Educational video for nursing students on surgical instruments maintenance process

Abstract

The primary purpose of this thesis project will address critical need in nursing education, especially in the context of clinical skills development. It attempts to bridge the gap between academic knowledge and actual competence by stressing the correct cleaning, maintenance, and sterilization of surgical instruments.By doing so, it hopes to greatly improve the overall quality and safety of patient treatment in hospital environments. This thesis will create instructional films for nursing students at Centria University of Applied Sciences. This study will assist students in learning critical knowledge regarding surgical instruments maintenance methods. This video will assist all international overseas students.

This thesis is based on a demonstration of the surgical instrument’s sterilization procedure for Centria University of Health Science's first- and second-year nursing students. This video is appropriate for English-speaking nursing students, although Finnish students can also use it as a reference.

By requesting special authorization from the Soite sterilization instrumentation section, the instructive video was prepared in collaboration with the Centria UAS thesis supervisor. The video begins with an overview of the sterilizing procedures and progresses until the instruments are ready for deployment in their respective locations. In the end, the film will be given to the nursing faculty at Centria University ofApplied Science for instructional and reference purposes.