Welcome to the Neurogeriatric Ward of Tyks Kaskenlinna Hospital!
The ward carries out holistic, patient-centred nursing as multi-professional team work. We treat neurogeriatric patients in a multidisciplinary manner.
As a student, you will have your own supervisor who will be primarily responsible for your supervision and evaluation during your period of practical training, but the entire personnel will participate in the supervision. You can practice your manual skills under the supervision of the supervisor in issues such as various procedures and pharmacological therapy.
The first week is an orientation week, which is why we hope that you will be working in morning shifts then. The work in hospitals is shift work, the nature of which includes shifts also in the evenings and at weekends. We hope that students take these shifts into account wherever possible when planning the shifts. In this way, the students have the best chance of working with their own supervisors.
It is recommended to think about your goals for the upcoming period in line with the goals given by the school as early as when choosing the place of practical training. You will have a discussion about the goals with your own supervisors right at the beginning of the practical training period. You will receive a mid-term evaluation during the period. Before the final evaluation, we hope that you will fill in the student feedback.
Teaching and guidance situations
- resource-driven everyday rehabilitative work for neurogeriatric patients
- minor procedures such as catheterisation and wound treatments
- various aspects of pharmacotherapy throughout the entire pharmaceutical process
- guidance for the patient and family
- arrangement of further care facilities
Before practical training
You can familiarise yourself in advance with the basic concepts of neurology, the most common illnesses, and the rehabilitative nursing work of a geriatric patient if you wish. In addition, we hope you are able to familiarise yourself with the hospital descriptions and hygiene instructions:
Hospital as a learning environment
Infection Control Unit
What do you learn in our unit?
- the principles of rehabilitative and multi-professional care
- an understanding of neurological diseases and symptoms and their relevance to a person's overall health and functional capacity
- the importance of co-operation and team work
- guidance and support for the patient and family member
Contact person
Charge Nurse Ania Kulju (ania.kulju@varha.fi)