Nursing of Surgical Patients and the Care Environment (5 cr)

Learning outcomes

The Student is able to
- describe how changes to the vital functions of a surgical patient can be anticipated and assessed before surgery, during surgery and after surgery
- apply their physiological and anatomical knowledge-base in the observation of a surgical patient's vital functions and in their care
- apply methods for the examination, observation and maintenance of the vital functions of a surgical patient in a patient-centred nursing and taking into account the needs of special groups (trauma patients, neurosurgery patients, heart surgery patients)
- use different methods of documentation and reporting related to the care of a surgical patient
- plan and apply the methods for a surgical patient's guidance and psychological support in a patient-centred nursing-
- describe the overall rehydration and medicinal treatment of a surgical patient
- describe the development needs for the care and service paths of surgical patients and plan evidence-based nursing procedures to improve the quality, safety and cost-effectiveness of surgical patient care
- critically analyse and develop one's skills in the care of a surgical theatre patient
- describe ethical problems and act according to ethical principles in the surgical care environment

Location and time

Autumn 2024 semester.
Laurea Tikkurila Campus
Timetable will be available in Pakki

Materials

Sutherland-Fraser, S., Davies, M., Gillespie, B. & Lockwood, B. 2022. Perioperative nursing: an introduction. Elsevier.

Recommended study material will be published later.

Teaching methods

Contact lessons, lectures, independent studying and workshops

Exam schedules

Timetable will be available in Pakki and will be discussed during the first contact lesson.
Student must participate to the 1st contact lesson / orientation.
Attendance to at least 80% of the lectures is mandatory.
Attendance to ALL workshops is mandatory.
There will be a exam that will be graded fail/redo - T1- K5.
There will be a group work that will be graded fail/redo - T1- K5.

International connections

Study unit is suitable for nursing exchange students who have studied anesthesiology, surgery, and perioperative and/or surgical nursing previously as this is complementary competence nursing course.

Student needs to wear nursing uniform for the workshops. Laurea UAS doesn't provide nursing uniforms.

Student workload

5 credits = 135 hours of student's work.

Content scheduling

The study unit will be taught during the autumn 2024

Evaluation scale

H-5

Further information

Student must participate to the first contact lesson (orientation) to maintain his/her place in the study unit. If student cannot participate to orientation, he/she must inform the course teacher. If student fails to attend to orientation and fails inform the teacher, he /she may loose his/her place in the study unit.

Acute care and perioperative nursing studies from module 3 must be completed.

Student needs to wear nursing uniform for the workshops. Laurea UAS doesn't provide nursing uniforms.