Medical nursing practice (9 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Objective

Purpose:
Under guidance, you will practice planning, implementing and evaluating the nursing work of patients with internal diseases together with the multiprofessional team.

Skills:
Functioning in working life
Ethics
Clinical competence
Sustainable development

Competence goals:
You know how to act professionally in communication and interaction situations in working life.
You are able to take responsibility for your own activities and their consequences and to reflect on them in accordance with the professional ethical principles and values of your field.
You identify the care needs of a patient suffering from internal diseases and, under guidance, you know how to plan, implement and evaluate customer-oriented care in cooperation with the patient, relatives and other social and health professionals.
You know how to use reliable information about sustainable solutions and operating models related to your field.

Content

You practice nursing care of patients suffering from internal diseases under supervision in the bed ward of a health center hospital or in special care in the bed ward of internal medicine, lung diseases, heart diseases, neurology, hematology, cancer or in the rehabilitation department.

Teaching methods

Practice simulations in Finnish
Independent study
Professional practice in clinical placement

Employer connections

Professional practice

Exam schedules

The timings of exams and tasks will be informed in the beginning of the course.

Student workload

Oral health 27h
Practice simulations in Finnish 54h
Practice in clinical placement and practice assignment 162h

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

You know how to act professionally in communication and interaction situations in working life.
You are able to take responsibility for your own activities and their consequences and to reflect on them in accordance with the professional ethical principles and values of your field.
You identify the treatment needs of a patient suffering from internal diseases and, under guidance, you know how to plan, implement and evaluate customer-oriented treatment in cooperation with the patient, relatives and other social and health professionals.
You know how to use reliable information about sustainable solutions and operating models related to your field.

Qualifications

You master basics of nursing, you master internal medicine nursing and key clinical skills. You have successfully completed the medical calculations.

Further information

Simulations and practice will be evaluated.