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Surgical and Perioperative Care (6 cr)

Code: USS22KV01-3004

General information


Enrollment

01.12.2023 - 07.01.2024

Timing

08.01.2024 - 09.06.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

6 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Health and Welfare

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing
  • Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing

Teachers

  • Daniel Nenonen
  • Hanna Limnell

Teacher in charge

Hanna Limnell

Groups

  • ÖH23REGUSS-Å
    Öppna YH, Regionalt till sjukskötare, 120 sp

Objective

The student:
- is able to as part of an inter-professional team, plan, execute, evaluate, document and report person-centered/client centrerad care in pre-, peri- and post-operative care and demonstrate a reflective and ethical approach to care
- is competent in surgical and perioperative care and has mastered central evidence based and sustainable care methods and can perform clinical examinations, functional measurements and treatments and knows how to prevent complications
- can guide the patient pre- and postoperatively and understands the chain of care
- masters aseptics in pre-, peri- and post-operative care and understand the nurse's responsibility in preventing the spread of infection
- is able to plan, execute and evaluate safe medication management in surgical and perioperative care
- can account for various surgical health hindrance, health resources, illness, examinations and treatments
- can account for various types of anesthesia and analgesia and explains how they affect the patient's vital functions

Content

Care of patients with central surgical health hindrance/illnesses pre-, intra- and post-operatively

The central clinical examinations and functional measurements, evidence-based sustainable patient-centered care and rehabilitation methods

Person-centered care process

Patient safety and aseptics in pre-, peri-, and post-operative care
Care of acute wounds

Medication management in pre-operative and post-operative care

The central surgical diseases (gastro-surgery, orthopedics, urology, gynecology, thoracic and vascular surgery)

The central anesthetic and analgesic types

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

No preliminary requirements