Sairaanhoitajakoulutus lähihoitajataustaisille – 1. lukukausi, Oulu

• cell
• tissue
• musculoskeletal system
• blood, blood circulation, lymphatic system
• respiration
• nervous system
• structure of organ systems and the location of organs in the body
• regulation and tasks of the functions of the body
• the most common scientific concepts

Students
• can describe the structure, location and function of cells, tissues, organs and organ systems in the human body
• know the regulation and tasks of blood circulatory and respiratory functions
• know the structure and functions of the nervous system
• know how to use the most common scientific concepts in the field
• can use their knowledge in clinical nursing and understand the differences between the functions of a healthy and diseased body (pathophysiology)

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• service system in the social, health and church sectors
• the use of intelligent services and welfare technology applications in delivering services
• the roles of the church sector, the third sector and civil society in the organisation of key services in the social, health and church sectors
• the role and rights of customers in multisectoral service systems
• the basis and characteristics of good customer and care relationships
• respect for diversity and multiculturalism and solicitude in a care relationship
• sustainable development

Students
• understand the organisation and delivery of social services and healthcare and the legislation that governs the activities
• understand the role of the church sector, the third sector and civil society in the organisation of key services in the social, health and church sectors
• understand the role and rights of the customer/patient in the service systems in the social, health and church sectors
• understand the importance of diversity, multiculturalism, the customer’s life history and solicitude as the basis for interaction and the patient care relationship
• develop an open-minded approach to work that is culturally sensitive and respectful of customers’ beliefs
• understand the principles of sustainable development in the service systems of the social, health and church sectors

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• the multidisciplinary basis, central concepts and the challenges of future change in the healthcare sector
• history and theoretical basis of nursing science and nursing (paradigm – human, health, environment, nursing functions)
• values, principles, caring and concern in nursing
• nursing and nursing science ethics
• expertise, interaction and respectful treatment of patients in nursing
• collegiality
• personal expertise and ethics in nursing

Students
• are familiar with the multidisciplinary basis of nursing science and nursing and the challenges of future change
• are familiar with the history and central concepts of nursing science and nursing
• are familiar with the values and ethical basis of nursing science and nursing and recognises the ethical challenges in nursing
• know the main legislation governing the health sector

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

• digestion, urine excretion, hormones, fluid and salt balance, acid-base balance, thermoregulation, reproductive system, musculoskeletal system, nervous system
• location of organs in the body
• the most common scientific concepts
• clinical patient examples

Students
• can explain the factors behind the control of the human organ system and can apply their knowledge in clinical nursing
• understand the mechanisms of disease production and the changes they cause in the body

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• key internal and cancer diseases and their evidence-based care
• evidence-based care processes for internal medicine and cancer patients
• rehabilitation, nutrition and exercise in promoting holistic wellbeing
• medical and non-medical pain management
• examinations, imaging techniques and radiation protection
• patient safety in nursing
• multiprofessional collaboration
• health technology applications
• patient-centred care documentation and reporting
• patient guidance, continuity of care, care pathway

Students
• understand the principles of internal medicine and cancer treatment processes
• are able to plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based nursing for internal medicine and cancer patients taking into account patient safety
• understand the main medical examinations, procedures and nursing interventions used in the treatment of patients with internal diseases and cancer
• know the most common imaging techniques and the importance of radiation protection
• understand the use of health technology applications in the care of patients with internal diseases and cancer
• understand the importance of patient guidance, the continuity of care and care pathway in internal and cancer patient care

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• the principles of safe pharmacotherapy
• the governing legislation for pharmacotherapy
• pharmacotherapy plan
• routes and forms of the administration of medicines
• pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, toxicology
• pharmaceutical service
• drug databases and electronic prescriptions
• risk and incident reports
• responsibilities and obligations of a nursing student during the education
• medical calculation

Students
• understand pharmacotherapy as part of patient safety and are familiar with the procedure for reporting pharmacotherapy-related risks and adverse incidents
• understand the responsibilities of student nurses and registered nurses in pharmacotherapy
• understand the principles of general pharmacology and pharmacy
• know how to look for and apply information on medication from drug databases
• know how to guide patients in pharmacotherapy and the interpretation of an electronic prescription
• can perform the medical calculations included in the course

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• factors affecting patient safety in pharmacotherapy
• the most common active ingredient groups and their areas of use, mechanisms of action and routes of administration for common diseases affecting the population and for infectious diseases
• treatment of pain
• CNS medicines
• therapeutic effects, side effects and combined actions of medicines
• pharmacotherapy guidance, committing to and engaging with treatment
• medical calculations

Students
• know the most common active ingredient groups and their indications, mechanisms of action and routes of administration
• understand the therapeutic effects, side effects and combined actions of medicines
• are able to plan safe pharmacotherapy for adults and monitor the effects and side effects of medication
• can offer guidance on pharmacotherapy and its self-monitoring to patients and their families
• know how to use drug databases and apply the information in pharmacotherapy
• can perform the medical calculations included in the course

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• the Diak way of thinking, including the development-oriented work approach and the principles of professional critical reflection
• Diak’s study policies as well as digital learning tools and environments
• Critical approach to sources, principles of information retrieval

Students
• are familiar with the Diak way of thinking, including the development-oriented work approach and the principles of professional critical reflection
• know how to start their professional growth process
• are familiar with Diak’s study principles and learning tools
• know the principles of critical information retrieval

