Nursing Care of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care (6 cr)

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

Exam schedules

Sisätautipotilaan hoitotyö, osakoe 1
Varsinainen koe examissa 4.9.-24.9.2023
Uusinnat examissa erillisen aikataulun mukaan. Kts Moodle https://moodle.tuni.fi/mod/page/view.php?id=2306430


Sisätautipotilaan hoitotyö, osakoe 2
Varsinainen koe examissa 25.9-15.10.2023
Uusinnat examissa erillisen aikataulun mukaan. Kts Moodle https://moodle.tuni.fi/mod/page/view.php?id=2306430

Lääkelaskuja voi uusia myös keski- ja loppuvaiheen lääkelaskupajoissa, katso ajankohdat lääkelaskupaja 2:n Moodlesta (avainta ei tarvita)

Huom! Halutessasi korottaa opintojakson arvosanaa, ota yhteyttä opintojakson vastuuopettajaan. Korotuskokeessa uusitaan koko 6 op kaikki kurssin osat.

Assessment methods and criteria

Osat 1 ja 2 Sisätauteja sairastavan ja palliatiivisen potilaan hoitotyön arvosana muodostuu kahdesta kokeesta (arviointi 0-5). Kokeissa alimman hyväksytyn arvosanan saa 50% maksimipisteistä. Itsenäiset moodle-testit ja kurssin kaikki tehtävät tulee olla suoritettuna ennen kokonaisarvioinnin saamista.

Osa 3 Sisätautipotilaan hoitotyön lääkelasku: Arviointi hyväksytty / hylätty

Osa 4-6Pienryhmätyöskentely: Pienryhmätyöskentelyssä on 100 % läsnäolovelvollisuus.

Osa 7 Ravitsemustiede: Moodlessa olevan testin hyväksytty suoritus, ohjeet Moodlekurssilla.
Osa 8. Kurssin tehtävien hyväksytty tekeminen

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Luennot, keskustelut, itsenäinen opiskelu, tietotestit, pienryhmätyöskentely, kotitehtävät, flipped learning

Learning materials

Kliininen hoitotyö – Sisätauteja, kirurgisia sairauksia ja syöpätauteja sairastavan hoito. Ahonen ym. 2019. Sanomapro.
Luennot, Moodlen materiaalit

(Tarkempi koealue löytyy kurssin Moodlealustalta!)

Student workload

Opiskelijalle kokonaistuntimäärä on 162 tuntia
Kontaktiopetusta (etänä tai lähiopetuksena) 36 tuntia, itsenäistä opiskelua 126 tuntia

Harjoitustunnit/pienryhmätunnit ovat kaikki läsnäolopakollisia tunteja, poissaolot korvataan sovitulla tavalla.

Content scheduling

Opintojakso koostuu seuraavista osista
-osa 1 sisätautipotilaan hoitotyö, osakoe 1
-osa 2 sisätautipotilaan hoitotyö, osakoe 2
-osa 3 lääkelasku
-osa 4 pienryhmätyöskentely/Astma
-osa 5 pienryhmätyöskentely/Diabetes
-osa 6 pienryhmätyöskentely/Palliatiivinen hoitotyö
-osa 7 ravitsemustiede -koe
-osa 8 kurssin tehtävät

Completion alternatives

Ei ole

Further information

Toteutukselle voi osallistua opiskelija, joka on ilmoittautunut määräajassa ja osallistuu pakolliselle aloitustunnille sekä täyttää esitietovaatimukset.

Esitietovaatimuksena osallistuminen kliinisen hoitotyön perusta ja lääkehoito ja lääkelaskut opintojaksoille.

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