Study Guide

Objective

The student:
- can apply physical assessment into the specific nursing context
- can identify health problems related to gastrointestinal, endocrine and urinary disorders
- can use the nursing process as a framework for providing individualized care to patients in the specific nursing context.
- can explain nursing implications for medication and other treatments prescribed for the specific nursing context
- can apply insights into altered gastrointestinal end endocrine functions and urinary elimination onto all nursing contexts.
- knows how to prioritize the patient’s needs for nursing care, act correctly on those, and document them based on the national guidelines and classification system
- applies critical thinking and decision-making in the specific nursing context
- applies ethical and cultural aspects in the specific nursing context

Content

Nursing care of the patient with gastrointestinal problems
Nursing care of the patient with urinary elimination disorders
Nursing care of the patient with endocrine disorders
Risk factors and symptoms of the various types of diabetes
Nutrition and medication related to diabetes
Oncological nursing care related to the special field
Medications
Physical assessment

Location and time

Autumn 2024

Materials

Responses to Altered Gastrointestinal Functions:
LeMone, P., Burke, K., Bauldoff, G. & Gubrud, R. 2020. Medical – Surgical Nursing. Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care 6th ed. Pearson. Chapter 21,23-25; 537 - 545, 588 - 730.
Responses to Altered Urinary Eliminations:
LeMone, P., Burke, K., Bauldoff, G. & Gubrud, R. 2020. Medical – Surgical Nursing. Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care. 6th ed. Pearson. Chapter 26-28; 731 - 823 and Chapter 48: p 1657-1672 (from testicular torsion - prostate cancer)
Responses to altered Endocrine Function
LeMone, P., Burke, K., Bauldoff,G. & Gubrud, R. 2020. Medical-Surgical Nursing. Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care. 6th ed. New Jersey: Pearson Education, Chapter 18, 19, 20

Berman, A., Snyder, S., Frandsen, G., & Kozier, B. (2022). Kozier & Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing, Global Edition: Vol. Tenth edition, Global edition. Pearson. UNIT 3 The Nursing Process

Teaching methods

Contact teaching at Novia: lectures, case studies, workshops and physical assessment practice ( mandatory )

Exam schedules

Written exam at Novia
Retake

Completion alternatives

Written exam

Student workload

5 credits= 135 hours

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student has a superficial knowledge of the subject (by heart reading)

Assessment criteria for assignment:
The student has followed the instructions and her/his knowledge of the other students' work is inadequate. The student shows limited substance knowledge, it can be essential. The student shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' assignments. The student has followed the instructions for the assignment. She/He have a deficient knowledge of the substance also touching the essential

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student can account for the literature, reflect and motivate his/her views

Assessment criteria for written assignment:
The student has followed the instructions for the written assignment and shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written assignments. The student has mastered the substance of her/his work, but the application is limited

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student shows in her/his answer an in-depth knowledge and maturity beyond the traditional

Criteria for evaluation of assignment individually or in groups:
The student has followed the instructions for the assignment and shows that she/he has mastered the substance. She/he have read the other participants' assignments and can ask relevant questions and can lead a discussion at the seminar. The assignment and the possible opponentship show something out of the ordinary (technical execution, oral presentation, mature reflections, independent working methods)
The student has followed the instructions for the assignment and shows that she/he has mastered the substance. She/he have read the other participants' assignments and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar

Qualifications

First Aid and Basic Nursing
Clinical Nursing 1

Objective

The student:
- can apply physical assessment into the specific nursing context
- can identify health problems related to gastrointestinal, endocrine and urinary disorders
- can use the nursing process as a framework for providing individualized care to patients in the specific nursing context.
- can explain nursing implications for medication and other treatments prescribed for the specific nursing context
- can apply insights into altered gastrointestinal end endocrine functions and urinary elimination onto all nursing contexts.
- knows how to prioritize the patient’s needs for nursing care, act correctly on those, and document them based on the national guidelines and classification system
- applies critical thinking and decision-making in the specific nursing context
- applies ethical and cultural aspects in the specific nursing context

Content

Nursing care of the patient with gastrointestinal problems
Nursing care of the patient with urinary elimination disorders
Nursing care of the patient with endocrine disorders
Risk factors and symptoms of the various types of diabetes
Nutrition and medication related to diabetes
Oncological nursing care related to the special field
Medications
Physical assessment

Location and time

Autumn 2023

Materials

Responses to Altered Gastrointestinal Functions:
LeMone, P., Burke, K., Bauldoff, G. & Gubrud, R. 2015. Medical – Surgical Nursing. Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care 6th ed. Pearson. Chapter 21,23-25; 537 - 545, 588 - 730.
Responses to Altered Urinary Eliminations:
LeMone, P., Burke, K., Bauldoff, G. & Gubrud, R. 2015. Medical – Surgical Nursing. Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care. 6th ed. Pearson. Chapter 26-28; 731 - 823 and Chapter 48: p 1657-1672 (from testicular torsion - prostate cancer)
Responses to altered Endocrine Function
LeMone, P., Burke, K., Bauldoff,G. & Gubrud, R. 2015. Medical-Surgical Nursing. Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care. 6th ed. New Jersey: Pearson Education, Chapter 18, 19, 20

