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

Code: SH00BS84-3037

General information


Enrollment

27.11.2023 - 03.12.2023

Timing

08.01.2024 - 06.06.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

9 op

Virtual proportion

6 op

RDI proportion

1 op

Mode of delivery

34 % Contact teaching, 66 % Distance learning

Unit

Laurea Otaniemi, sote

Campus

Laurea Otaniemi

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Sairaanhoitajakoulutus (SHG2), Laurea Otaniemi (Finnish)

Teachers

  • Anne Kokko
  • Jonna Suominen
  • Pirjo Huikko

Teacher in charge

Pirjo Huikko

Groups

  • SHG223SA
    Sairaanhoitajakoulutus, monimuotototeutus, S23, Otaniemi

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

Grading scale

H-5