Nursing of Patients in Intensive Care and Care EnvironmentLaajuus (5 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- act in a multiprofessional team in a intensive care unit, describe the special features of the intensive care environment and the criteria for patient selection
- describe the nurse's responsibilities and skill requirements in the intensive care unit and identify their own development needs
-apply the acquired knowledge base in predicting and evaluating changes in the patient's vital functions in the intensive care unit
-use the key methods of technical and non-technical monitoring and examination methods of the intensive care unit in a patient-oriented manner and considering the needs of different patient groups
- apply the acquired knowledge base when planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care in the intensive care unit.
-recognize a change in the patient's vital functions and reacts as required by the situation
- describe the key risk factors for patient safety in the intensive care unit and prevent them
- describe national ethical guidelines for intensive care, identify ethical problems occurring in the intensive care unit and know how to evaluate ethical aspects of the activities of the multiprofessional team
- interact with the patient and their relatives considering the situation and the patient-oriented manner
-take into account the special features of the patient's treatment in the different stages of their clinical path

Further information

The study unit replaces study unit R0401 Nursing of Patients in Intensive Care and Care Environment starting from autumn semester 2023.