Study Guide

Objectives

Nursing
The student
- has a basic knowledge of the patient's needs for rest, nutrition, elimination, cleanliness, physical movement and interaction, as well as related nursing assistance techniques and is able to promote health in these areas
- understands the importance of taking into consideration the patient's sexuality in nursing and knows the methods of its intervention
- knows the principles of primary nursing and acting as the patient’s own nurse
- knows the essentials of health-promoting nutrition
- knows the principles of rehabilitative nursing
- knows the principles of ergonomic working in nursing and knows how to apply them in assisting the patient
- knows the principles of terminal care and is prepared for nursing care of a dying patient
- takes responsibility for his/her own learning and working in a small group and commits to a goal-oriented problem-solving process within a small group activity

Anatomy and physiology
- knows the structure of the basic tissue types and the way they form the organs
- knows the structure and function of the blood, cardiovascular system and respiratory system

Content

Nursing
- basic human needs; rest, movement, nutrition, elimination, cleanliness, and nursing interventions in cleanliness, skin care, physical movement, nutrition and elimination, and health promotion in these areas
- consideration of sexuality in nursing and methods of its intervention
- Finnish nutritional recommendations
- primary nursing
- ergonomic working methods in nursing
- rehabilitative working method in assisting the patient
- principles of terminal care

Anatomy and physiology
- tissues
- the structure and function of the blood, cardiovascular system and respiratory system

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student
- knows the basic needs of a patient in regard to rest, exercise, nutrition, elimination, cleanliness and interaction, and can identify nursing interventions in these areas
- knows the normal characteristics of the different observation areas
- knows the importance in nursing of taking into consideration the patient's sexuality and knows how to address the topic
- knows the basis of rehabilitative nursing and ergonomic working methods
- knows some details or examples of health-promoting nutrition
- knows the principles of palliative care

Anatomy and physiology
The student
- recognises partly the structure and funtions of human body in anatomy and physiology

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student
- has the basic knowledge of a patient's needs related to rest, exercise, nutrition, elimination, cleanliness and interaction and in addition knows both the reasoning behind nursing interventions in these areas, and how to promote health therein
- understands the importance in nursing of taking into consideration the patient's sexuality and knows how to address the topic
- knows the central issues of how nutrition promotes good health as part of the whole
- knows the principles of rehabilitative nursing
- knows the principles of ergonomic working methods in nursing and how to apply them in assisting the patient
- knows the principles of palliative care and is prepared to provide nursing care for a dying patient

Anatomy and physiology
The student
- knows the strucutre and functions of human body and is able to describe the relationship of the functions to each other

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student
- analyzes, reflects and integrates knowledge into the professional context.

Anatomy and physiology
The student
. is able to desribe the strucutre and functions of human body logically and deeply mastering the wholeness.