Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- guide patients in their care (clinical care, home care instructions, medications, etc. )
- broaden their nursing and medical vocabulary
- utilizes ISBAR –reporting structure in their report
- read in more detailed patient medical records and act accordingly
- read and utilize evidence based nursing recommendations and guidelines in Finnish

Teaching methods

Contact lessons of clinical skills, workshops of professional Finnish for nursing + simulations of patient cases.
1. Finnish 2,5 op Kristiina Kuparinen
2. Theory of clinical skills 1 op Riikka Mulder
3 Simulations in Finnish 1,5 op Kristiina Kuparinen, Riikka Mulder

Location and time

Contact lessons and simulations timetable will be available in Pakki.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Materials will be provided in Canvas.

Alternative completion methods of implementation

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Co-operation with working life and/or RDI

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Important dates

NB! Do attend the orientation ensure your place on the course!

Forms of internationality

The course is aimed at international students.

Students workload

5 cr. equals 135 of student's work. This consists of contact lessons, preparatory readings and group work before the simulations, simulations impletented in groups.

Content and scheduling

Each week of simulations (5 cr.) will have a theme of its own to support your next clinical placement. Each theme consist of preparatory lectures of clinical skills and Finnish accordingly. Attendance in preparatory lessons is essential in order to succeed in the simulations. The themes are:
- Guiding a patient with suspected DM
- Monitoring the patient's status (ISBAR/ABCDE)
- Medication and medical calculations
- Internal medicine
- Treating perioperative pain

Further information for students

Mandatory attendance in contact lessons, workshops and simulations.

Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

Each simulation will have criteria of its own both in terms of clinical and in Finnish skills. The criteria of each simulated theme will be discussed with the course participants before simulations. The criteria will also be available for the students in Canvas before the simulation.

Evaluation criteria, fail (0)

The student fails to attend the lessons or the simulations and does not compensate one's absence. The student does not meet the criteria of the simulations in more than half of the cases.