Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- knows the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine diseases and disorders for patients and families
- knows how to plan, implement and evaluate nursing care of a patient with internal medicine diseases and disorders
- is able to plan and implement patient’s self-care guidance in a family-oriented way
- knows the fundamentals of pharmacotherapy, its guidance, implementation and assessment of patients with internal medicine diseases and disorders
- knows the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient.
- knows the meaning of genomic data in medical nursing
- knows the basics of planning, implementing and evaluating cancer patients’ nursing care while considering significant others
- knows the basics of planning, implementing, and evaluating holistic nursing care of a patient in palliative care while considering significant others

Content (course unit)

-Cardiovascular Nursing
-Diabetes Nursing
-Nephrology nursing
-Neurology nursing
-Pulmonary nursing
-Infection control nursing
-Inflammatory bowel diseases nursing care
-Rheumatoid arthritis nursing care
-Cancer nursing
-Palliative nursing
-Genomic Data in Medical nursing
-Self-care and its significance and coping with self-care, supporting self-care
-Examining and assessing basic vital signs and interventions when condition changes

Prerequisites (course unit)

Participation in the courses Basics of Clinical Nursing and Medical Calculations.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
-recognizes the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine disease and disorder for the patient and his/ her family
-knows the basics of planning, implementing, and assessing nursing care of a medical patients
-knows the main nursing interventions of medical patients at different stages of an illness
-knows the key issues related to self-care guidance
-knows the key issues related to the medication guidance, implementation, and impact assessment of a medical patient
-recognizes the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient
-can identify the significance of the genomic data in medical nursing
-can identify the basis for the nursing care of the patient who has cancer
-can identify the basis for the palliative care.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
-knows the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine disease and disorder for the patient and his/ her family
-is able carry out nursing care for a medical patient
-is able carry out the main nursing interventions at different stages of illness
-knows the key issues related to self-care guidance planning and implementing
-manages medication guidance, medication management and monitoring of medical patients
-knows the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient
-knows the meaning of genomic data for medical nursing
-knows the key issues of nursing care planning, implementing, and assessing of cancer nursing while considering significant others
-knows the key issues of holistic planning, implementing and assessing in palliative care while considering significant others

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- understands the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine disease and disorder for the patient and his/ her family
- is able to plan, implement and assess patient-focused nursing care and understands the causal relationships
-masters the most important nursing interventions at different stages of illness of medical patients and is able to implement according to the situation
-knows the patient-oriented self-care guidance, implementation, and impact assessment for medical patient
-knows the patient-oriented medication guidance, implementation, and impact assessment for medical patient
-understands the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient
-understands the meaning of genomic data for medical nursing
-manages the essentials of planning, implementing, and assessing nursing care of a cancer patient while considering significant others
-manages the essentials of planning, implementing, and assessing nursing care of a patient in palliative care while considering significant others

Location and time

TAMK, Autumn 2023.
Lectures are planned to be held on campus. Lectures may be held on-line as planned by the teacher.

Any changes in lecture schedule will be communicated through Moodle page or Email announcements.

Exam schedules

EXAMS AND TASKS

Please note that all tasks must be passed in order to enroll for the exam.
Pretasks must be completed before contact class sessions.
Students must complete all the assignments and Moodle exams by given deadline.

Please ensure you have booked your exam time before the first day of the exam period to ensure you have a time slot during the given exam period.

Per TAMK regulations, a missed exam is marked as a fail.

Nutrition exam in Moodle: The nutritional course material is in Moodle course page. Study the material about nutrition in diabetes and cancer. Take the exam. The exam is passed when you get a minimum grade of 11/15.

Infectious diseases exam in Moodle: The infectious diseases resource material is in Moodle course page. Study the material and take the exam. The exam is passed when you get a minimum of 24/40.

General theory exams 1 and 2: In Exam environment. 50% correct = pass.

Drug calculations exam: Paper exams will be administered by teachers in class. Independent practice questions are in Moodle. Remember to review calculations from previous courses as well. The drug calculation part will be evaluated separately from the theory. All steps and answers must be shown and must be correct to pass

The exam dates will be announced during course INFO

RE- EXAMS:
Those who fail initial exams and those who wish to improve their grades may enroll for resit exams
Resit exam dates will be communicated with Exam results.

