Supervised Clinical Training 1 (9cr)

Objectives

The student
- is able to communicate professionally with patients, their significant others and colleagues by observing nursing values and principles;
- is able to support, guide and empower patients' self-care and help patients in their daily activities by using safe nursing interventions;
- is able to monitor the patient's vital signs to identify the patient's basic needs;
- is able to make a nursing plan for his/her own patient in a holistic way, and give an oral and written report;
- is able to work ergonomically and follow aseptic principles;
- is able to safely implement patients' medication and fluid therapy under supervision;
- is able to plan his/her own personal learning outcomes and evaluate his/her learning during the clinical training;
- is able to identify his/her own development challenges.

Content

holistic nursing
supervised clinical training 6 weeks

Prerequisites

30 ects of initial stage studies must be completed before entering the middle stage studies. Completed courses Infection Control in Nursing, Daily Activities in Nursing, Clinical Nursing Methods, Promotion of Health and Functional Ability, Pharmacotherapy and Medical Calculations, Intravenous Fluid Therapy and Blood Transfusion must be included into those 30 ects.

Before the first Clinical Training, initial stage’s courses Orientation to Clinical Training; Basics of Clinical Nursing, Orientation to Clinical Training; Basics of Pharmacological Treatment, and Orientation to Clinical Training; Basics of Intravenous Fluid Therapy must be completed.
Prerequisites for the middle stage’s clinical training:
The student has participated in both the theory and Orientation to Clinical Training courses of nursing care of the clinical environment in question.