Nursing in Out-Patient Clinics
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | KG29AO10001 |
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| Type: | Compulsory |
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| Level: | Bachelor |
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| Credits: | 2.0 points |
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| Responsible Teacher: | Palo, Raija |
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| Teacher Team: | Salminen-Tuomaala, Mari |
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| Language of Instruction: | English |
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Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester
| Curriculum | Semester | Credits | Start of Semester | End of Semester |
| NURSING-2013FIN |
3 spring |
2.0 |
2016-01-01 |
2016-07-31 |
| NURSING-2013FOR |
3 spring |
2.0 |
2016-01-01 |
2016-07-31 |
Learning Outcomes
COMPETENCE IN HEALTH PROMOTION
Students will follow the principles of promoting and supporting the health and resources of patients of all ages. Students will learn the main factors that influence the health and illness of outpatients. Under supervision, students will be able to recognise patients' individual needs for rehabilitation and support their rehabilitation.
CLINICAL COMPETENCE, COUNSELLING AND MENTORING COMPETENCE
Students will search, process and evaluate knowledge critically to meet their patients' needs. Students will be competent in identifying and evaluating changes and disorders in a patient's basic vital functions and, under supervision, in initiating appropriate nursing interventions. Students will, under supervision, be able to recognise individual rehabilitation needs of patients and support them during the rehabilitation process. Under supervision, students will be competent in preparing patients for treatment and monitoring and caring for them during and after the treatment. Students will follow asepsis in outpatient nursing. Students will, under supervision, be able to implement common treatments, procedures and examinations. Under supervision, they will be able to implement intravenous fluid, drug and nutritional care and blood transfusions. Students will learn to recognise pain and they will, under supervision, be able to plan, implement and evaluate pain control. Students will be prepared for continuous learning. Under supervision, students will be competent in applying research and evidence-based knowlege to counsel patients on issues pertaining to health and illness. Students will, under supervision, be able to plan, implement and evaluate counselling situations.
ETHICAL COMPETENCE, COMPETENCE IN CUSTOMERSHIP IN HEALTH CARE AND DECISION-MAKING COMPTENCE
Under supervision, students will be competent in identifying needs of patients and their families and in planning, implementing, evaluating and documenting nursing care. Students will learn the structure of the service provision system and common service parthways. Students will learn to give oral reports under supervision. They will also be competent in dealing with patients in various life situations. They will become familiar with the principles of patient-oriented, resource-based and multi-professional nursing of patients and their families. Students will know how to utilise information and nursing technology and equipment. They will apply the nursing ethical principles to outpatient nursing.
WORKING COMMUNITY COMPETENCE
Students will be competent in interaction as members of the working community, including appeciation of colleagues and promotion of wellbeing in the working community. Students will know how to utilise information and communication technologies in nursing in Out-Patient Clinics. Students will learn to make decisions in ad hoc situations.
INNOVATION COMPETENCE, LEARNING COMPETENCE
Students will be competent in critically evaluating their level of professional expertise with regard to their strengths and weaknesses. Students will reflect on and evaluate their competences and skills and learn to solve problems and develop the outpatient practice creatively. They will learn to consider essential factors that affect their patients' health and illness. Students will be aware of the physical and mental aspects of occupational safety in the promotion and maintenance of their wellbeing at work.
INTERNATIONALIZATION COMPETENCE
Students will learn to interact with people that represent various cultures. They will demonstrate ability to communicate in a foreign language and to work in multicultural environments in out-patient clinics. Students will be aware of the influence and options brought on by international developments in nursing.
Student's Workload
Will be announced at the beginning of the course.
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
Nursing in different environments 1,2,3/4/5
Contents
Legislation for outpatient services, main concepts in outpatient nursing, structure of the service provision system and service pathways. Outpatient clinic as a nursing setting/ different types of outpatient clinics, and client-centred nursing activities and interventions. Nurses' duties in outpatient clinics as members of the multi-professional team. Documentation in outpatient nursing. Supporting the self-care of the patient. Quality management and development in outpatient nursing. Physical and mental aspects of occupational safety.
Recommended or Required Reading
Muurinen, S., Nenonen, M., Wilskman, K. & Agge, E. 2010. Uusi terveydenhuolto. Hoitotyön vuosikirja. Helsinki: Fioca Oy.
Current learning material
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Interactive and action-based learning methods, lectures, independent studies
Assessment Criteria
Grade pass
Students
- follow principles of promoting and supporting the health and resources of patients of all ages in multi-professional nursing
- know the main factors that influence the health and illness of outpatients
- under supervision, recognise their patients' individual needs for rehabilitation and support their rehabilitation
- search, process and evaluate knowledge critacally to meet their patients' needs
- identify and evaluate changes and disorders in a patient's basic vital functions and, under supervision, know how to initiate appropriate nursing interventions
- are, under supervision, able to recognize individual rehabilitation needs of patients and to support them during the rehabilitation process
- Under supervision, are competent in preparing patients for treatment and monitoring and caring for them during and after the treatment
- follow asepsis in outpatient nursing
- are, under supervision, able to implement common treatments, procedures and examinations
- under supervision, are able to implement intravenous fluid, drug and nutritional care and blood transfusions
- are able to recognise pain and under supervision, able to plan, implement and evaluate pain control
- Under supervision, are competent in applying research and evidence-based knowledge to counsel patients on issues pertaining to health and illness
- are, under supervision, able to plan, implement and evaluate counselling situations
- under supervision, are competent in identifying needs of patients and their families and in planning, implementing, evaluating and documenting nursing care
- know the structure of the service provision system and common service parthways
- are able to give oral reports under supervision
- are competent in dealing with patients in various life situations
- recognise the principles of patient-oriented, resource-based and multi-professional nursing of patients and their families
-know how to utilise information and nursing technology and equipment
- apply the nursing ethical principles to outpatient nursing.
- under supervision, know how to make decisions in ad hoc situations
Assessment Methods
Active participation, written exam and assignment, drug calculation test (must be passed before the practical training period), lab skills exercises (regular attendance and active participation expected)
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