Laboratory Medicine
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | KG29AO06010 |
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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: | Toivonen, Marika |
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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 |
2 spring |
2.0 |
2015-01-02 |
2015-07-31 |
| NURSING-2013FOR |
2 spring |
2.0 |
2015-01-02 |
2015-07-31 |
Learning Outcomes
CLINICAL COMPETENCE
Students will be introduced to fields of clinical laboratory medicine and to the laboratory process. They will understand the meaning of laboratory tests when examining bodily functions and disorders. Students will learn common examinations in clinical physiology, microbiology, clinical chemistry and haematology. They will learn to interpret the results of the examinations. They will also learn to prepare patients for common physiological and microbiological examinations and measurements. Students will learn to take blood, urine and stool samples. They will learn the basics of point-of-care testing.
Student's Workload
Will be announced at the beginning of the course.
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
No prerequisites
Contents
The course comprises the following:
Fields of clinical laboratory medicine. The laboratory process. Optimal health range and reference range. Patient counselling and sample taking. Clinical-physiological examinations of the cardiovascular system. Samples in clinical microbiology. Common examinations in clinical chemistry and haematology. Basics of point-of-care testing.
Recommended or Required Reading
Material selected by the lecturer.
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Lectures, labs skills, independent study.
Assessment Criteria
5
Students
- are able explain the use of the laboratory tests as part of the nursing process
- apply the most appropriate method of interpretating the test results
- understand the importance of quality assurance in laboratory diagnostics and are able to implement it in point - of - care testing
- understand the importance of laboratory test standardization
- know how to counsel patients preparing for laboratory tests
- know how to take a venous blood sample using the open- and vacuum technique, attending to high quality sampling principles
- know how to counsel patients on giving urine
samples and how to conduct chemical screening, attending to quality criteria
- know how to obtain samples by skin puncture and how to determine haemoglobin using point - of - care equipment
- are able to interpret results of the most important clinical-physiological examinations on respiratory and cardiovascular organs and theoretically know how to carry out these examinations
- know how to fill out a microbiological test referral form and understand the importance of the information
- understand the importance of asepsis and self protection and are able to choose a correct sample container and method
- know how counsel patients on taking, storing and transporting samples from home according to quality criteria
- are familiar with common clinical-chemical and haematological tests, know their purposes and the meaning of abnormal results
3-4
Students
- know the meaning of laboratory tests as part of the patient's nursing process
- are aware of various methods available for the interpretation of the results; mostly apply appropriate methods
- understand the importance of quality assurance in laboratory diagnostics and are able to implement it in point - of - care testing
- understand the importance of laboratory test standardization and know how to counsel patients preparing for laboratory tests
- know how to take a venous blood sample using the open- and vacuum technique
- know how to counsel patients on giving urine
samples and how to conduct chemical screening
- know how to obtain samples by skin puncture and how to determine haemoglobin using point - of - care equipment
- on theoretical level, have knowledge of how the results of the most important clinical-physiological examinations on respiratory and cardiovascular organs are interpreted; theoretically know how to carry out these examinations
- know how to fill out a microbiological test referral form
- understand the importance of asepsis and know where to seek information about correct sample containers or methods
- know how to counsel patients on taking, storing and transporting samples from home
- are familiar with common clinical-chemical and haematological tests
-are able to conclude the purpose of the examination and pay attention to abnormal results
1-2
Students
- know the meaning of laboratory tests as part of the patient's nursing process
- are aware of various methods available for the interpretation of the results; partly apply appropriate methods
- understand the importance of quality assurance in point - of - care testing
- understand the importance of laboratory test standardization and know where to seek information to help patients prepare for laboratory tests
- know how to take a venous blood sample using the vacuum technique
- know how to counsel patients on giving urine
samples and, under supervision, how to conduct chemical screening
- under supervision, know how to obtain samples by skin puncture and how to determine haemoglobin using point - of - care equipment
- on theoretical level, have knowledge of the most important clinical-physiological examinations on respiratory and cardiovascular organs
- understand the importance of filling out a microbiological test referral form
- understand the importance of asepsis and know where to seek information concerning correct sample containers or methods, patient instructions for samples collected at home and
storage and transport of samples.
- are familiar with abbreviations of common clinical-chemical and haematological tests
-are able to conclude the purpose of the examination
Fail=0
Students
- are not aware of the meaning of laboratory tests as part of the patient's nursing process or of the importance of quality assurance in laboratory diagnostics
- do not understand the importance of laboratory test standardization and do not know how to counsel patients preparing for laboratory tests
- are unable to take venous blood samples or to obtain samples by skin puncture
- do not recognise important clinical-physiological examinations on respiratory and cardiovascular organs
-do not understand the importance of filling out a microbiological test referral form
- do not understand the importance of asepsis and do not know where to seek information concerning correct sample containers or methods, patient instructions for samples collected at home or storage and transport of samples.
Assessment Methods
Active and regular attendance and participation in lectures, examination
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