Basic Nursing Skills 1 (3 cr)
Code: NU20CT01-3004
General information
Enrollment
11.06.2021 - 30.09.2021
Timing
13.09.2021 - 10.10.2021
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Faculty of Health and Welfare
Campus
Vasa, Wolffskavägen 31
Teaching languages
- English
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Åsa Lågland
Groups
-
NU20D-VNursing, full time studies 2020, Vasa
Objective
The student will be able to:
- assess vital signs
- employ aseptic technique
- understand and manage nursing care when a patient is isolated due to illness reasons
- support the patient’s hygiene
- demonstrate knowledge and perform skills in basic care, and in promoting physiological health (activity, exercise, sleep)
- assist a client with nutritional matters
- obtain knowledge about, and provide, oxygen therapy
- know the importance of ergonomic working methods and show skills in moving and handling patients
- demonstrate knowledge about skin integrity and different types of wounds, as well as perform skills in wound care
- service design in social and health care in relation to patient information and supervision
Content
The student will be able to:
- assess vital signs
- employ aseptic technique
- understand and manage nursing care when a patient is isolated due to illness reasons
- support the patient’s hygiene
- demonstrate knowledge and perform skills in basic care, and in promoting physiological health (activity, exercise, sleep)
- assist a client with nutritional matters
- obtain knowledge about, and provide, oxygen therapy
- service design in social and health care in relation to patient information and supervision
- know the importance of ergonomic working methods and show skills in moving and handling patients
- demonstrate knowledge about skin integrity and different types of wounds, as well as perform skills in wound care
Location and time
Students who participate need to be present in Vaasa, Campus. Max 15 students in the group.
Materials
Bergman, A. & Snyder, S. & Frandsen .G. 2016. (10th ed) Kozier & Erb´s. Fundamentals of Nursing. Concepts, process and practice.
Boyd, Claire. (2013). Student Survival Skills. Medicine Management Skills for Nurses. Wiley-Blackwell.
Boyd, Claire. (2013). Student Survival Skills. Clinical Skills for Nurses. Wiley-Blackwell.
Moodle: Teachers notes
Timby, Barabara Kuhn. (2013). Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts. 10 Ed. Lippincott. Williams & Wilkins. USA
Teaching methods
Close- education at Novia. Practical training in class, demonstration
Completion alternatives
Practical test
Evaluation scale
H-5
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
See separate framework for evaluation
Qualifications
No prior prerequisites