Berman, A., Snyder, S., Frandsen, G., & Kozier, B. (2016). Kozier & Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing, Global Edition: Vol. Tenth edition, Global edition. Pearson. UNIT 3 The Nursing Process

Teaching methods

Contact teaching at Novia: lectures, case studies, workshops and physical assessment practice ( mandatory )

Exam schedules

Written exam at Novia 28.11-23.
Retake 19.1-24 and 9.2-24

Completion alternatives

Written exam

Student workload

5 credits= 135 hours

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student has a superficial knowledge of the subject (by heart reading)

Assessment criteria for assignment:
The student has followed the instructions and her/his knowledge of the other students' work is inadequate. The student shows limited substance knowledge, it can be essential. The student shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' assignments. The student has followed the instructions for the assignment. She/He have a deficient knowledge of the substance also touching the essential

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student can account for the literature, reflect and motivate his/her views

Assessment criteria for written assignment:
The student has followed the instructions for the written assignment and shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written assignments. The student has mastered the substance of her/his work, but the application is limited

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student shows in her/his answer an in-depth knowledge and maturity beyond the traditional

Criteria for evaluation of assignment individually or in groups:
The student has followed the instructions for the assignment and shows that she/he has mastered the substance. She/he have read the other participants' assignments and can ask relevant questions and can lead a discussion at the seminar. The assignment and the possible opponentship show something out of the ordinary (technical execution, oral presentation, mature reflections, independent working methods)
The student has followed the instructions for the assignment and shows that she/he has mastered the substance. She/he have read the other participants' assignments and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar

Qualifications

First Aid and Basic Nursing
Clinical Nursing 1

Objective

The student:
- can apply physical assessment into the specific nursing context
- can identify health problems related to gastrointestinal, endocrine and urinary disorders
- can use the nursing process as a framework for providing individualized care to patients in the specific nursing context.
- can explain nursing implications for medication and other treatments prescribed for the specific nursing context
- can apply insights into altered gastrointestinal end endocrine functions and urinary elimination onto all nursing contexts.
- knows how to prioritize the patient’s needs for nursing care, act correctly on those, and document them based on the national guidelines and classification system
- applies critical thinking and decision-making in the specific nursing context
- applies ethical and cultural aspects in the specific nursing context

Content

Nursing care of the patient with gastrointestinal problems
Nursing care of the patient with urinary elimination disorders
Nursing care of the patient with endocrine disorders
Risk factors and symptoms of the various types of diabetes
Nutrition and medication related to diabetes
Oncological nursing care related to the special field
Medications
Physical assessment

Location and time

Spring 2023

Materials

Responses to Altered Gastrointestinal Functions:
LeMone, P., Burke, K., Bauldoff, G. & Gubrud, R. 2015. Medical – Surgical Nursing. Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care 6th ed. Pearson. Chapter 21,23-25; 537 - 545, 588 - 730.
Responses to Altered Urinary Eliminations:
LeMone, P., Burke, K., Bauldoff, G. & Gubrud, R. 2015. Medical – Surgical Nursing. Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care. 6th ed. Pearson. Chapter 26-28; 731 - 823 and Chapter 48: p 1657-1672 (from testicular torsion - prostate cancer)
Responses to altered Endocrine Function
LeMone, P., Burke, K., Bauldoff,G. & Gubrud, R. 2015. Medical-Surgical Nursing. Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care. 6th ed. New Jersey: Pearson Education, Chapter 18, 19, 20

Berman, A., Snyder, S., Frandsen, G., & Kozier, B. (2016). Kozier & Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing, Global Edition: Vol. Tenth edition, Global edition. Pearson. UNIT 3 The Nursing Process

Teaching methods

Contact teaching at Novia: lectures, case studies, workshops and physical assessment practice ( mandatory )

Completion alternatives

Written exam

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student has a superficial knowledge of the subject (by heart reading)

Assessment criteria for assignment:
The student has followed the instructions and her/his knowledge of the other students' work is inadequate. The student shows limited substance knowledge, it can be essential. The student shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' assignments. The student has followed the instructions for the assignment. She/He have a deficient knowledge of the substance also touching the essential

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student can account for the literature, reflect and motivate his/her views

Assessment criteria for written assignment:
The student has followed the instructions for the written assignment and shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written assignments. The student has mastered the substance of her/his work, but the application is limited

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student shows in her/his answer an in-depth knowledge and maturity beyond the traditional

Criteria for evaluation of assignment individually or in groups:
The student has followed the instructions for the assignment and shows that she/he has mastered the substance. She/he have read the other participants' assignments and can ask relevant questions and can lead a discussion at the seminar. The assignment and the possible opponentship show something out of the ordinary (technical execution, oral presentation, mature reflections, independent working methods)
The student has followed the instructions for the assignment and shows that she/he has mastered the substance. She/he have read the other participants' assignments and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar

Qualifications

First Aid and Basic Nursing
Clinical Nursing 1