Study Guide
Study Guide
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Curricula starting in 2022 and earlier
Savonia's new Study Guide (curriculum starting in 2023 and after) can be found here.
| Basis of Education | Competence Standards | Structure of Studies | Development of Expertise | Methods and implementation | Course Table |
Course Description
| Code | 4 NURPEO12 |
| Name | Perioperative Nursing |
| Credits | 5 ects |
| Objectives | The student is able to -apply nursing values and principles in perioperative nursing -apply knowledge in the nursing assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of a perioperative patient’s nursing care -explain and analyse the factors related to the examination, monitoring and maintenance of a patient’s vital functions -identify the most common surgical diseases and their symptoms and describe their essential examination and treatment methods -apply the infection control principles in perioperative nursing and assess the disadvantages caused by the lack of infection control -apply knowledge when preparing and guiding a patient for surgery, apply knowledge in operation room-and anesthesia nursing and in postoperative care -explain the principles of safe administration of medication, fluid therapy and blood transfusion by giving examples and perform the required drug calculations accurately -assess the significance of multi-professional co-operation when caring perioperative patients |
| Content | Pre, intra and postoperative care in surgical wards, operation rooms and in postanesthesia care units. Surgery. Perioperative nursing process -pre, intra and postoperative nursing care in surgical wards, operation rooms and in postanesthesia care units. -the nursing process of an elective, day surgery -the nursing process of an emergency patient -infection control in perioperative nursing -pain treatment, wound care and rehabilitative nursing -medication and fluid therapy in perioperative nursing -nutritional care in perioperative nursing -perioperative patient safety, safe equipment, safe working methods -perioperative documentation Perioperative care -the patient’s nursing needs assessment, planning, implementation and assessment of the nursing care -the essential methods related to the examination, monitoring and maintenance of a patient’s vital functions -preoperative patient guidance Intraoperative care -a patient’s intraoperative nursing care in an operating room as an anaesthesia nurse and an operation room nurse -nursing care for patients under general and regional anaesthesia -multi-professional intraoperative co-operation Postoperative care -postoperative monitoring and treatment of the patient -postoperative patient education, discharging and planning for the follow-up care -multi-professional co-operation with the patient, relatives and nursing care operators |
| Requirements | Compulsory skills workshops (100%), a drug calculation exam (drug calculations pass/fail, 100% correct), Moodle exams and a final exam. |
| Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
| Course material | Topical international research articles will be announced at the beginning of the course. |
| Prerequisites | Anatomy, Physiology and Diagnostics examination 1, Basics of Pharmacological Treatment including one set of drug calculations. |
| Other Considerations | |
| Contact | Turunen Elina Kinnunen Tommi |
We reserve the right to make changes to the curriculum due to the need to update the content being studied.