Nursing, with a focus on medical, surgical and psychiatric care
39.0 ECTS creditsThe course includes Nursing (23.5 ECTS cr), integrated with Medical Science (15.5 ECTS cr). It comprises 18 weeks of clinical placement (27 ECTS cr), distributed across surgery (9 ECTS cr), internal medicine (9 ECTS cr), and psychiatry (9 ECTS cr).
Instruction is in the form of introductory lectures, seminars, clinical skills training, simulations, and clinical placements.
The course covers the following:
Etiology, pathophysiology, symptoms, signs, diagnostics, treatment (including specific pharmacology), prevention, and nursing care related to:
- Surgical conditions, including pre- and postoperative care, epidural anesthesia, and drainage
- Orthopedic conditions
- Gastrointestinal conditions
- Nephrological conditions
- Psychiatric conditions, including stress, crisis, and coping
- Sepsis
- Transfusion medicine
Pain management, including acute and chronic pain, pain assessment, analysis, treatment, and specific pharmacology
Core concepts and theories in nursing:
- The nursing process
- Fundamentals of care
- Nursing ethics
- Symptom theory
Students receive training in the following skills:
- Perform dependent (prescribed) nursing interventions
- Plan and participate in examinations and treatments
- Organise and manage nursing work in departments, responding appropriately in both routine and unexpected acute situations
- Document nursing care, test results, and medical treatments
- Use information and communication technology applied in inpatient care
- Work in accordance with healthcare regulations (laws, statutes, national and local guidelines)
- Practice patient-safe care in direct patient interaction
Students develop the following abilities:
- Ability to reflect on patient safety and the culture of patient safety across clinical settings
- Self-awareness as future nurses
- Capacity to demonstrate empathy towards patients and their relatives
- Professional conduct in interactions with patients, next-of-kin, and colleagues
- Use of professional language that is appropriate and functional in clinical contexts
Students also develop the following clinical skills:
- Drug calculation (Level II): standard solutions, dilution of fluids, and assessment of calculation reasonableness
- Handling of injectable and infusion medications and dilution of pharmaceuticals
- Use of peripheral and central venous access
- Calculation of fluid balance and nutritional needs
- Insertion and management of gastrointestinal tubes
- Hospital-based cardiopulmonary resuscitation (S-CPR)
- Basic emergency response to acute medical conditions, including use of NEWS, ABCDE, emergency trolley, and case-based management involving specific pharmacology for acute scenarios
Instruction is in the form of introductory lectures, seminars, clinical skills training, simulations, and clinical placements.
The course covers the following:
Etiology, pathophysiology, symptoms, signs, diagnostics, treatment (including specific pharmacology), prevention, and nursing care related to:
- Surgical conditions, including pre- and postoperative care, epidural anesthesia, and drainage
- Orthopedic conditions
- Gastrointestinal conditions
- Nephrological conditions
- Psychiatric conditions, including stress, crisis, and coping
- Sepsis
- Transfusion medicine
Pain management, including acute and chronic pain, pain assessment, analysis, treatment, and specific pharmacology
Core concepts and theories in nursing:
- The nursing process
- Fundamentals of care
- Nursing ethics
- Symptom theory
Students receive training in the following skills:
- Perform dependent (prescribed) nursing interventions
- Plan and participate in examinations and treatments
- Organise and manage nursing work in departments, responding appropriately in both routine and unexpected acute situations
- Document nursing care, test results, and medical treatments
- Use information and communication technology applied in inpatient care
- Work in accordance with healthcare regulations (laws, statutes, national and local guidelines)
- Practice patient-safe care in direct patient interaction
Students develop the following abilities:
- Ability to reflect on patient safety and the culture of patient safety across clinical settings
- Self-awareness as future nurses
- Capacity to demonstrate empathy towards patients and their relatives
- Professional conduct in interactions with patients, next-of-kin, and colleagues
- Use of professional language that is appropriate and functional in clinical contexts
Students also develop the following clinical skills:
- Drug calculation (Level II): standard solutions, dilution of fluids, and assessment of calculation reasonableness
- Handling of injectable and infusion medications and dilution of pharmaceuticals
- Use of peripheral and central venous access
- Calculation of fluid balance and nutritional needs
- Insertion and management of gastrointestinal tubes
- Hospital-based cardiopulmonary resuscitation (S-CPR)
- Basic emergency response to acute medical conditions, including use of NEWS, ABCDE, emergency trolley, and case-based management involving specific pharmacology for acute scenarios
Progressive specialisation:
G1F (has less than 60 credits in first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Education level:
Undergraduate level
Admission requirements
Registered for The nursing profession and responsibilities, fundamentals of nursing and medical science, 30 ECTS credits, with 26 ECTS credits completed, and the Clinical placement (VFU) component completed in The nursing profession and responsibilities for nursing in health and illness based on geriatric and cardiovascular care and pharmacology, 30 ECTS credits, or equivalent
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.
This course is included in the following programme
- Study Programme in Nursing (studied during year 2)