Nursing of Surgical Patients and the Care Environment (5cr)
Code: R0400-3009
General information
- Enrollment
- 23.11.2020 - 07.02.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 17.02.2021 - 31.03.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Campus
- Laurea Hyvinkää
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 20 - 30
- Degree programmes
- Laurea täydentävä osaaminen, amk-tutkinto (TOS2), Terveys- ja hyvinvointialat
- Teachers
- Melisa Heiskanen
- Nanna Peltosaari
- Marja Tanskanen
- Teacher in charge
- Nanna Peltosaari
- Course
- R0400
Objective
The student is able to
- describe how changes to the vital functions of a surgical patient can be anticipated and assessed before surgery, during surgery and after surgery
- apply their physiological and anatomical knowledge-base in the observation of a surgical patient's vital functions and in their care
- apply methods for the examination, observation and maintenance of the vital functions of a surgical patient in a patient-centred nursing and taking into account the needs of special groups (trauma patients, neurosurgery patients, heart surgery patients)
- use different methods of documentation and reporting related to the care of a surgical patient
- plan and apply the methods for a surgical patient's guidance and psychological support in a patient-centred nursing
- describe the overall rehydration and medicinal treatment of a surgical patient
- describe the development needs for the care and service paths of surgical patients and plan evidence-based nursing procedures to improve the quality, safety and cost-effectiveness of surgical patient care
- critically analyse and develop one's skills in the care of a surgical theatre patient
- describe ethical problems and act according to ethical principles in the surgical care environment
Evaluation scale
H-5