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

• oral and written communication
• general professional vocabulary

Students
• know how to communicate in Swedish in simple, routine oral and written everyday situations and new media environments
• are familiar with basic professional vocabulary
• know how to use basic language structures, pronounce understandably and understand the essential meaning in written texts on general topics

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Work placement objectives
Students
• can adhere to patient and client safety practices
• know how to observe infection risks in the work placement environment and work in an aseptic way
• can plan, implement, evaluate and document under supervision evidence-based holistic nursing care for patients/customers
• can describe the different stages of care processes and care pathways typical of the working environment
• understand the principles of medical care for patients/clients typical of the work environment
• can plan, implement and evaluate under supervision safe and aseptic pharmacotherapy using different routes of administration and can monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the therapy
• can identify risk points typical of the working environment in the pharmacotherapy process
• can offer guidance to patients and their families on the treatment of diseases, rehabilitation and self-monitoring
• recognise factors that promote and support health and can discuss them with customers/patients using motivational interviewing
• can take into consideration the importance of the individual needs of patients/customers in their care and guidance
• can guide customers/patients and their family members to use health, social care and third sector services
• can use the technological tools and applications used in their work placement environment in an ethical and customer-oriented manner
• develop their oral and written Finnish language skills needed in nursing
• can assess the stage of their professional growth

Objectives of work placement reflection
Students
• reflect on the importance of the work placement in relation to their own professional growth
• reflect on the role of evidence-based nursing in supporting their own learning
• reflect on the importance of health promotion and the support for their work capacity in their work placement environment

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

• applying systematic approaches and indicators (ISBAR, cABCDE, NEWS, GCS) to the assessment and reporting of a patient’s condition
• identification and treatment of the most common respiratory, circulatory, secretion and fluid balance disorders
• assisting with breathing, supporting oxygenation and suctioning airways
• taking care of special functions; short-term and indwelling catheterisation, lowering fluid balance
• identifying emergency patients, principles of CPR and performing CPR
• high-quality ECG recording and the most common arrhythmias
• enteral fluid and nutrition therapy and pharmacotherapy; nasogastric tube, PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy)
• administering medicines via different routes; intramuscular injection (IM), administering inhaled medications
• professional interaction and patient guidance

Students
• can use systematic approaches and indicators to assess the clinical condition of the patient
• recognise the most common disorders of vital functions and the risk factors that predispose to them
• know how to use evidence-based interventions to support breathing, circulation, secretory functions and fluid balance taking into account patient safety
• know the principles of enteral fluid and nutrition therapy and pharmacotherapy
• know the principles of CPR and how to perform CPR
• are aware of professional interaction and guidance of patients and their family members
• develop their oral and written Finnish language skills needed in care settings

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

• disabilities and their manifestation as part of the life course
• UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, disability policies, Disability Services Act
• right of self-determination, accessibility and inclusion
• forms, values and objectives of disability work
• personal perceptions and attitudes on disability and professional relationship with it

Students
• know the various manifestations of disabilities
• understand disability as part of the diversity of being a human as well as various life paths
• are familiar with disability work and disability policies and the values and objectives that guide them, such as the promotion of self-determination, accessibility and inclusion
• are able to assess and analyse their own values, attitudes and views on humanity in relation to disabilities

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

• assistance with daily activities in a resource-based and aseptic manner
• risk assessment and prevention of pressure ulcers
• observing and monitoring breathing and circulation according to the cABCDE protocol
• administering medicines via different routes; oral and subcutaneous injection
• measuring blood glucose and interpreting the results
• care after death, taking into account cultural and religious beliefs
• ergonomic working practices and kinaesthetics in nursing
• patient safety
• use, recycling and disposal of materials
• evidence-based nursing
• professional interaction and respectful treatment of customers

Students
• know the principles of aseptic work and infection control
• are able to provide basic nursing care and support the patient in daily activities in a resource-based way
• are able to observe and assess the patient’s condition and vital functions
• can safely administer medicines orally and via subcutaneous injection
• can interact professionally in different nursing situations
• know the principles of ergonomics
• understand the importance of evidence-based information and can justify their actions
• understand the principle of sustainable development in nursing
• develop their oral and written Finnish language skills needed in care settings

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• promoting health as a concept as well as theories and models that explain health and wellbeing
• national legislation, programmes, research and recommendations that promote health
• topical physical activity and nutrition recommendations
• public health medicine and epidemiology
• common diseases affecting the population and their prevention
• the significance of common diseases on individual, community and societal level
• promotion of mental health
• ethics of health promotion
• factors behind health disparities and marginalisation
• environmental health and climate change
• sustainable development
• motivational interviewing as an intervention in lifestyle guidance
• evidence-based information retrieval

Students
• understand evidence-based and customer-oriented promotion of health and wellbeing at individual, community and societal level
• can describe the promotive and preventive approaches to health promotion and the levels of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
• know the legislation, programmes and recommendations governing health and wellbeing
• know the key indicators describing the wellbeing and health of people in Finland
• know the most common diseases affecting the Finnish population and understand the importance and prevention of these diseases at individual, community and societal level
• understand health inequalities and related factors
• understand the impact of the environment and climate change on health and wellbeing
• know how to use motivational interviewing as an intervention in nursing
• know how to search for evidence-based information

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• the physical and motor development, the cognitive, socio-emotional and ethical and moral development of human beings and the factors influencing them
• topical research and professional debate on human development
• reflection on one’s professional and personal development

Students
• understand the stages and areas of human development in the life cycle
• understand developmental diversity and individual developmental processes
• can use professionally the contents of the course in social, healthcare and church work

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