Orientation to Clinical Training, Surgical Nursing (1cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- is able to quide the patient in the preoperative and postoperative stages;
- is able to take care of the surgical wound and to guide the patient in wound care;
- is able to use various wound dressings;
- is able to plan, implement and evaluate the patient's parenteral nutrition;
- knows how to apply the principles of aseptic practice and is able to promote patient safety.

Content (course unit)

- guidance of movement and breathing
- treatment of both clean and infected surgical wounds
- different wound and support dressings
- parenteral nutrition

Prerequisites (course unit)

30 ects of initial stage studies must be completed before entering the middle stage studies.
Theory of surgical nursing, basics of intravenous fluid therapy and blood transfusion

Location and time

P3- classrooms and Skills center
Autumn 2019

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation passed/failed.
100 % active participation.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

Participation in teaching and learning in the skills class rooms.

Learning materials

All given material and literature for surgical nursing course
All material given by the teachers during the skills lessons

Student workload

1 ECTS is 27 hours students' work.
3x 4h meetings and individual study.

Content scheduling

3x 4hrs

Further information

30 ECTS from the first-phase studies to be completetd.
Participation in surgical nursing and parenteral fluid therapy and blood transfusion courses before this course. Contents of the lessons:
- surgical wound care
- surgical dressings, bandages, stoma care
- surgical patient's parenteral nutrition and hydration, central venous catheter
- care for a patient with a tracheostomy

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

To pass this course a student should:
- participate in all three meetings, 100% participation
- being an active participant and take part in all activities and given tasks within the given timeframes
- it is mandatory make pre-task criterias before the skills meeting, and show them to the teacher at the beginning of each meeting
- professional behaviour during the lessons