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Nursing of Patients with Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases (9 cr)

Code: SH00BS84-3008

General information


Enrollment

29.11.2021 - 05.12.2021

Timing

01.01.2022 - 31.07.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

9 op

Virtual proportion

7 op

Mode of delivery

23 % Contact teaching, 77 % Distance learning

Unit

Laurea Porvoo, sote

Campus

Laurea Porvoo

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Sairaanhoitajakoulutus (SHP2), Laurea Porvoo (Finnish)

Teachers

  • Meri Rokkanen
  • Marja Tiippana
  • Maija Aho
  • Anu Haavisto

Teacher in charge

Anu Haavisto

Groups

  • SHP221SA
    Sairaanhoitajakoulutus, monimuotototeutus, S21, Porvoo

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- describe changes in the body caused by the most common internal medicine and infectious diseases
- describe the main diagnostic tests and principles of care and prevention of internal medicine and infectious diseases
- apply research data and recommendations on the most important treatment methods, procedures and monitoring of patients with internal medicine and infectious diseases
- justify the significance of self-care guidance for patients with internal medicine and infectious diseases and describe its main contents
- describe the principles and main methods of treating a chronic wound
- explain the principles of the mechanism and treatment of chronic pain as part of the treatment of patients with internal medicine diseases
- use digital tools in monitoring the health status of patients with internal medicine and infectious diseases
- describe and justify the nurses´/public health nurses´ actions in situations requiring immediate care and resuscitation
- justify the significance and methods of nutritional care as part of the treatment of patients with internal medicine diseases
- describe how the patient is prepared for and guided in the most common medical imaging examinations
- promote patient safety and prevent hazardous incidents at all stages of internal medicine and infectious patients care process

Teaching methods

The implementation plan is available in Finnish.

Grading scale

H-5