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Nursing of Patients in Emergency Care and the Care Environment (5 cr)

Code: R0402-3009

General information


Enrollment

06.02.2023 - 12.02.2023

Timing

01.03.2023 - 31.07.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Laurea Tikkurila, sote

Campus

Laurea Tikkurila

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Laurea täydentävä osaaminen, amk-tutkinto (TOS2), Terveys- ja hyvinvointialat

Teachers

  • Johannes Koskinen
  • Tanja Hakkarainen

Teacher in charge

Tanja Hakkarainen

Groups

  • TOS222SY
    Täydentävä osaaminen (amk-tutkinto), S22, Terveys- ja hyvinvointialat

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- make a preliminary assessment on patients in emergency care
- plan and suggest methods for the examination, observation and maintenance of the vital functions of patients in emergency care in a patient-centred nursing and taking into account the needs of special groups (the elderly, internal medicine patients, neurological patients, surgical patients, child patients and psychiatric patients)
- assess and anticipate the vital functions and possible changes to the vital functions of patients in emergency care
- document and report on the status and care of a patient in emergency care
- plan and apply methods for the guidance and psychological support of patients in emergency care and their family
- apply the key principles of telephone guidance in emergency care
- apply the key methods of interaction and consultation in the emergency care environment
- describe and plan multidisciplinary network cooperation in the emergency care environment
- describe the development needs for the care and service paths of patients in emergency care and plan evidence-based nursing procedures to improve the quality, safety and cost-effectiveness of emergency patient care
- critically analyse and develop one's own competence and ability to act as a nurse in the emergency care
- describe ethical problems and act according to ethical principles in the emergency care environment

Grading scale

H-5