Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- masters essential evidence based knowledge and skills of the advanced clinical nursing practice of long- term patients;
- masters essential knowledge about continuity and health promotion for the advanced clinical nursing practice of long- term patients;
- masters promoting of coping of the patient and family.

Content (course unit)

- assessment of care needs, planning of care, implementation, and evaluation in long- term conditions
- exacerbations and acute-on-chronic situations with long term conditions
- demanding situations of long- term patients in varied care facilities
- evidence based nursing care of patients with long term conditions
- self-care guidance for a client with long term condition
- palliative care

Prerequisites (course unit)

Before starting the advanced studies of Medical–Surgical Nursing, the student must have completed 135 credits of studies including Anatomy and Physiology and all the middle phase courses concerning Medical Nursing and Surgical Nursing, including all orientations to clinical trainings of those subjects.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
- understands, by providing rationales, evidence based knowledge on advanced clinical nursing of long- term patients;
- knows long term conditions’ fluid- and pharmacotherapy and calculates accurately;
- knows the theoretical basis of the different stages of the nursing process for long- term patients’ while taking individuality, family and health promotion into consideration in advanced clinical nursing;
- knows the main principles of varied observation and nursing methods in advanced clinical nursing for long term conditions;
- understands ethical principles in nursing and knows how those are used in ethical decision making with long term patients in advanced clinical nursing;
- recognises the meaning of sustainability, patient safety, and professionalism with long term patients in advanced clinical nursing;
- knows the principles of guidance while taking into consideration the needs of the person with long term condition and the family in advanced clinical nursing.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
- partially masters evidence based knowledge on demanding clinical nursing of long- term patients;
- mainly masters long term conditions’ fluid- and pharmacotherapy and calculates accurately;
- knows how to utilize knowledge in different stages of the nursing process for long- term patients’ while taking into consideration individuality, family and health promotion in advanced clinical nursing;
- understands varied observation and nursing methods in advanced clinical nursing for long term conditions;
- understands ethical principles in nursing and knows how those are used in ethical decision making with long term patients in advanced clinical nursing;
- understands the meaning of sustainability, patient safety, and professionalism with long term patients in advanced clinical nursing;
- knows the principles of individual guidance while taking into consideration the needs of the person with long term condition and the family in advanced clinical nursing.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- masters and is able to implement comprehensively evidence based knowledge on advanced clinical nursing of long- term patients;
- masters long term conditions’ fluid- and pharmacotherapy comprehensively and calculates accurately;
- is able to analyse and implement knowledge in different stages of the nursing process for long- term patients individually while taking family and health promotion into consideration in advanced clinical nursing;
- masters varied observation and nursing methods comprehensively in advanced clinical nursing for long term conditions;
- understands ethical principles in nursing and is able to implement them in ethical decision making with long term patients in advanced clinical nursing;
- understands the meaning of sustainability, patient safety, and professionalism with long term patients 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.

Location and time

Spring 2025

Exam schedules

Exam on campus 19 February 2025
Re- Exams in Exam-area ( video controlled exam space):

Total points: 30 points, 50% correct to pass.
If any of the answers would cause harm to the patient/ would be lethal-> exam is failed
1st retake in Exam: in April
2nd retake in Exam: in May

Assessment methods and criteria

Nursing theory 0-5
Medical calculations pass/ fail
Skills lab and simulation pass/ fail

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Theory lessons on campus and/or online
Visits/ visitors
Simulations and skills labs in Simulation center

Learning materials

Brady, Anne-Marie, McCabe, Catherine, McCann, Margaret. 2014. Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing : A Systems Approach. eBook by John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. (TUNI FINNA)
Part 2: Adult Medical and Surgical Nursing.

Hinkle, J.L & Cheever, K.H (different editions) : Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing. Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Peate, Ian. 2016. Medical-Surgical Nursing at a Glance. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. (TUNI FINNA)
Part 3 Medical Nursing, Part 4 Surgical Nursing

Yoost, Barbara L., Crawford, Lynne R., Peterson, Veronica. 2015. Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing : Active Learning for Collaborative Practice. Elsevier. (TUNI FINNA)

Recommended literature: Material provided by the teachers during the course.
All material in used/created in small group work, lectures, visits and group assignments.

Student workload

108 hours

Content scheduling

Mandatory Orientation 13.1.2025
Theory lessons and visits= 3 credits
Skills labs and simulations= 1 credit= 27 hrs

Completion alternatives

-

Practical training and working life cooperation

Visits
Expert by experience

International connections

-

Further information

Mandatory Orientation 13.1.2025
Implementation plan will be updated before orientation
Goals
The student
- masters essential evidence based knowledge and skills of the advanced clinical nursing practice of long- term patients;
- masters essential knowledge about continuity and health promotion for the advanced clinical nursing practice of long- term patients;
- masters promoting of coping of the patient and family.

Content
assessment of care needs, planning of care, implementation, and evaluation in long- term conditions
- exacerbations and acute-on-chronic situations with long term conditions
- demanding situations of long- term patients in varied care facilities
- evidence based nursing care of patients with long term conditions
- self-care guidance for a client with long term condition
- palliative care