Neurology ward

Opening hours and contact information

Visiting address

Tyks T-hospital

Hämeentie 11

Turku

Main entrabnde 18A, 5th floor, A Wing

Postal address

PO Box 52

20521 Turku

Telephone

02 313 1714

At the Neurology ward, we examine and care for patients with neurological diseases and symptoms. Typical health problems of our patients are disturbances of the blood circulation of the brain (stroke), brain tumours, epilepsy, inflammatory diseases of the central or peripheral nervous system and degenerative neurological conditions.

Most of our patients are referred from the Emergency Clinics and the Stroke unit, some patients come electively (as planned) by referral for a procedure or treatment.

Management and care are planned, executed and assessed individually for each patient in collaboration within the team involved: neurologists, neurology trainees, nurses, practical nurses, physiotherapists, ergotherapists and speech therapists. The overall care of the patient includes assessment of the need for continued treatment and rehabilitation. Our goal is to work in fruitful collaboration with the patient and the patient’s close relative / contact person. We respond to individual needs for instructions and guidance with the aim to discharge the patient smoothly and safely home or for continued care.

If needed, the patient may be transferred to the neurosurgical ward (TF3) for close follow-up of symptom development.

Our ward is a part of the Tyks Neurocenter.

You may visit ward patients every day between 1.00 and 6.30 pm. Our wish is that no more than two visitors attend at the same time. Occasionally, we must limit visits to patients out of consideration for the patient’s condition. Rest is also important. When visiting, please be considerate of the other patients in the room. Visiting hours to patients in terminal care are flexible.

Please use hand disinfectant liquid when entering and when leaving the ward. This is important to prevent infections from spreading. If you have a contagious disease, you must avoid visits to the ward. When visiting the hospital, please avoid perfumery and scents with strong fragrance. Flowers are not allowed on the ward.

When visiting the ward, you may also use the day room, in addition to the patient room. The café and restaurant of the hospital are open every day. Please tell a ward nurse if you are planning to visit the canteen or bring a snack to the patient, in case the patient has problems swallowing.

Please ask the ward staff if you need the advice of a social worker, mental support or help with crisis management.

The telephone number to the ward is 02 313 1714.

Information about a patient on the ward is generally provided only with the patient’s consent.

Inquiries about a patient should be channelled through only one contact person who then can inform other relatives and close friends, as appropriate.

Please schedule calls and contacts with the ward between 1 pm and 7 pm, because most patient examinations, the doctor’s round and planning of the patient’s continued management take all place in the morning.

There are totally 24 beds for stroke patients and patients with general neurological conditions.

Ten of the patient rooms are for two patients and four are single-patient rooms. The latter may, if needed, be used by patients who need isolation for medical reasons. Each patient room has the following facilities:

toilet and washing facilities
lockable cupboard for clothes and personal items
tv and radio set and wireless internet connection
access to a fixed-line telephone.

Patients and visitors may use their own mobile phone in the patient rooms and the ward. There is a fixed recharging unit for mobile phones in the patient rooms. Recharging mobile phones at the patient’s electrical outlet is a safety hazard and may cause interference with medical appliances and devices.

The day room and the outdoor balcony in connection with the day room are also intended for patients and visitors.

Our ward is also a training site for nursing and medical students.

Nursing and practical nursing students reserve their training hours at the ward on their electronic reservation systems.

For medical students, most of the practical training in neurology takes place at the Neurology ward.

Teaching and guidance

observation and monitoring of acute phases of neurological conditions
learning to understand nursing by a multiprofessional rehabilitation team
group classes in neurology for medical students

Among the duties of the physician in training are to participate in doctor’s rounds in the morning, to compose referrals and consultation requests, to examine patients and to participate in certain procedures (e.g., lumbar puncture).

In addition to active guidance and encouragement we do our best to consider the specific learning goals of each student.

Before your training period

The student should master the elements of basic patient care and have information about the most important neurological illnesses.

What will you learn?

The goal is that you

learn to understand the diagnostics and treatment decisions related to the common neurological diseases and the main principles of rehabilitation in nursing
learn to observe the initial symptoms of patients with acute neurological conditions and to follow the course of neurological diseases during treatment
identify the possibilities of nursing as a means of preventing complications
acquaint yourself as deeply as possible with drug treatment and other forms of treatment of neurological illnesses
learn to understand the importance of prevention and of life style changes e.g. for stroke patients

Please read the information on the following web page before your training: The hospital as a learning surroundings.