Unit for day surgery, Department of Ophthalmology

The unit for ophthalmological day surgery is located on the 3rd floor of the A-hospital, in association with the ophthalmological open care unit. There are 5 beds and several seats reserved for patients attending the day surgery unit. Cupboards with locks for storing patients’ belongings are at the disposal of the patients.

Before discharge from the hospital you will get all instructions you need at home. At the same time the required control visits will be booked. The number of control visits and their timing depends on your condition and personal needs.

Please contact the Unit for day surgery if you experience problems or have questions about your treatment or follow-up. Please contact the unit if you need to reschedule or cancel an appointment.

If you have agreed to have your control visit after treatment at the Unit of day surgery at some other hospital (depending on where you live), please contact that hospital.

The cost of surgery is included in the cost for treatment at the unit of day surgery.  For other visits, an open-care visit cost will be charged.

See client fees.

Welcome to the Unit for ophthalmological day surgery for your vocational training.

Day surgery is a form of care that is planned in advance – the patient is registered in the hospital in the morning of day when the surgical procedure is made and is usually discharged on the same day, the patient’s condition allowing. Depending on the procedure, the patient will be either is a sitting or lying position.

In the Unit of day surgery you will learn the nursing practices related to surgery of patients with cataract, glaucoma and squint, how patients with implants inside the eye are treated and the practices related to laser treatment of the eye and to diseases of the retina, cornea and eye lids.

You will learn what the preliminary examinations of cataract patients consist of, how the operating room functions and how the open care unit of patients with eye or visual problems functions.

Tutoring

You will have one or two tutors during your practice period. The tutor(s) plan(s), together with you, your period of practical vocational training. The tutor participates in the assessment of how you have reached your intermediate and final learning goals. The tutor will also help you to formalize your goals and follows your progress.

Before starting your vocational training period you are asked to contact the unit where you will do the training to agree on the schedule for your first training day and on other practical matters.

You may plan your working hours and visits to familiarize yourself with the various units of the Department of Ophthalmology together with your tutor.  We wish that you yourself keep a “diary” to follow your progress and your daily goals.

Before your training period

We urge you to familiarize yourself with the anatomy of the eye and with the following textbooks before your training period:

• Silmähoidon käsikirja: Jaana Hietanen, Riitta Hiltunen, Heli Hirn
• Silmätautioppi: K.M. Saari

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

We wish you a fruitful and successful training and learning period with us.  Welcome to work with us all at the Unit for day surgery and the Department of Ophthalmology!