Any changes in exam dates will be communicated through Moodle page or Email announcements.

Assessment methods and criteria

Part 1: Theory assignments and exam 1 Grade 1-5
Part 2: Theory assignments and exam 2 Grade 1-5
Part 3: Nutrition in diabetes and cancer Moodle course and exam. Grade Pass/Fail.
Part 4: Infectious diseases Moodle course and exam Grade Pass/Fail
Part 5 Small group work Grade Pass/Fail
Part 6: Nursing calculations . Grade Pass/Fail.

All assignments and Moodle tests MUST BE completed by the given deadline. Late submissions will NOT be accepted. Students who fail to complete the assignments within the given timeframe can not register for the exam and will fail the course.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Possible teaching methods include: contact teaching, online teaching as organized by teacher, individual, pair and group tasks; lectures, discussions, independent study, tests, presentations, flipped learning

Learning materials

Ebook:by Anne-Marie Brady, Catherine McCabe, and Margaret McCann 2014. Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing : A Systems Approach. Part 2. Chapters and sections to study in Course INFO in Moodle.

Brunner & Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing

Guidelines and other materials in Moodle/allocated by the teacher.

Students to search for other credible books and materials for assignments and independent reading.

Student workload

Total course: 5cr = 135hours (27hrs/cr)
Contact teaching: 30 hours
Independent study: 105 hrs

Content scheduling

The course consists of the following parts:

Part 1: Nursing Care of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care theory assignments and Exam 1
Part 2: Nursing Care of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care theory assignments and Exam 2
Part 3: Nutrition Moodle course and exam
Part 4: Infectious diseases Moodle course and exam
Part 5: Small group worshops
Part 6: Nursing calculations

All parts and related tasks must to be successfully completed in order to pass the course.

Completion alternatives

None

Further information

The course orientation is compulsory. Students who wish to participate in the course must attend orientation. Students who do not attend course INFO will be removed from the course.

Small groupwork and related presentations are compulsory. Students must complete pretasks before small group sessions

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Per Curriculum

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- knows the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine diseases and disorders for patients and families
- knows how to plan, implement and evaluate nursing care of a patient with internal medicine diseases and disorders
- is able to plan and implement patient’s self-care guidance in a family-oriented way
- knows the fundamentals of pharmacotherapy, its guidance, implementation and assessment of patients with internal medicine diseases and disorders
- knows the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient.
- knows the meaning of genomic data in medical nursing
- knows the basics of planning, implementing and evaluating cancer patients’ nursing care while considering significant others
- knows the basics of planning, implementing, and evaluating holistic nursing care of a patient in palliative care while considering significant others

Content (course unit)

-Cardiovascular Nursing
-Diabetes Nursing
-Nephrology nursing
-Neurology nursing
-Pulmonary nursing
-Infection control nursing
-Inflammatory bowel diseases nursing care
-Rheumatoid arthritis nursing care
-Cancer nursing
-Palliative nursing
-Genomic Data in Medical nursing
-Self-care and its significance and coping with self-care, supporting self-care
-Examining and assessing basic vital signs and interventions when condition changes

Prerequisites (course unit)

Participation in the courses Basics of Clinical Nursing and Medical Calculations.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
-recognizes the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine disease and disorder for the patient and his/ her family
-knows the basics of planning, implementing, and assessing nursing care of a medical patients
-knows the main nursing interventions of medical patients at different stages of an illness
-knows the key issues related to self-care guidance
-knows the key issues related to the medication guidance, implementation, and impact assessment of a medical patient
-recognizes the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient
-can identify the significance of the genomic data in medical nursing
-can identify the basis for the nursing care of the patient who has cancer
-can identify the basis for the palliative care.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
-knows the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine disease and disorder for the patient and his/ her family
-is able carry out nursing care for a medical patient
-is able carry out the main nursing interventions at different stages of illness
-knows the key issues related to self-care guidance planning and implementing
-manages medication guidance, medication management and monitoring of medical patients
-knows the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient
-knows the meaning of genomic data for medical nursing
-knows the key issues of nursing care planning, implementing, and assessing of cancer nursing while considering significant others
-knows the key issues of holistic planning, implementing and assessing in palliative care while considering significant others

