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Nursing of Patients in Intensive Care and Care Environment (5 cr)

Code: TO00BX40-3006

General information


Enrollment
24.11.2025 - 30.11.2025
Registration for introductions has not started yet.
Timing
01.01.2026 - 31.07.2026
The implementation has not yet started.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
2 cr
Virtual proportion
3 cr
Mode of delivery
Blended learning
Unit
20 Sosiaali- ja terveysala
Campus
Laurea Tikkurila
Teaching languages
Finnish
Seats
20 - 30
Degree programmes
Laurea täydentävä osaaminen, amk-tutkinto (TOS2), Terveys- ja hyvinvointialat
Teachers
Sanna Mikkola
Lotta Tiikkainen
Teacher in charge
Sanna Mikkola
Groups
TOS225SY
Täydentävä osaaminen (amk-tutkinto), S25, Terveys- ja hyvinvointialat
Study unit
TO00BX40

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- act in a multiprofessional team in a intensive care unit, describe the special features of the intensive care environment and the criteria for patient selection
- describe the nurse's responsibilities and skill requirements in the intensive care unit and identify their own development needs
-apply the acquired knowledge base in predicting and evaluating changes in the patient's vital functions in the intensive care unit
-use the key methods of technical and non-technical monitoring and examination methods of the intensive care unit in a patient-oriented manner and considering the needs of different patient groups
- apply the acquired knowledge base when planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care in the intensive care unit.
-recognize a change in the patient's vital functions and reacts as required by the situation
- describe the key risk factors for patient safety in the intensive care unit and prevent them
- describe national ethical guidelines for intensive care, identify ethical problems occurring in the intensive care unit and know how to evaluate ethical aspects of the activities of the multiprofessional team
- interact with the patient and their relatives considering the situation and the patient-oriented manner
-take into account the special features of the patient's treatment in the different stages of their clinical path

Evaluation scale

H-5

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