Surgical and Perioperative Care (6 cr)
Code: USS22KV01-3005
General information
Enrollment
21.04.2025 - 27.05.2025
Timing
28.05.2025 - 31.12.2025
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6 op
Virtual portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
17 % Contact teaching, 83 % Distance learning
Unit
Faculty of Health and Welfare
Teaching languages
- Svenska
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
- Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing
Teachers
- Emilia Kielo-Viljamaa
- Hanna Limnell
- Åbo - timlärare Vård
Teacher in charge
Hanna Limnell
Groups
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USS24F-ÅSjukskötare (YH), h24, flerformsstudier, Åbo
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