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- understands the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine disease and disorder for the patient and his/ her family
- is able to plan, implement and assess patient-focused nursing care and understands the causal relationships
-masters the most important nursing interventions at different stages of illness of medical patients and is able to implement according to the situation
-knows the patient-oriented self-care guidance, implementation, and impact assessment for medical patient
-knows the patient-oriented medication guidance, implementation, and impact assessment for medical patient
-understands the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient
-understands the meaning of genomic data for medical nursing
-manages the essentials of planning, implementing, and assessing nursing care of a cancer patient while considering significant others
-manages the essentials of planning, implementing, and assessing nursing care of a patient in palliative care while considering significant others

Location and time

TAMK, Spring 2023.
Lectures are planned to be held on campus. Lectures may be held on-line as planned by the teacher.

Any changes in lecture schedule will be communicated through Moodle page or Email announcements.

Exam schedules

EXAMS
Please note that all assignments and tasks must be passed in order to enroll for the exam. Please complete all the tasks before exam period. Please ensure you have booked your exam time before the first day of the exam period to ensure you have a time slot.

Per TAMK regulations, a missed exam is marked as a fail.

Nutrition exam in Moodle: The nutritional course material is in Moodle course page. Study the material about nutrition in diabetes and cancer. Take the exam. The exam is passed when you get a minimum grade of 11/15.

Infectious diseases exam in Moodle: The infectious diseases resource material is in Moodle course page. Study the material and take the exam. The exam is passed when you get a minimum of 24/40.

General theory exam: In Exam environment. 50% correct = pass.

Drug calculations exam: Practice questions and answers in Moodle course page. Remember to review calculations from previous courses as well. There will be a drug calculation incorporated in the exam. The drug calculation part will be evaluated separately from the theory. All steps and answers must be shown and must be correct to pass

The initial theory and calculation exam will be in the Exam environment from 26.4.2023 to 04.05.2023

RE- EXAMS:
Those who fail initial exams and those who wish to improve their grades may enroll for resit exams
1st re-exam: 21.8.2023 to 26.8.2023
2nd re-exam: 25.9.2023 to 30.9.2023

Any changes in exam schedule will be communicated through Moodle page or Email announcements.

Assessment methods and criteria

Part 1: Course assignment/task completion

Part 2: Theory exam (All topics except Nutrition and Infectious diseases) Grading 1-5.

Part 3: Nutrition Moodle course and exam. Grading pass/fail.

Part 4: infectious diseases Moodle course and exam. Grading pass/fail.

Part 5: Nursing calculations exam. Grading pass/fail.

All assignments and Moodle tests MUST BE completed by the given deadline. Late submissions will NOT be accepted. Students who fail to complete the assignments within the given timeframe can not register for the exam and will fail the course.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Possible teaching methods include: contact teaching, online teaching as organized by teacher, individual, pair and group tasks; lectures, discussions, independent study, tests, presentations, flipped learning

Learning materials

Ebook:by Anne-Marie Brady, Catherine McCabe, and Margaret McCann 2014. Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing : A Systems Approach. Part 2. Chapters and sections to study in Course INFO in Moodle.

Brunner & Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing

Guidelines and other materials in Moodle/allocated by the teacher.

Students to search for other credible books and materials for assignments and independent reading.

Student workload

Total course: 5cr = 135hours (27hrs/cr)
Contact teaching: 30 hours
Independent study: 105 hrs

Content scheduling

The course consists of the following parts:

Part 1: Nursing Care of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care theory Assignments
Part 2: Nursing Care of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care theory Exam
Part 3: nutrition Moodle course and exam
Part 4: infectious diseases Moodle course and exam
Part 5: Nursing calculations

All parts must to be successfully completed in order to pass the course.

Completion alternatives

None

Further information

The course orientation is compulsory. Students who wish to participate in the course must attend orientation. Students who are not present at orientation will be automatically removed from the course. Possible groupwork and related presentations are compulsory for all students.

