Acute Geriatric Internal Medicine Ward

The invoice is sent after the treatment period. 

See client fees.

Welcome to the Internal Medicine Ward of TYKS Mäntymäki Hospital!

The ward carries out holistic, patient-centred nursing as multi-professional team work. We treat elderly internal medicine patients in a multidisciplinary manner as well as various patients in need of wound treatment after, e.g. skin transplant surgery. 

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. 

To the extent possible, students do their work shifts following the shifts of their instructors (two instructors).  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.

The students are already considering their goals for the coming period when choosing their place of internship, in line with the goals set by the school. It is advisable to have a goal discussion with your own instructors right at the start of the internship. The targets should be entered by the end of the first week or, at the latest, by the middle of the second week. During the internship, there is a mid-term and final evaluation. Feedback will naturally be received during the whole internship period. Before the assessment, students should fill in the student feedback.

Teaching and guidance situations

• comprehensive treatment of an elderly internal medicine patient
• patient's arrival interview
• basic, medication and fluid therapy of an internal medicine patient as well as monitoring of well-being and vital functions
• treatment of skin graft patients and various wound treatments
• examinations and procedures during treatment
• guidance for the patient and family
• arrangement of further care facilities

Before practical training

• familiarise yourself with general internal medicine disorders and their treatment
• familiarise yourself with the special features of elderly patient care
• learn to know the following sources: 

Sairaala oppimisympäristönä

Sairaalahygienia- ja infektiontorjuntayksikkö

Please contact the ward to agree on the starting schedule for the first day of the internship period. Take along your work shoes, a name pin and, if you wish, a padlock for the locker closet. 

What do you learn in our unit? 

• to record nursing work
• to carry out diverse forms of pharmacotherapy
• to dilute and process, e.g. intravenous antibiotics  
• to apply intravenous fluids
• to handle cannula and catheters 
• to process various samples, e.g. faece and urine samples
• caring for elderly internal medicine patients

Contact person

Charge nurse Jemina Oittinen (jemina.oittinen@varha.fi)

General matters:

• Each patient has a personal locker, which can be locked, in the room. However, we hope that relatives take the patient’s extra money and valuables home. The hospital and personnel are not responsible for lost valuables.
• The use of one’s own telephone is allowed in the ward. Please take other patients into account by using, for example, silent modes
• We are a non-smoking hospital. Smoking is allowed only in the designated area. Possession of a lighter is prohibited in hospital premises.
• It is forbidden to bring alcoholic beverages or other intoxicants to the hospital.

See more about the patient's rights.

Patient information is given to close relatives and those to whom the patient has given permission to disclose information. We hope that the relatives agree on one contact person who can then inform other relatives about the patient’s matters. 

The nurse can best be reached between 1 pm and 2 pm or by leaving a message. The doctor can be reached by leaving a message. It is recommended to agree on the times of contact in advance so that the nurse or doctor has time to familiarise themselves with the patient’s case before the telephone call. 

Ward tel. 02 266 2024.

The visiting hours at the hospital are from 2 pm to 6 pm.

Please make an arrangement on other visiting hours separately with the ward personnel. We kindly ask visitors to leave the room for the duration of treatment of patients.