•     Evidence-based Nursing and Special Issues in Nursing K702DL28OJ-3008 01.08.2021-31.12.2021  15 cr  (K72D19S) +-
    Learning objectives
    You are able to apply and deepen your knowledge in your chosen clinical nursing specialization.
    You are able to make clinical nursing decisions based on evidence and critical thinking.
    You demonstrate the nurse's professional responsibility in nursing work and its development. You know how to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing work in patient care and in your own activities.
    You know how to plan, implement and evaluate guidance for different target groups, justifying and taking into account distances.
    You can utilize teleworking tools and online interaction skills in guidance.
    You are able to evaluate and develop your own skills and well-being at work.
    You know and recognize nursing career development opportunities regionally, nationally, and internationally.
    Contents
    Contents

    Evidence-based nursing and health care 5 ects

    Governing legislation (including special laws) and professional ethics guidelines for nurses

    Evidence-based healthcare model

    Quality management in nursing, quality and effectiveness indicators and monitoring

    Development of professional expertise

    Medical-surgical nursing 10 ects
    Assessment criteria
    Assessment criteria - grade 1
    You operate in various changing health care environments in accordance with good collaboration skills.

    You use guidance and teaching as work methods in nursing.

    You appropriate and purposefully use existing teaching and guidance materials.

    You describe your responsibility for quality in your own activities, and prevent and identify quality discrepancies in all phases of the care process.

    You identify a nurse’s career development opportunities on an international, national and regional level.
    Assessment criteria - grade 3
    You operate in various changing health care environments, developing your collaboration skills.

    You use guidance and teaching as justified work methods in nursing in various contexts.

    You use existing teaching and guidance materials and justify their use, along with producing new materials.

    You indicate your responsibility for nursing quality in your own activities, and prevent and identify quality discrepancies in all phases of the care process.

    You apply the career development opportunities of a nurse on an international, national and regional level.
    Assessment criteria - grade 5
    You operate in various changing health care environments, developing and assessing your collaboration skills.

    You use and assess guidance and teaching as work methods in nursing in suitable contexts.

    You use existing teaching and guidance materials, assess it in a critical manner and develop new materials.

    You justify your responsibility for nursing quality in your own activities in a critical manner, and anticipate and interpret quality discrepancies in all phases of the care process.

    You assess the career development opportunities of a nurse on an international, national and regional level.
    Teaching methods and instruction

    -Lectures, case studies, simulation, exercises, independent and group work - Finnish language is integrated into the teaching

    Responsible person

    Kirsi Heikkinen

    Learning material and recommended literature

    Books: Lewis, Dirksen, Heitkemper, Bucher, Camera. 2011. Medical-Surgical Nursing. Elsevier. Hughes, Ronda G. 2008. Patient Safety and Quality, An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses, Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2651/ Harrison & Daly.2011. Acute medical emergencies. Churchill Livingstone. BRITISH NATIONAL FORMULARY (BNF) Pharmaceutical Press http://www.allbookez.com/british-national-formulary-2013/ Saano & Taam-Ukkonen. 2013. Lääkehoidon käsikirja. SanomaPro. Benner, Patricia. 2001. From Novice to Expert: Excellence and power in clinical nursing practice, California Carlson, K. Advanced Critical Care Nursing. 2009 Sole, M. L. & Klein, D. G Moseley, M. J. Introduction to critical care nursing. 2009 Abrams, A.C., Pennington S.S., Lammon, C.B. 2009. Clinical Drug Therapy, Rationales for Nursing Practice, Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, China. Adams, M.P., Holland, Jr, L.N., Bostwick, P. M. 2009. Pharmacology for Nurses. A Pathophysiologic Approach, Pearson Education, New Jersey, USA. Skhole materials + Moodle materials E-books via Nelli portal: McGloin, S. & McLeod, A. Advanced practice in critical care : a case study approach. 2010. Bademan, E. G. A daybook for critical care nurses. 2010 Scientific journals: Critical care nurse, Journal of Patient Safety & Infection Control, Evidence-based Healthcare, http://www.stm.fi/en/publications also journal articles in Moodle environment Databases:Duodecim Lääketietokanta ja Sfinx Pharao (Terveysportti) sekä 75+ (www.fimea.fi also in English)

    Mode of delivery

    Contact teaching

    Campus

    Kosmos, Tietokatu 1, Kemi

    Teaching language

    English

    Timing

    01.08.2021 - 31.12.2021

    Enrollment

    04.02.2021 - 18.07.2021

    Groups
    • K72D19S
    Assessment criteria

    Evaluation: 0-5 Final exam (skhole materials, intensive care nursing, expertise, special issues) gives the basics to the grade. Nurse's core competences (180 Ects) national exam, Quality Insurance and and Expertise Assignments, Case Studies and seminars are effecting the grade. Attendance: -compulsory: information (The final test in medical calculation is included in Nurse's core competences (180 Ects) national exam.) - 80 % lectures,100 % clinical practices, groupwork, simulation, workshops - Independent work - Final Exam

    Teachers

    Kirsi Heikkinen, Anja Mikkola, Susanna Leskinen

    Seats

    1 - 15

    Degree Programmes

    Degree Programme in Nursing

    Evaluation scale

    H-5