Please note that students wishing to participate on the course must complete a pre-reading task in Moodle under Genomic data in medical nursing. The pre reading task is to e completed before the Course INFO session

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Per Curriculum

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- knows the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine diseases and disorders for patients and families
- knows how to plan, implement and evaluate nursing care of a patient with internal medicine diseases and disorders
- is able to plan and implement patient’s self-care guidance in a family-oriented way
- knows the fundamentals of pharmacotherapy, its guidance, implementation and assessment of patients with internal medicine diseases and disorders
- knows the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient.
- knows the meaning of genomic data in medical nursing
- knows the basics of planning, implementing and evaluating cancer patients’ nursing care while considering significant others
- knows the basics of planning, implementing, and evaluating holistic nursing care of a patient in palliative care while considering significant others

Content (course unit)

-Cardiovascular Nursing
-Diabetes Nursing
-Nephrology nursing
-Neurology nursing
-Pulmonary nursing
-Infection control nursing
-Inflammatory bowel diseases nursing care
-Rheumatoid arthritis nursing care
-Cancer nursing
-Palliative nursing
-Genomic Data in Medical nursing
-Self-care and its significance and coping with self-care, supporting self-care
-Examining and assessing basic vital signs and interventions when condition changes

Prerequisites (course unit)

Participation in the courses Basics of Clinical Nursing and Medical Calculations.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
-recognizes the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine disease and disorder for the patient and his/ her family
-knows the basics of planning, implementing, and assessing nursing care of a medical patients
-knows the main nursing interventions of medical patients at different stages of an illness
-knows the key issues related to self-care guidance
-knows the key issues related to the medication guidance, implementation, and impact assessment of a medical patient
-recognizes the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient
-can identify the significance of the genomic data in medical nursing
-can identify the basis for the nursing care of the patient who has cancer
-can identify the basis for the palliative care.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
-knows the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine disease and disorder for the patient and his/ her family
-is able carry out nursing care for a medical patient
-is able carry out the main nursing interventions at different stages of illness
-knows the key issues related to self-care guidance planning and implementing
-manages medication guidance, medication management and monitoring of medical patients
-knows the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient
-knows the meaning of genomic data for medical nursing
-knows the key issues of nursing care planning, implementing, and assessing of cancer nursing while considering significant others
-knows the key issues of holistic planning, implementing and assessing in palliative care while considering significant others

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- understands the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine disease and disorder for the patient and his/ her family
- is able to plan, implement and assess patient-focused nursing care and understands the causal relationships
-masters the most important nursing interventions at different stages of illness of medical patients and is able to implement according to the situation
-knows the patient-oriented self-care guidance, implementation, and impact assessment for medical patient
-knows the patient-oriented medication guidance, implementation, and impact assessment for medical patient
-understands the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient
-understands the meaning of genomic data for medical nursing
-manages the essentials of planning, implementing, and assessing nursing care of a cancer patient while considering significant others
-manages the essentials of planning, implementing, and assessing nursing care of a patient in palliative care while considering significant others

Location and time

TAMK, Autumn 2022.
Lectures are planned to be held on campus. In exceptional circumstances, lectures may be held on-line.

Exam schedules

EXAMS - please note that all examinable components (exams and assignments) of the course must be passed in order to pass the course. You will need to have completed and passed all the tasks/assignments on Moodle in order to take the exam. The link to exam registration will open once all the relevant tasks are done.

EXAM COMPONENTS:
Nutrition exam in Moodle: The nutritional course material is in Moodle course page. Study the material about nutrition in diabetes and cancer. Take the exam. The exam is passed when you get a minimum grade of 11/15. Deadline 25.11.2022.

Infectious diseases exam in Moodle: The infectious diseases resource material is in Moodle course page. Study the material and take the exam. The exam is passed when you get a minimum of 24/40. Deadline 25.11.2022.

Drug calculations exam: Practice questions and answers in Moodle course page. There will be a drug calculation incorporated in the exam covering the course theory. Date and place will be communicated later. The drug calculation part will be evaluated separately from the theory.

