Nursing of Children and Adolescents, and Family-Oriented NursingLaajuus (5 ECTS)

Objective

Students deepen their know-how in family-oriented nursing.
Students can support and guide the patient and their family members through the different stages of the care path.

Students can evaluate the overall situation of the child patient and the family, as well as plan and implement treatment.

Students are capable of independent and multiprofessional decision-making as part of the overall family-oriented treatment.

Students show responsibility through their own actions on the quality of their nursing.

Content

• Nursing of severely ill children and adolescents
• Assistive methods in nursing children and adolescents
• Leadership and self-management
• Multiprofessional teamwork and networking
• Family nursing
• Specifics in family-oriented nursing, and nursing of children and adolescents

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Evaluating competences evaluation criteria competent/intermediate level is used.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Student
- can search for knowledge resourcefully utilizing sources of the field and uses the knowledge base of the field
- is familiar with the knowledge base and core components of the profession
- has adequate professional skills to work in the profession
- can work in a client-oriented way
- solves professional tasks and problems
- works safely and in accordance with the ethical principles of the field
- displays competence benefitting groups or projects
- is able to evaluate personal strengths and weaknesses and development needs