Study Guide

Objective

The student will be able to:
- identify health problems involving the skin, hair and nails
- identify health problems involving the eyes and ears
- identify health problems involving the neurologic function
- identify abnormal findings that might indicate an impairment in the function of the eyes, ears or the integumentary system
- use the nursing process as a framework for providing individualized care to patients with integumentary-, neurologic-, and eye- or ear disorders
- prioritize the patient’s needs for nursing care, act correctly on those, and document them, based on the national classification system
- apply insights into altered integumentary-, neurologic- and eye and ear functions to all nursing contexts

Content

The student will be able to:
- identify health problems involving the skin, hair and nails
- identify health problems involving the eyes and ears
- identify health problems involving the neurologic function
- identify abnormal findings that might indicate an impairment in the function of the eyes, ears or the integumentary system
- use the nursing process as a framework for providing individualized care to patients with integumentary-, neurologic-, and eye- or ear disorders
- prioritize the patient’s needs for nursing care, act correctly on those, and document them, based on the national classification system
- apply insights into altered integumentary-, neurologic- and eye and ear functions to all nursing contexts

Location and time

Autumn 2021

Materials

Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care (2015)
https://tritonia.finna.fi/novia/Record/tria.349466
Unit 4: Responses to Altered Integumentary Structure and Function
Unit 11: Responses to Altered Neurologic Function
Unit 12: Responses to Altered Sensory Function

Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing : A Systems Approach (2014)
by Brady, Anne-Marie; McCabe, Catherine; McCann, Margaret
Ebook: http://ezproxy.novia.fi:2226/lib/novia/detail.action?docID=10822336

Medical-surgical nursing at a glance (2016) in Ebscos e-boks collection.
http://ezproxy.novia.fi:2052/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1103657&site=ehost-live
Limited User Access (3 Copies Available)

Moodle
Terveysportti

Teaching methods

Lectures and practice

Exam schedules

See schedule in Peppi
ENT- OBLIGATORY PRACTICE (virtual)
Neuro - practice at Alere (not virtual)

Completion alternatives

Written exam

Student workload

1 Sp= 27 h
3 sp= 81h

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

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam 0-5
ENT obligatory practice

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

< 50%

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

50-69%

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

70-89%

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

>90%

Qualifications

Anatomy and Physiology 1
The Nursing Process