Medical nursing (14cr)

Content

Type of course
Compulsory

Level of course
Professional studies

Objective of course
Students know the unique significance of the changes caused by internal diseases for adult patients and their families. They gain experience in helping and supporting individuals and their next-of-kin in order to promote health and wellbeing. Students are able to observe vital functions, to carry out pharmacological treatments and to manage patient's individual care. During the course students enforce their skills to educate, guide and support the patient in developing self care skills. Students know the basics of physiotherapy and occupational therapy in the nursing of medical patients. Students are capable of adapting their knowledge in nursing during their supervised clinical training.

Course contents
G212A-8 Medical nursing, 4 cr
Health promotion and prevention of circulatory problems, patient education on risk factors
Management of patients with circulatory problems
Management of patients with diabetes; type 1, type 2 and metabolic syndrome
Management of patients with cerebral vascular accident
Pharmacological treatment and rehabilitation

G212B-8 Internal medicine and pharmacology, 2 cr
Cardiovascular problems and their drug treatment
Respiratory disorders and their drug treatment
Neurological disorders and their drug treatment
Renal and urinary-tract disorders and their drug treatment
Musculoskeletal and joint diseases and their drug treatment
Infections and their drug treatment
Pain and analgesics
Palliative care and its drug treatment

G212C-8 Supervised clinical training, 8 cr
Students familiarize themselves with the nature of medical nursing. They form a comprehensive idea of nursing process in medical nursing situations.
Students are aware of the most important functional disorders caused by medical diseases and of the problems they cause the adult patient. They are aware of clinical nursing methods, master the essential ones and are able to apply them individu-ally in medical nursing. Students are able to enter into a constructive nursing relationship with the patient. They acquire skills to support the patient in self-care. They apply nursing principles in the selection and use of different nursing methods.
Students master the main communicative and interactive skills required of a member of nursing community.

Teaching methods
Lectures
Independent studies
Presentations
Written assignments
Reflective diary
Supervised clinical training

Assessment methods
Written, graded examinations
Approved clinical training

Prerequisites
G225-8 must be completed

Required reading
Suzanne C. Smeltzer - Brenda G. Bare: Brunner - Suddarth's Medical- Surgical
Nursing. Latest edition.
Downie - Mackenzie - Williams: Pharmacology and Medicines Management for
Nurses. Latest edition.

Name of lecturers
Ms K. And, Ms R. Kokko, Mr J. Pitkänen,

Year of study
First and second academic year

Semester
Spring and autumn

Language of instruction
English