-, intra- and postoperative nursing
- treatment of pain and wounds
- cancer nursing
- nutritional nursing
- NEWS (National Early Warning Score)
- falling ill and sexual health
- lifestyle guidance, coping in the daily life, patient’s experimental knowledge
- evidence-based nursing, health technology and treatment quality

Evaluation scale

0-5