Professional Development in Practice 2. (10 op)

Tavoitteet

The student is able to
- apply their knowledge of the most common internal medicine and infectious diseases in nursing
- recognise the health risks of their patients and give early support for those who need it
- use different patient-oriented guidance methods to support clients’ resources in self-care and life-style habits
- utilise the most common treatment and guidance methods used in the treatment of patients with internal medicine and infectious diseases and to safely implement treatment and monitoring
- plan, implement and assess the treatment of a patient's pain
- plan, implement and evaluate the treatment of a chronic wound
- recognise a patient at risk of malnutrition and propose methods of nutrition therapy to improve the patient’s nutritional status
- prepare and guide clients in most common imaging examinations
- justify the use of the most common medications and drug classifications in treating patients with internal medicine and infectious diseases and assess the effectiveness of medication treatment
- safely administer basic vaccines
- prevent and control infections in their working environment, taking the needs of different patient groups into account
- assess the patient care from the patient and occupational safety perspectives and promote patient safety at all stages of the care
- engage in multiprofessional interaction and cooperation in nursing care of patients with internal medicine and infectious diseases
- communicate orally and in writing in different nursing situations in Finnish

Sisältö

Theme: Treatment of patients with internal medicine or infectious diseases, resource-based patient guidance.

LbD assignment during placement: Evidence-based nursing/Searching for information targeted at a phenomenon or problem in nursing work and formulation of clinical research questions:
- For example, PICO/PICoa/PCC, mind map or other chosen method.
- Searching and summarising research data.

Aika ja paikka

Internal medicine wards or home care as a last resort

Toteutustapa

Professional Development in Practice II 10 credits

Practice information: 2 hours (includes information session and independent familiarization with the general guidelines of the practice in the Workseed workspace)
Practice reflection: 3 hours
Practice assignment: 8 hours (creating a guidance plan based on evidence, assessment, and reporting; the actual implementation of the guidance session takes place in the placement)
Practice in a clinical nursing environment 254 hours

Toteutuksen tärkeät päivämäärät

Orientation and Reflection are very important.

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

No alternative method to complete this study unit.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

1cr = 26,7 hours of student workload
10cr = 267h

Sisältö ja sen jaksotus

Placement is approximately 7 weeks, 5 days/ week, 7,5-8hours/ day

Arviointiasteikko

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Esitietovaatimukset

The student has actively participated in the study unit "Medication Treatment and Medication Calculations 2." and has passed the medication calculations prior to the clinical practice placement starts.

Lisätiedot

The student must pass module II medication calculations before placement
Student must make sure that all needed vaccinations have been received.
Student must have completed module I theory and practice before Module II practice.