The initial course exam will run in the exam environment over weeks 48-49. 50% correct = pass.


RE- EXAMS:
1st re-exam: January 2023
2nd re-exam: February 2023

Assessment methods and criteria

Part 1: Nursing Care of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care theory. Grading 1-5.
Part 2: nutrition online course and exam. Grading pass/fail.
Part 3: infectious diseases online course and exam. Grading pass/fail.
Part 4: Drug calculations (included in the exam). Grading pass/fail.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Possible teaching methods include: contact teaching, online teaching, individual, pair and group tasks; lectures, discussions, independent study, tests, small group work, flipped learning.

Learning materials

Ebook:by Anne-Marie Brady, Catherine McCabe, and Margaret McCann 2014. Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing : A Systems Approach. Part 2. Chapters and sections to study in Moodle.

Brunner & Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing

Guidelines and other materials in Moodle/allocated by the teacher.

Materials searched and created during small group work

Student workload

Total course: 5cr = 135hours (27hrs/cr)
Contact teaching: 30 hours
Independent study: 105 hrs

Content scheduling

The course consists of the following parts:

Part 1: Nursing Care of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care theory
Part 2: nutrition online course and exam
Part 3: infectious diseases online course and exam
Part 4: Drug calculations (included in the exam)

All parts need to be successfully completed by the given due dates in order to pass the course.

Completion alternatives

N/A

Practical training and working life cooperation

N/A

International connections

N/A

Further information

The course orientation is compulsory if you wish to part-take in the course. Possible group work and related presentations are compulsory for all students.

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- knows the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine diseases and disorders for patients and families
- knows how to plan, implement and evaluate nursing care of a patient with internal medicine diseases and disorders
- is able to plan and implement patient’s self-care guidance in a family-oriented way
- knows the fundamentals of pharmacotherapy, its guidance, implementation and assessment of patients with internal medicine diseases and disorders
- knows the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient.
- knows the meaning of genomic data in medical nursing
- knows the basics of planning, implementing and evaluating cancer patients’ nursing care while considering significant others
- knows the basics of planning, implementing, and evaluating holistic nursing care of a patient in palliative care while considering significant others

Content (course unit)

-Cardiovascular Nursing
-Diabetes Nursing
-Nephrology nursing
-Neurology nursing
-Pulmonary nursing
-Infection control nursing
-Inflammatory bowel diseases nursing care
-Rheumatoid arthritis nursing care
-Cancer nursing
-Palliative nursing
-Genomic Data in Medical nursing
-Self-care and its significance and coping with self-care, supporting self-care
-Examining and assessing basic vital signs and interventions when condition changes

Prerequisites (course unit)

Participation in the courses Basics of Clinical Nursing and Medical Calculations.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
-recognizes the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine disease and disorder for the patient and his/ her family
-knows the basics of planning, implementing, and assessing nursing care of a medical patients
-knows the main nursing interventions of medical patients at different stages of an illness
-knows the key issues related to self-care guidance
-knows the key issues related to the medication guidance, implementation, and impact assessment of a medical patient
-recognizes the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient
-can identify the significance of the genomic data in medical nursing
-can identify the basis for the nursing care of the patient who has cancer
-can identify the basis for the palliative care.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
-knows the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine disease and disorder for the patient and his/ her family
-is able carry out nursing care for a medical patient
-is able carry out the main nursing interventions at different stages of illness
-knows the key issues related to self-care guidance planning and implementing
-manages medication guidance, medication management and monitoring of medical patients
-knows the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient
-knows the meaning of genomic data for medical nursing
-knows the key issues of nursing care planning, implementing, and assessing of cancer nursing while considering significant others
-knows the key issues of holistic planning, implementing and assessing in palliative care while considering significant others

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- understands the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine disease and disorder for the patient and his/ her family
- is able to plan, implement and assess patient-focused nursing care and understands the causal relationships
-masters the most important nursing interventions at different stages of illness of medical patients and is able to implement according to the situation
-knows the patient-oriented self-care guidance, implementation, and impact assessment for medical patient
-knows the patient-oriented medication guidance, implementation, and impact assessment for medical patient
-understands the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient
-understands the meaning of genomic data for medical nursing
-manages the essentials of planning, implementing, and assessing nursing care of a cancer patient while considering significant others
-manages the essentials of planning, implementing, and assessing nursing care of a patient in palliative care while considering significant others

Location and time

TAMK, Autumn 2022.
Lectures are planned to be held on campus. In exceptional circumstances, lectures may be held on-line.

