Gerontologinen hoitotyö (in English) (5 cr)
Code: SX00DZ94-3003
General information
Enrollment
03.05.2021 - 16.05.2021
Timing
18.10.2021 - 19.11.2021
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Terveys
Campus
Myllypurontie 1
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Sairaanhoitotyön tutkinto-ohjelma
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Jenna Kukkonen
- Anna Sievers
Teacher in charge
Anna Sievers
Groups
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SXN21S1EXVaihto-opiskelijat, Terveys
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SXN20S1Degree Programme in Nursing päivä
Objective
Students
- understand ageing as a social and societal phenomenon as well as the impact of age policies on the lives of the elderly
- understand ageing as a phase of life and can describe the changes and their meaning to the lives of the elderly
- are familiar with the most common diseases and health risks of old age
- know how to apply the multi-scientific, evidence-based knowledge foundation of gerontological nursing to practice
- identify the ethical principles of gerontological nursing and are able to evaluate their significance to the promotion of good life as well as the value foundation of their work
-can apply the ethical decision-making process to gerontological nursing
-understand how memory diseases affect the human life and identify the special needs required in encountering persons with a memory disease
-identify and support the resources of persons with a memory disease
-understand the holistic promotion of functional capacity and human agency of the elderly as well as their connection to the operating environment
- can evaluate the nutritional status of patients and identify patients suffering from malnutrition
Content
- promotion of health and wellbeing of the elderly
- main health risks, illnesses and their treatment in old age
- cooperation with relatives and significant others
- maintenance and evaluation of resources and functional capacity of the elderly
- planning care and services for the elderly
- old age and operating environments
- tests measuring nutritional status and their interpretation and application to care
- utilization of gerotechnology
Materials
Materials in Moodle
Basic Geriatric Nursing, 5th Edition. 2012. By Gloria Hoffman Wold, RN, BSN, MS (e-book)
Teaching methods
Orientation and contact teaching 1,5 cr
E-learning 1,5 cr
Project work 2 cr - Hymykylä
Employer connections
N/A
Exam schedules
Dates for seminar work, Moodle assignments and drug calculation exams will be presented during the orientation lecture.
International connections
N/A
Completion alternatives
RPL: Partially approved RPL
RPL decisions (partially approved) must be received before the implementation starts.
Please attend to the orientation lecture and discuss with the teacher in charge of the implementation how your previously acquired competence is demonstrated and updated.
RPL decisions are not accepted after the implementation has begun,
Student workload
5 cr = 135 hours students work
Content scheduling
Autumn semester 2021, 2. period
Note! Weeks 44-46, Thursdays 10-12; Hymykylä event - Multicultural meeting space for elderly
Further information
Participation at the orientation lecture is compulsory.
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"
Assessment methods and criteria
Home exam 0-5
Approved seminar assignment and presentation (Plan for Hymykylä Event)
Approved participation in contact teaching
Approved drug calculation exam
Approved e-courses in Moodle
Approved accomplishment and participation in the Hymykylä Event
Qualifications
Basics of Clinical Nursing Competence.
Basic knowledge of Pharmacotherapy.