Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- follow the values and ethical principles in nursing care and the work community and assess how well these are followed in practice
- work in a collegial and responsible manner as a part of the work community
- make observations on the client’s basic needs, functional capacity, and changes in vital functions
- support the patient's functional capacity diversely and respond to their basic needs
- prepare a care plan and evaluate the care received by the client, taking the client's resources into consideration
- implement the basic test and procedures required monitoring vital signs as part of patient care and update the care plan accordingly
- implement medication treatment via enteral and local routes and injections under supervision
- document data on patient record and report orally on the client's condition and care
- implement aseptic techniques
- apply methods related to patient and occupational safety and data protection in their work
- act appropriately in a dangerous situation
- apply the principles of empowering presence and interactions in nurse-client communications
- assess their activities together with clients and develop their activities taking clients' experience into account
- assume responsibility for their learning during the placement
- analyse the development of their own competence during the placement and actively utilise feedback to support their development
- search for and present research data in a concise manner to support and develop patient care
- communicate their expertise in team and work communities in a convincing manner
- communicate orally and in writing in common nursing situations in Finnish

Content

Theme: Responding to the patient's basic needs, patient and occupational safety.

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 and feedback from the communication’s teacher.

Teaching methods

Learning environments

Service houses and nursing care homes
health centers inpatient wards or hospitals providing primary health care
units providing services for the disabled (general medicine and medical specialties, nursing of the elderly)

Alternative completion methods of implementation

All students are entitled to demonstrate their competence. The recognition and accreditation of prior competence is initiated by the students themselves. The competence is recognised and accredited by the teacher responsible for the studies or another person designated to the position. The assessment is carried out according to the same assessment criteria and, as a rule, same grading scale as that adopted for the corresponding study unit or module. The student is entitled to apply for accreditation of prior competence regardless of where, how and when the competence has been acquired. The student may also seek accreditation of competence to be acquired on the job as part of their degree (work-based learning). ... The student is responsible for demonstrating and verifying their competence and for providing sufficient information.

Co-operation with working life and/or RDI

Learning environments

Service houses and nursing care homes
health centers inpatient wards or hospitals providing primary health care
units providing services for the disabled (general medicine and medical specialties, nursing of the elderly)

Important dates

Practice info lesson and practice reflection compulsory

Students workload

Professional Development in Practice 1 7 ECTS.

7X27h =189h (practice assignment 8 h)

Practice hours in the unit = 181 h.

181/ 5 =36.2hours /week = About 7,5 hours a day.

Further information for students

The study unit corresponds to the requirements of Bachelor's level education.

According to the degree regulations (section 18) "students must be present for the first contact teaching session, or they must notify the responsible teacher of their absence to confirm they intend to participate in studies, Alternatively, the teacher can specify a different manner for the student to confirm that they intend to participate in the studies. The completion of these measures can be required within a week of the studies having begun. The application of the aforementioned approach requires that the teacher notifies the students accepted to the study unit of the practice and that the practice is specifically mentioned in the study unit’s implementation plan.

If the student has a justified reason for not attending the first contact teaching session or for not notifying the teacher of their intention to be involved in studies in the manner required by the teacher, the student must contact the responsible teacher to agree on participation in the studies. Their registration for the study unit will be rejected, of the student does not notify the teacher of being absent from the first contact teaching session or the reason for their absence cannot be considered justified, Another student who is in line for the study unit can be selected in their place."

The quality of the study unit implementation has been assessed and the self-evaluation report is available in Canvas.

Grading scale

Approved/Failed

Evaluation methods and criteria

“The evaluation of competence is based on the descriptions of objectives in the curricula, and the level of competence is assessed according to the evaluation criteria listed in the implementation plan for the studies.” (Laurea degree regulations).

In this study unit the assessing of the competences will be done by using the criteria set for requirement level I.

Evaluation criteria, approved/failed

Having completed the study unit the student is able to:

-follow the values and ethical principles in nursing care and assess how well these are followed in practice
-work in a collegial and responsible manner as a part of the work community
-make observations on the client’s basic needs, functional capacity, and changes in vital functions
-support the patient's functional capacity diversely and respond to their basic needs
-prepare a care plan and evaluate the care received by the client, taking the client's resources into consideration
-implement the basic test and procedures required monitoring vital signs as part of patient care and update the care plan accordingly
-implement medication treatment via enteral and local routes and injections under supervision
-document data on patient record and report orally on the client's condition and care
-implement aseptic techniques
-apply methods related to patient and occupational safety and data protection in his / her work
-Act appropriately in a dangerous situation
-apply the principles of empowering presence and interactions in nurse client communications
-assess his / her activities together with clients and develop his / her activities taking clients' experience into account
-assume responsibility for his / her learning during the placement
-analyse the development of his / her own competence during the placement and actively utilise feedback to support his / her development
-search for and present research data in a concise manner to support and develop patient care
-communicate his / her expertise in team and work communities in a convincing manner
-communicate orally and in writing in common nursing situations in Finnish

Qualifications

The student has actively participated in the study unit "Medication Treatment and Medication Calculations 1." and has passed the medication calculations prior to the clinical practice placement starts.