Nursing of Patients with Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases (9 cr)
Code: SH00BS84-3059
General information
Enrollment
25.11.2024 - 28.02.2025
Timing
01.01.2025 - 12.10.2025
Number of ECTS credits allocated
9 op
Virtual proportion
4 op
Mode of delivery
56 % Contact teaching, 44 % Distance learning
Unit
20 Sosiaali- ja terveysala
Campus
Laurea Tikkurila
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Sairaanhoitajakoulutus (SHV2), Laurea Tikkurila (Finnish)
Teachers
- Tiina Pitkänen
- Sanna Kuivalainen
- Heli-Marja Broberg
Teacher in charge
Sanna Kuivalainen
Groups
-
SHV224SN2Sairaanhoitajakoulutus, päivätoteutus, S24, Tikkurila, ryhmä 2
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