Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- define primary treatment paths and processes of a medical-surgical and perioperative client
- assess the treatment needs of a medical-surgical client and implement key nursing measures
- apply knowledge of the primary medical-surgical diseases in nursing care
- apply knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology in medical-surgical nursing care and safe pharmacology

Implementation and methods of teaching

Contact teaching at campus
Flipped working in small groups
Seminars
Practical classes
Medical-surgical nursing care intermediate exams (1-5) in Exam
Palliative and end-of-life care Exam
Medical nursing 4 ects, Surgical nursing 3 ects, Anatomy-Physiology-Pharmacology (integrated in nursing studies) and Internal medicine and surgery (independent studies in Medical studies Moodle) 2 ects

Timing and attendance

Spring 26.02.2024-31.05.2024
Contact teaching
Practical lessons 100 % mandatory attendance
Seminars 80% mandatory attendance

Learning material and recommended literature

Suggested literature:
Hinkle J.& Cheever K. 2018. Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing. Brunner & Suddarth´s 14th Edition.

Anatomy and Physiology book:
Principles of human anatomy and physiology, Gerald J Tortora and Bryan H Derrickson

Pharmacology book:
Rang & Dale's Pharmacology 2019 9th edition

Käypä-hoito / JBI care guidelines

Current studies, research articles and other relevant study material

Exam retakes

Medical-surgical nursing care intermediate exams (1-5) in Exam.
Digicampus exams and skill test according to separate instructions.
Medical studies on internal medicine and surgery on Moodle.

Learning environment

Course's Moodle and Medical studies Moodle.
Contact teaching at campus

Student time use and work load

Medical-surgical nursing care 10 of equals 270 h of studying.
Pharmacotherapy-course must participated parallel with Medical-surgical nursing care.

Contents

Medical-surgical nursing process
Diabetic patient
Patient with respiratory disease
Kidney failure patient
Neurological patient
Patient with rheumatoid arthritis
Coronary disease Patient
Heart failure patient
Hypertensive patient
Cancer patient
Orthopedic patient
Patient with gastroenterology disease

Relevant anatomy, physiology, pharmacology included into nursing care of these patient groups.
Medical studies on internal medicine and surgery as independent studies in Moodle.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Prerequisites:
Principles of nursing
Clinical nursing interventions
Basics of anatomy and physiology

Please note:
Digicampus exam of Medical nursing competence and surgical and perioperative nursing skill test are done at the end of this course entity.

Assessment criteria

Seminars accepted/failed, for more detailed information see course's Moodle.
Medical surgical nursing care partial exams (1-5) grade
Palliative and end-of-life care exam grade 1-5
Medical studies accepted/failed
Final course grade is counted the average of all above mentioned grades.

All parts of the course must be completed before completion of course.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

Student fails to pass some of the required exams and assignments
Student does not participate to seminars or practical lessons
Student fails to work as a group member in seminar group work
Student fails to complete medical studies

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student can

-define key elements of different stages of medical-surgical nursing care process and path.
-understand needs of medical-surgical patient care and implement necessary nursing procedures
-describe most common medical-surgical diseases in nursing process
-understand meaning of pathophysiology and pharmacology in medical-surgical nursing care and implementation of planning, execution and evaluation of pharmacotherapy
-complete medical studies

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student can

-evaluate key elements of different stages of medical-surgical nursing need of care, process and path
-implement knowledge of most common medical-surgical diseases in nursing care
-implement knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology in medical-surgical nursing care and in planning, implementing and evaluation of pharmacotherapy
-complete medical studies

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student can

--evaluate key elements of different stages of medical-surgical nursing care process and path implementing evidence based nursing
-implement knowledge of most common medical-surgical diseases in nursing care and evaluate effectiveness of practiced care
-Implement knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology in medical-surgical nursing care and implementation of planning, implementing and evaluation of pharmacotherapy
-complete medical studies

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- define primary treatment paths and processes of a medical-surgical and perioperative client
- assess the treatment needs of a medical-surgical client and implement key nursing measures
- apply knowledge of the primary medical-surgical diseases in nursing care
- apply knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology in medical-surgical nursing care and safe pharmacology

