Nursing of Children and Young People (5 ECTS)

Objective

Students
- understand the ethical, pedagogical and methodological standpoint of patient education
- can plan, implement and evaluate patient education in a family-oriented way in cooperation with other experts
- understand the significance of illness and various care environments to a child, a young person and his/her family and are able to support and promote the health and wellbeing of families with children
- can plan, implement and evaluate the nursing of children and young persons bearing in mind the principles of nursing and ethical questions related to their care

Content

- ethical, pedagogical and methodological standpoint of patient education
- principles of nursing and ethics in nursing of children and young persons
- development and growth of children and young persons
- supporting the child, young person and families as well as the patient education process in nursing care
- principal methods for nursing of children and young persons
- the family-oriented nursing process of children and young persons with acute or long-term illnesses
- key questions related to nursing of children and young persons and the most common illnesses of children and young persons

Location and time

Myllypuro Campus, Myllypurontie 1

Materials

Storvik-Sydänmaa, S. ym. 2019. Lapsen ja perheen hoitotyö. Sanoma Pro. OR
Storvik-Sydänmaa, S. 2013. Lapsen ja nuoren hoitotyö. Sanoma Pro.

The Material provided by the teacher, i.e. Current Care Guidelines (Duodecim)

Teaching methods

Mode of delivery face-to-face
Interactive lecture
Cooperative learning, Small groupwork
Guided assigments
Virtual learning
Independent study
Preclinicals

Employer connections

Dosage calculation need to be passed before clinical practice.

Exam schedules

Proficiency test as an exam. Please, look at the schedule.
More information will be told in the beginning of the course.

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

1cr= 27 h
Contact teaching 135 h.

Content scheduling

More information in Moodle.

Further information

More information will be told in the beginning of the course.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"

Assessment methods and criteria

Dosage Calculation pass/fail
Independent assignments pass/fail
Small group work pass/fail
Preclinicals pass/fail
Exam 0-5

Qualifications

Medical Nursing Competence.
Surgical nursing Competence.