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Patient Examination and Treatment (5 cr)

Code: STP7059-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.10.2021 - 31.10.2021

Timing

10.01.2022 - 24.01.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Tikkarinne Campus Tikkarinne 9

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Satu Martiskainen
  • Petri Ronkainen
  • Jaana Pantsari
  • Hanna Pulkkinen
  • Kirsi Sallinen

Teacher in charge

Jaana Pantsari

Groups

  • STHAS19
    Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing, Blended learning, Fall, 2019
  • STHNS19
    Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing, Full-time Studies, Fall, 2019

Objective

You
- understand the meaning and importance of patient safety
- understand the meaning of patient examination when you make treatment decisions
- can examine the patient systematically and you know how to use equipments safely
- can use the protocols of acute care in different kinds of patient situations
- can implement the main therapy procedures and assist the doctor with them
- can suit your knowledge in different kinds of variable patient situations and with patients of different ages
- can report professonally by using ISBAR-protocol
- can face and interact professionally with different kinds of patients

Content

- comprehensive examination of the patient
- systematic examination of the patient by using ABCDE-protocol
- therapeutic decision making and nurse reception
- medical devices and safety way of using them
- therapeutic procedures and assisting
- interpretation of ECG and taking of ECG
- communication by using ISBAR and VIRVE-phones

Teaching methods

You
•understand the meaning and importance of patient safety
•understand the meaning of patient examination when you make treatment decisions
•can examine the patient systematically and you know how to use equipments safely
•can use the protocols of acute care in different kinds of patient situations
•can implement the main therapy procedures and assist the doctor with them
•can suit your knowledge in different kinds of variable patient situations and with patients of different ages
•can report professonally by using ISBAR-protocol
•can face and interact professionally with different kinds of patients
•comprehensive examination of the patient
•systematic examination of the patient by using ABCDE-protocol
•therapeutic decision making and nurse reception
•medical devices and safety way of using them
•therapeutic procedures and assisting
•interpretation of ECG and taking of ECG
•communication by using ISBAR and VIRVE-phones

Student workload

comprehensive and systematic examination of the patient by using ABCDE-protocol and therapeutic decision making: 14 h
- therapeutic procedures and assisting: 12 h
- interpretation of ECG and taking of ECG:10 h
- ISBAR and communication with VIRVE-phones:4 h
- patient safety: 2 h
- test: 2 h
- independent study
International Exchange students:
- Basic Life Support and First Aid 16h,therapeutic procedures and assisting 12 h, ECG skills labratory 6h, Patient examination ABCDE 2h, Advanced Life Support 6h, Independent study, Clinical Placement in Acute and Emergency Care Nursing 56h

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected