Opinto-opas

Objective

The student
- applies advanced level knowledge of palliative nursing to the planning, implementation and assessment of the care.

Content

- Patient groups and their special care needs in palliative and end of life care
- Symptom relief treatment, monitoring and assessment of care, evaluation of effectiveness of care and care plan update (treatment of most common symptoms such as pain, invasive special techniques, emergency situations)
- Systematic implementation of palliative care and nursing (drug therapies and non-pharmacological therapies)
- Systematic implementation of end of life care
- Pharmacology and applied pharmacology in palliative care
- The role of consultant and coordinating nurse in palliative and end of life care

Location and time

Jakson toteutaa Turun AMK

Materials

Dahlin ym. 2016. Advanced practice palliative nursing. Oxford University Press.

Ferrell & Paice 2019 Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing. Fifth edition. Oxford University Press.

Palliatiivinen hoito ja saattohoito. Käypä hoito -suositus. Suomalaisen Lääkäriseuran Duodecimin ja Suomen Palliatiivisen Lääketieteen yhdistyksen asettama työryhmä. Helsinki: Suomalainen Lääkäriseura Duodecim, 2018. Viitattu 19.2.2019. Saatavissa: www.kaypahoito.fi

Saarto ym. 2015 Palliatiivinen hoito. Kustannus oy Duodecim

Surakka ym. 2015. Palliatiivinen hoitotyö. Fioca Oy

Oheismateriaalia: Saattohoito 2017. Verkkokurssi. Kustannus Oy Duodecim. Ja Vuorovaikutus vakavasti sairaan kanssa. Verkkokurssi. Kustannus Oy Duodecim. Ja Terveyskylä Palliatiivinen talo https://www.terveyskyla.fi/palliatiivinentalo

Teaching methods

Verkkoluennot
Oppimistehtävät
Näyttötehtävä
Benchmarkkaus
Seminaarit
Posterit

Employer connections

Learning tasks are done in working life

Exam schedules

Preliminary exam

International connections

n/a

Completion alternatives

n/a

Student workload

135 hours

Content scheduling

The course is mainly implemented using distance learning methods

Preliminary exam (HKS / HYL): (Exam material is given xxxx, Exam opens xxxx

Course Orientation -> The course opens on xxxx, in which case this lecture will be displayed

Groups of patients treated in palliative or convalescent care and their special needs

-> Expert lectures (lecture recordings): patient groups and special features in palliative and convalescent care (cancer patient, COPD, Cardiac vj, ALS), symptomatic treatment (pain, special techniques, emergency care and treatment), comprehensive health assessment , proactive treatment plan, symptom monitoring (ESAS, etc.), patients of different ages and their relatives (children speaking), special features of medication in palliative and convalescent care -> a separate lecture set made of these, will be available periodically

Further information

Tasks

Consulting and coordination including task -> Expert lecture and online discussion

Study of the work: a) patient screen with core health assessment, evidence-based clinical decision making, treatment planning and evaluation (assessment 0-5), b) planned visit / benchmarking to palliative care units (HYL-HKS).

Case seminar either in contact teaching or as a webinar according to the choice of the university of applied sciences. (Three patient cases involving multi-professional dissolution)


Effective interventions in the care of a patient in palliative care (PICO exercise)> Poster exhibition (assessment t0-5)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student demonstrates competence in the basic content of the course, but there are deficiencies in his/her ability to find and interpret information and to apply the learned content to the context of working life.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student demonstrates good competence in the content of the course. He/she is able to actively search for information and to identify its connection to working life. The student is able to analyse and apply the learned content to the context of working life.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student demonstrates versatile and extensive competence in the content of the
course. He/she has an excellent ability to search for relevant information. The student’s solutions demonstrate independence, responsibility, and skills in guiding others. His/her ability to apply the learned content to the context of working life exhibits creativity and versatility.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student demonstrates competence in the basic content of the course, but there are deficiencies in his/her ability to find and interpret information and to apply the learned content to the context of working life.

Qualifications

Nursing degree

Further information

Recognition of prior learning

The student can apply for the recognition of prior learning and receive an approval for accreditation
for this course if he/she has acted in a key role in digitalisation-related service production or client
projects in social and health care, or in digitalising key processes, and/or has completed universitylevel
studies that correspond to the content of this course.