Medical nursing (6op)

Osaamistavoitteet

The student:
Applies key medical knowledge of the most common internal diseases and cancers in nursing care.
Understands the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration in ensuring patient safety and high-quality care for internal medicine patients.
Provides evidence-based nursing care for patients with cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, neurological, renal, rheumatic, and infectious diseases.
Can guide and support patients and their families in disease management, self-care, and lifestyle changes.
Understands the principles of infection prevention and provides safe care for patients with infectious diseases, such as erysipelas, tuberculosis, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections.
Applies the principles of wound care and manages the treatment of chronic wounds.
Performs key nursing interventions and uses monitoring methods relevant to the care of internal medicine patients.
Acts appropriately in acute situations and is able to perform advanced life support (CPR).
Capable of taking an Electrocardiogram and recognise the most common cardiac rhythms and abnormalities.

Sisältö

The most common cancers: diagnosis and treatment
Infectious diseases: bacterial and viral infections
Nursing care for patients with the most common chronic diseases in Finland
Nursing care for patients with cardiovascular diseases
Nursing care for patients with respiratory diseases
Nursing care for patients with kidney diseases
Nursing care for patients with rheumatic diseases
Nursing care for patients with neurological diseases
Nursing care for patients with endocrinological diseases
Chronic wound care
Taking and interpretation of an electrocardiogram
Advance cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

Demonstrates comprehensive and integrated mastery of medical knowledge in internal diseases and cancers, applying it critically and flexibly in varied nursing situations.
Actively promotes multidisciplinary collaboration, showing leadership in ensuring patient safety and quality of care.
Provides advanced, evidence-based, and patient-centred nursing care across all major internal medicine conditions.
Guides and supports patients and families with sensitivity, tailoring education and lifestyle counselling to individual needs.
Applies infection prevention at an excellent level, even in complex or high-risk cases.
Manages wound care and chronic wounds with expertise, selecting the most effective and innovative approaches.
Performs key interventions and monitoring methods with exceptional accuracy.
Acts decisively and calmly in acute situations, demonstrating strong advanced life support competence.
Takes ECGs confidently and interprets rhythms and abnormalities accurately, including more challenging cases.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3)

Demonstrates solid and reliable knowledge of common internal diseases and cancers, and applies it in patient care.
Understands and contributes actively to multidisciplinary collaboration for patient safety and high-quality care.
Provides evidence-based nursing care across a range of internal medicine conditions with confidence.
Guides and supports patients and families effectively in self-care and lifestyle changes.
Applies infection prevention principles consistently and safely.
Performs wound care and chronic wound management according to best practices.
Carries out key nursing interventions and monitoring methods accurately.
Responds appropriately in acute situations and performs advanced life support procedures correctly.
Takes ECGs independently and recognises the most common cardiac rhythms and abnormalities.

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

Meets the minimum course requirements.
Demonstrates a basic understanding of common internal diseases and cancers but applies knowledge in a limited or inconsistent way.
Recognises the role of collaboration and patient safety but participates passively.
Provides safe but routine nursing care for patients with common conditions (cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, renal, neurological, rheumatic, infectious) with supervision.
Can give basic guidance to patients and families but with limited adaptation to individual needs.
Demonstrates basic infection prevention measures but occasionally lacks precision.
Performs wound care and key nursing interventions at a minimum acceptable level.
Responds to acute situations with support, showing partial knowledge of advanced life support.
Can take an ECG but struggles to interpret rhythms beyond the most obvious abnormalities.

Suoritustavat

Lectures, Simulations, Clinical skills labs, group work, individual assignment and exam