Exam schedules

EXAMS
Please note that all assignments and exams must be passed in order to pass the course. You will need to have completed and passed all the tasks/assignments in order to take the exam. For this reason, please complete the tasks in good time to avoid last minute inconveniences.

EXAM COMPONENTS:
Nutrition exam in Moodle: The nutritional course material is in Moodle course page. Study the material about nutrition in diabetes and cancer. Take the exam. The exam is passed when you get a minimum grade of 11/15. Deadline 25.11.2022.

Infectious diseases exam in Moodle: The infectious diseases resource material is in Moodle course page. Study the material and take the exam. The exam is passed when you get a minimum of 24/40. Deadline 25.11.2022.

Drug calculations exam: Practice questions and answers in Moodle course page. Remember to review calculations from previous courses as well. There will be a drug calculation incorporated in the exam. The drug calculation part will be evaluated separately from the theory.

The initial course exam will run in the exam environment over weeks 48-49. 50% correct = pass.

RE- EXAMS:
1st re-exam: January 2023
2nd re-exam: February 2023

Any changes in exam schedule will be communicated through Moodle page announcements.

Assessment methods and criteria

Part 1: Theory exam (All topics except Nutrition and Infectious diseases) Grading 1-5.
Part 2: Nutrition Moodle course and exam. Grading pass/fail.
Part 3: infectious diseases Moodle course and exam. Grading pass/fail.
Part 4: Nursing calculations exam. Grading pass/fail.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Possible teaching methods include: contact teaching, online teaching, individual, pair and group tasks; lectures, discussions, independent study, tests, small group work, flipped learning

Learning materials

Ebook:by Anne-Marie Brady, Catherine McCabe, and Margaret McCann 2014. Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing : A Systems Approach. Part 2. Chapters and sections to study in Moodle.

Brunner & Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing

Guidelines and other materials in Moodle/allocated by the teacher.

Students to search for other credible books and materials for assignments and independent reading.

Student workload

Total course: 5cr = 135hours (27hrs/cr)
Contact teaching: 30 hours
Independent study: 105 hrs

Content scheduling

The course consists of the following parts:

Part 1: Nursing Care of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care theory
Part 2: nutrition Moodle course and exam
Part 3: infectious diseases Moodle course and exam
Part 4: Nursing calculations

All parts and related assignments must to be successfully completed in order to pass the course.

Completion alternatives

None

Further information

The course orientation is compulsory. Possible groupwork and related presentations are compulsory for all students.

Please note that students wishing to participate on the course must complete a pre-reading (genomic data in medical nursing) sent via email to those enrolled on the course prior to the beginning of the course.

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- knows the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine diseases and disorders for patients and families
- knows how to plan, implement and evaluate nursing care of a patient with internal medicine diseases and disorders
- is able to plan and implement patient’s self-care guidance in a family-oriented way
- knows the fundamentals of pharmacotherapy, its guidance, implementation and assessment of patients with internal medicine diseases and disorders
- knows the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient.
- knows the meaning of genomic data in medical nursing
- knows the basics of planning, implementing and evaluating cancer patients’ nursing care while considering significant others
- knows the basics of planning, implementing, and evaluating holistic nursing care of a patient in palliative care while considering significant others

Content (course unit)

-Cardiovascular Nursing
-Diabetes Nursing
-Nephrology nursing
-Neurology nursing
-Pulmonary nursing
-Infection control nursing
-Inflammatory bowel diseases nursing care
-Rheumatoid arthritis nursing care
-Cancer nursing
-Palliative nursing
-Genomic Data in Medical nursing
-Self-care and its significance and coping with self-care, supporting self-care
-Examining and assessing basic vital signs and interventions when condition changes

Prerequisites (course unit)

