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Acute Care (5 cr)

Code: ST00BG53-3010

General information


Enrollment

16.11.2020 - 10.01.2021

Timing

23.02.2021 - 08.04.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Unit

Faculty of Health Care and Social Services (LAB)

Campus

Lahti Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 25

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor's Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Sari Nieminen
  • Pasi Alanen
  • Heli Oksanen
  • Maj-Britt Tallbacka
  • Anni Koponen

Scheduling groups

  • Verkkoluento (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Harjoitukset (Size: 1. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Seminaari 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Simulaatio 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Taitopaja 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Taitopaja 2 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Tentti 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • 08SH19K
    , Lahti

Small groups

  • Harjoitukset
  • Seminaari 1
  • Simulaatio 1
  • Taitopaja 1
  • Skillslab
  • Tentti 1

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- plan, implement and evaluate the safe care and medical treatment of acutely ill patients in different environments
- describe crisis theories and apply them in supporting patients and their significant others in acute crises
- perceive risks and dangerous situations and is able to develop practices regarding patient safety in acute care
- describe the operating procedure and communications in sudden exceptional and dangerous situations and explain the communication practices of public authorities
- describe theoretically the process of critical thinking and its significance in acute care decision making
- implement advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) abiding to patient safety to treat an acute ill or disabled patient (in simulation)
- describe the general guidelines of anesthetic care, intensive care, and emergency care and describe

Assessment scale

1-5