Implementation and methods of teaching

Contact teaching at campus
Seminar work in small groups
Seminars
Practical sessions
Medical-surgical nursing care intermediate exams in Exam
Palliative and end-of-life care Exam
Medical nursing 4 ects, Surgical nursing 3 ects, Anatomy-Physiology-Pharmacology and Internal medicine and surgery 2 ects (integrated)

Timing and attendance

Spring 09.01.2023-16.04.2023
Contact teaching
Practical lessons 100 % mandatory attendance
Seminars 80% mandatory attendance

Learning material and recommended literature

Suggested literature:
Hinkle J.& Cheever K. 2018. Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing. Brunner & Suddarth´s 14th Edition.

Anatomy and Physiology book:
Principles of human anatomy and physiology, Gerald J Tortora and Bryan H Derrickson

Pharmacology book:
Rang & Dale's Pharmacology 2019 9th edition

Käypä-hoito / JBI care guidelines

Current studies, research articles and other relevant study material

Exam retakes

Medical-surgical nursing care intermediate exams (1-5) in Exam.

Learning environment

Course's in Moodle
Contact teaching at campus

Student time use and work load

Medical-surgical nursing care 10 of equals 270 h of studying.
Pharmacotherapy-course must participated parallel with Medical-surgical nursing care.

Contents

Medical-surgical nursing process
Diabetic patient
Patient with respiratory disease
Kidney failure patient
Neurological patient
Patient with rheumatoid arthritis
Coronary disease Patient
Heart failure patient
Hypertensive patient
Cancer patient
Orthopedic patient
Patient with gastroenterology disease

Relevant anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and medical topics included into nursing care of these patient groups.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Principles of nursing
Clinical nursing interventions
Basics of anatomy and physiology

Assessment criteria

Seminars accepted/failed, for more detailed information see course's Moodle.
Medical surgical nursing care partial exams (1-5) grade
Palliative and end-of-life care exam grade 1-5
Final course grade is counted the average of all above mentioned grades.

All parts of the course must be completed before completion of course.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

Student fails to pass some of the required exams
Student does not participate to seminars or practical lessons
Student fails to work as a group member in seminar group work

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student can

-define key elements of different stages of medical-surgical nursing care process and path.
-understand needs of medical-surgical patient care and implement necessary nursing procedures
-describe most common medical-surgical diseases in nursing process
-understand meaning of pathophysiology and pharmacology in medical-surgical nursing care and implementation of planning, execution and evaluation of pharmacotherapy

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student can

-evaluate key elements of different stages of medical-surgical nursing need of care, process and path
-implement knowledge of most common medical-surgical diseases in nursing care
-implement knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology in medical-surgical nursing care and in planning, implementing and evaluation of pharmacotherapy

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student can

--evaluate key elements of different stages of medical-surgical nursing care process and path implementing evidence based nursing
-implement knowledge of most common medical-surgical diseases in nursing care and evaluate effectiveness of practiced care
-Implement knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology in medical-surgical nursing care and implementation of planning, implementing and evaluation of pharmacotherapy

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- define primary treatment paths and processes of a medical-surgical and perioperative client
- assess the treatment needs of a medical-surgical client and implement key nursing measures
- apply knowledge of the primary medical-surgical diseases in nursing care
- apply knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology in medical-surgical nursing care and safe pharmacology

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- define primary treatment paths and processes of a medical-surgical and perioperative client
- assess the treatment needs of a medical-surgical client and implement key nursing measures
- apply knowledge of the primary medical-surgical diseases in nursing care
- apply knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology in medical-surgical nursing care and safe pharmacology

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- define primary treatment paths and processes of a medical-surgical and perioperative client
- assess the treatment needs of a medical-surgical client and implement key nursing measures
- apply knowledge of the primary medical-surgical diseases in nursing care
- apply knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology in medical-surgical nursing care and safe pharmacology

Assessment scale

1-5