Participation in the courses Basics of Clinical Nursing and Medical Calculations.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
-recognizes the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine disease and disorder for the patient and his/ her family
-knows the basics of planning, implementing, and assessing nursing care of a medical patients
-knows the main nursing interventions of medical patients at different stages of an illness
-knows the key issues related to self-care guidance
-knows the key issues related to the medication guidance, implementation, and impact assessment of a medical patient
-recognizes the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient
-can identify the significance of the genomic data in medical nursing
-can identify the basis for the nursing care of the patient who has cancer
-can identify the basis for the palliative care.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
-knows the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine disease and disorder for the patient and his/ her family
-is able carry out nursing care for a medical patient
-is able carry out the main nursing interventions at different stages of illness
-knows the key issues related to self-care guidance planning and implementing
-manages medication guidance, medication management and monitoring of medical patients
-knows the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient
-knows the meaning of genomic data for medical nursing
-knows the key issues of nursing care planning, implementing, and assessing of cancer nursing while considering significant others
-knows the key issues of holistic planning, implementing and assessing in palliative care while considering significant others

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- understands the meaning of falling ill with internal medicine disease and disorder for the patient and his/ her family
- is able to plan, implement and assess patient-focused nursing care and understands the causal relationships
-masters the most important nursing interventions at different stages of illness of medical patients and is able to implement according to the situation
-knows the patient-oriented self-care guidance, implementation, and impact assessment for medical patient
-knows the patient-oriented medication guidance, implementation, and impact assessment for medical patient
-understands the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration in the holistic care of a medical patient
-understands the meaning of genomic data for medical nursing
-manages the essentials of planning, implementing, and assessing nursing care of a cancer patient while considering significant others
-manages the essentials of planning, implementing, and assessing nursing care of a patient in palliative care while considering significant others

Location and time

TAMK, Spring 2022.
Online or on campus.

Exam schedules

EXAMS:

INITIAL EXAMS:
Nutrition exam in Moodle: The nutritional course material is in Moodle course page. Study the material about nutrition in diabetes and cancer. Take the exam. The exam is passed when you get a minimum grade of 11/15. Deadline 16.5.2022

Infectious diseases exam in Moodle: The infectious diseases resource material is in Moodle course page. Study the material then take the exam. The exam is passed when you get a minimum of 24/40. Deadline 16.5.2022

Drug calculations exam: Practice questions and answers in Moodle course page. There will be a drug calculation incorporated in the exam covering the course theory. Date and place will be communicated later. The drug calculation part will be evaluated separately from the theory.

Overall course exam date and place will be communicated later. 50% correct = pass.


RETAKE EXAMS:
1st retake: August 2022

2nd retake: September 2022

If you wish to raise your grade, you may do this during the exam re-takes.

Assessment methods and criteria

Part 1: Nursing Care of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care theory. Grading 1-5.
Part 2: nutrition online course and exam. Grading pass/fail.
Part 3: infectious diseases online course and exam. Grading pass/fail.
Part 4: Drug calculations (included in the exam). Grading pass/fail.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Possible teaching methods include: contact teaching, online teaching, individual, pair and group tasks; lectures, discussions, independent study, tests, small group work, flipped learning

Learning materials

Ebook:by Anne-Marie Brady, Catherine McCabe, and Margaret McCann 2014. Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing : A Systems Approach. Part 2. Chapters and sections to study in Moodle.

Brunner & Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing

Guidelines and other materials in Moodle/allocated by the teacher.

Materials searched and created during small group work

Student workload

Total course: 5cr = 135hours (27hrs/cr)
Contact teaching: 30 hours
Independent study: 105 hrs

Content scheduling

The course consists of the following parts:

Part 1: Nursing Care of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care theory
Part 2: nutrition online course and exam
Part 3: infectious diseases online course and exam
Part 4: Drug calculations (included in the exam)

All parts need to be successfully completed in order to pass the course.

Completion alternatives

None

Further information

The course orientation is compulsory. Possible groupwork and related presentations are compulsory for all students.

Please note that students wishing to participate on the course must complete a pre-reading (genomic data in medical nursing) sent via email to those enrolled on the course prior to the beginning of the course.