Clinical medical nursing and palliative care (6 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Objective

Guidance and interaction skills / You know how to plan, implement and evaluate the nursing work of a client/patient suffering from internal diseases as well as guidance that supports self-care.

Clinical competence / You have evidence-based knowledge and skills of key internal medicine nursing methods as part of the overall care of the client/patient

Evidence-based operation and decision-making skills / You compare multidisciplinary information to support your clinical decision-making and make evidence-based conclusions.

Anticipatory development / You know how to search for existing research information in the field and consider its application in the development of nursing work

Content

Planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing work for a patient/client suffering from internal diseases
Palliative care and hospice care
Monitoring and treatment of the internal medicine patient's vital signs
Internal medicine patient's medication and fluid treatment and medical calculations
The most common tools for assessing and reporting the patient's condition
Utilization of health technology in patient care

Materials

Hinkle, J. L., Cheever, K. H., & Overbaugh, K. J. (2022). Brunner & Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing (15th edition. International edition.). Wolters Kluwer. (Units 2, 4-7, 10,11,15,16)

Cromar, K. C., Moebius, C., & Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (2023). Medical-surgical nursing made incredibly easy! (5th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. (chapters 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 19, 20, 22)

Huovinen, A., Hynynen, M., Karhemaa, A., Koponen, L., Mäkeläinen, T., Kimpimäki, K., . . . Müller, E. (2023). Kliininen hoitotyö (11., uudistettu painos.). Sanoma Pro Oy.

Material for Medical Calculations:
Gatford, J.D & Phillips, N. 2015. Nursing Calculations
Lapham, R. 2015. Drug Calculations for Nurses: A step-by-step approach
Lapham, R. & Angar, H. 2009. Drug Calculations for Nurses
Ogden, S.J & Fluharty, L. 2019. Calculation of Drug Dosages: A Work Text
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Drug Calculations other useful Material:
https://testandcalc.com/quiz/index.asp
https://nurseslabs.com/drug-dosage-calculations-practice-quiz/
https://www.how2become.com/nursing-drug-dosage-calculation-online-test/
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DOSE - online application
The Dose program is free to use. Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences has a license for the Dose Drug Calculation program. Language selection is Finnish, Swedish or English. Link
https://www.foycom.fi/medical/
Username: JAMK
Password: JAMK0921
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Mobile phone applications:
You can install several free applications on your mobile from the Play Store. E.g. Drug Calculations for Nurses, Drug Dosage Calculator, Medical calculators, etc.

Teaching methods

Contact lectures
Practical classes
Simulations
Individual and group learning
Flipped learning, where the students prepare before the lecture
Self-evaluation & peer evaluation

Exam schedules

Exam timing will be communicated in the first session of the course.

Completion alternatives

Medical calculations: if you already have good skills of a drug calculations, you can take just an exam.

Student workload

Lectures, simulations and exams 68h
Independent learning 67h
Assignments 27h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Sufficient 1
You have a sufficient knowledge base to plan, implement and evaluate internal medicine patient care and self-care guidance. You know how to justify your decisions based on sources in the prevention of internal diseases, implementation of treatment and palliative care. You know the key clinical skills of internal medicine, taking into account patient safety and asepsis. You know how to administer medication safely.

Satisfactory 2
You have a sufficient knowledge base to plan, implement and evaluate internal medicine patient care and self-care guidance. You know how to justify your decisions based on reliable sources in the prevention of internal diseases, implementation and monitoring of treatment, and palliative care. You know the key clinical skills of internal medicine, taking into account patient safety and asepsis. You know how to administer medication safely.
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Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good 3
You have a versatile knowledge base to plan, implement and evaluate internal medicine patient care and self-care guidance. You can justify your decisions based on evidence in the prevention of internal diseases, implementation of treatment and palliative care. You know the key clinical skills of internal medicine, taking into account patient safety and asepsis. You know how to administer medication safely.

Very good 4
You have a versatile knowledge base to plan, implement and evaluate internal medicine patient care and self-care guidance. You can make decisions using multidisciplinary evidence-based information in internal medicine prevention, treatment implementation and palliative care. You know the key clinical skills of internal medicine, taking into account patient safety and asepsis. You know how to administer medication safely.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent 5
You have a broad knowledge base to plan, implement and evaluate internal medicine patient care and self-care guidance. You know how to make reasoned decisions applying multidisciplinary evidence-based information and take into account the patient's individuality and resources in different stages of treatment and in palliative care work. You know the key clinical skills of internal medicine, taking into account patient safety and asepsis. You know how to administer medication safely.

Qualifications

You master basics of nursing

Further information

The teacher of the study course provides additional information about possible special practices of the study course. Assessment will consist of practical skills assessment; theoretical knowledge assessment, and medical calculations exam where calculations must be done correctly, and the way of thinking must be written down clearly.