Study Guide

Objective

Competency aims:
After finishing the course the student
• Has the competence to take care of the patients basic needs
• Have developed his competence to care for the internal and surgical patients

Learning outcomes:
General for every practical training
• Understand the documentation and the importance of continuity of patient care
• Use different health care recommendations and manuals in support of their activities and learning
• Develop their ethics and can identify, analyze and reflect on ethical problems
• Have basic skills to relates to the patient’s basic care area, such as the patient personal hygiene, nutritional supply or condition and observation of the patients vital life functions
• Understand the importance of patient and drug safety
Internal medicine
• Understand the role of the nurse in multiprofessional cooperation in the care of internal medical patient
• Understand the meaning of drug treatment for patients with internal medical diseases
• Know how to care for parenteral patients fluid and drug treatment
• Understand the inpatient care nature and form an overall picture of care process
• Can according to the patient’s health and symptoms choose and perform appropriate care activities
• Understand the importance of patient guidance and practice to handle it in different situations
Surgical care
• Understand the role of the nurse in the professional cooperation in care of surgical patients
• Can implement the surgical patient’s basic care
• Know the main drug groups and their indications/contractions in the care of surgical patients
• Can judge the condition of the patient, both clinically and with the help of observations instruments
• Understand the actions that are being taken at the ward, be able to prepare for the interventions as well as assist with these
• Understand the care and prevention of pain and nausea with medical and non-medical methods
• Can guide and inform the patient before, during and after surgery

Content

Course contents:
• Practical training according the instructions given

Teaching methods

Suitable placements for this practice are:

A healthcare center, a district or central hospital and university hospital; similar services provided by the private sector

Recommended to be completed in a ward

EU-directive: Nursing in relation to general and specialist medicine and general and specialist surgery

Materials

The course materials and books from clinical courses previously

Completion alternatives

Similar studies done in another UAS

Student workload

15 etcs = 405 hours (1 credit=27h), 12h can be reduced (for CV, placement search via Jobiili, reflections), so total amount of hours are 393 hours. It means approximately 39 hours per week. In calendar weeks this is 5+5 weeks.

Qualifications

To be eligible for enrollment in this course, the student must have accomplish the course:
- Clinical care II: Medical and Surgical care
-Clinical care III: Clinical care III: Anesthesiology and Intensive Care

Further information

To be eligible for enrollment in this course, the student must have accomplish the course:
- Clinical care II: Medical and Surgical care
- Clinical care III: Anesthesiology and Intensive Care

Assessment methods and criteria

The clinical practice will be evaluated as passed/failed.

The student have to
- Create the CV in Jobiili and search the suitable placements via Jobiili
- Make her/his own goals for the practices
- Agree the evaluation meetings with supervising teacher and supervisor from the hospital
- participate in reflections


Learning outcomes:

General for every practical training, students:

• Understand the documentation and the importance of continuity of patient

care

• Use different health care recommendations and manuals in support of their

activities and learning

• Develop their ethics and can identify, analyse and reflect on ethical problems

• Have basic skills to relate to the patient’s basic care area, such as patient

personal hygiene, nutritional supply or condition and the observation of the

patient’s vital life functions

• Understand the importance of patient and drug safety



Internal medicine

• Understand the role of the nurse in multi-professional cooperation in the care

of internal medicine patients

• Understand the meaning of drug treatment for patients with internal medical

diseases

• Know how to care for patients undergoing parenteral fluid and drug treatment

• Understand the nature of internal medicine care and form an overall picture of

care process

• Can, according to a patient’s health and symptoms, choose and perform

appropriate care activities

• Understand the importance of patient guidance and practice to handle it in

different situations



Surgical care

• Understand the role of the nurse in professional cooperation during the care of

surgical patients

• Can implement a surgical patient’s basic care

• Know the main drug groups and their use in the care of surgical patients

• Can judge the condition of a patient, both clinically and with the help of

observations instruments

• Understand the actions that are being taken on a ward, be able to prepare for

interventions and assist in them

• Understand the care and prevention of pain and nausea with medical and nonmedical

methods

• Can guide and inform the patient before, during and after surgery

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty