Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- is able to act professionally according to patient safety and ethical principles in nursing in advanced medical- surgical nursing and palliative care circumstances in varied care facilities
- masters essential evidence based knowledge and skills of the advanced clinical nursing
- knows the most common illnesses and is able to recognise disturbances in vital functions of patients
- is able to implement knowledge in different stages of the nursing process for patients individually while taking family and health promotion into consideration in advanced clinical nursing
- is able to implement the principles of sustainability in nursing
- is able to work in multidisciplinary team
- reflects on own actions, sees the development needs and positively effects the work community.

Content (course unit)

Contents: clinical training in Medical- Surgical wards or Medical- Surgical outpatient clinics or specialised care’s Home hospitals

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Pass
The student
- masters and is able to implement evidence based knowledge on advanced clinical nursing
- knows the most common illnesses and is able to recognise disturbances in vital functions of patients
- masters essentials of fluid- and pharmacotherapy and calculates accurately
- is able to analyse and implement knowledge in different stages of the nursing process for patients individually while taking family and health promotion into consideration in advanced clinical nursing
- masters varied observation and nursing methods in advanced clinical nursing
- understands ethical principles in nursing and is able to implement them in ethical decision making with patients in advanced clinical nursing
- understands the meaning of sustainability, patient safety, and professionalism via putting it into action in advanced clinical nursing
- masters individual guidance taking the needs of the person with long term condition and the family into consideration in advanced clinical nursing

Fail
The student
- is not responsible for one’s learning, and cannot utilise feedback for professional growth
- repeatedly neglects preparation for procedures and/or implementation of the nursing process
- is not able to implement evidence based knowledge on advanced clinical nursing
- does not know the most common illnesses and is not able to recognise disturbances in vital functions of patients and is not capable of gaining the knowledge after feedback
- does not master essentials of fluid- and pharmacotherapy and calculates inaccurately
- is not able to analyse and implement knowledge in different stages of the nursing process for patients individually in advanced clinical nursing
- does not take family and health promotion into consideration in advanced clinical nursing
- does not master varied observation and nursing methods in advanced clinical nursing
- does not understand ethical principles in nursing and is not able to implement them in ethical decision making with patients in advanced clinical nursing
- does not put principles of sustainability, patient safety, and professionalism into action in advanced clinical nursing
- is not able to provide individual guidance taking the needs of the client and the family into consideration in advanced clinical nursing

Location and time

Orientation and Reflection in TAMK Campus
Supervised Clinical Training in reserved clinical training placement
Spring 2023 weeks 10-15

NOTE! There may still be changes to the time of training

Assessment methods and criteria

• Evaluations take place in joint meetings between the student, supervisor and teacher. Evaluation situations will hopefully be organized at the workplace, or remotely if necessary.
• Mid-term evaluations: students, in cooperation with the supervisor, reserve a suitable time for a joint meeting with the supervising teacher.
• Final evaluation, the students, in cooperation with the supervisor, reserve a suitable time for a joint meeting with the teacher. Before the final evaluation discussion, the student should fill in the self-evaluation of the evaluation form.

The student prints the evaluation form when both the self-evaluation and the instructor's evaluation are ready and requests the instructor's signature. The student also requests the supervisor's signature on the shift table.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

Orientation session -participation is mandatory
Reflection Session - Paticipation is mandatory
6 consecutive weeks in clinical practice in health care unit placement.
Discussion on objectives and progress, mid-term and final evaluation

Medical treatment passport
Students need to fill out a medical treatment passport. They can confirm the "seen" and "done" sections themselves, but they need the instructor's confirmation for the "competent" section. For this, the student sends a link to the supervisor by e-mail.
https://laakehoitopassi.fi/pages/home

Changes to the assignment of the training and the completion of the medical treatment passport may come later

Student workload

Completing the 228 hours in clinical setting (I.E. 38 hrs/week).

• If there are weekdays/holidays during the training period, they will be deducted from the total number of hours. If the internship involves school assignments or reflection meetings at school, they will be announced during the training.
• It is desirable for the student to nominate a supervisor (a close supervisor can also act as a close/primary nurse, the responsible nurse should be a nurse)
• The student is instructed to primarily follow the shifts of the instructor/s
• If the student falls ill, they will informs their training superviser directly before the start of the shift by phone and also during the same day to the supervising teacher by email
• As a rule, sickness absences are compensated. A sick leave certificate is required for longer sickness absences of more than 3 days.

Practical training and working life cooperation

During the first week, the student prepares their personal goals for the training period based on general goals and the internship environment. The student sends their goals by e-mail to the supervising teacher and supervisors as a shared document, not as an attachment. In this case, it is easy for instructors to see the changes made and write the final evaluation on the same document. The student also sends the shift list to the supervising teacher during the first week.

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

Mandatory participation in Orientation at TAMK
Mandatory particpation in Reflection according to the tutor's instructions at TAMK after the training.
Setting goals for clinical training for all 13 competence areas within the first five days of clinical training, and emailing those on the official evaluation form to mentors and tutor.
Completing the tasks allocated for the clinical training environment
Completing 38 hrs/week in clinical setting