Nursing of Children and Young People (bilingual) (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

1.-2. period

Materials

Learning material in Moodle

James Nelson -Ashwill 2013 (or updated): Nursing Care of Children Principles & Practice. Elsevier

Wong´s et al Essentials of Pediatic Nursing

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

Teaching methods

Flipped learning
Mode of delivery face-to-face
Interactive lecture
Cooperative learning,
Small group work
Guided assigments
Virtual learning
Independent study
Preclinicals
Simulation

Employer connections

Dosage calculation need to be passed before clinical practice.

Exam schedules

Please, look at the schedule.
Exam dates will be announced in the orientation

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

1 cr= 27 h

Contact teaching 135 h Independent study, guidence and tests.

Content scheduling

More information in Moodle and in the orientation

Further information

Attendance:

Compulsory participation in orientation, preclinicals, seminar and simulation. Theory teaching is highly preferred.

Additional information:

Earlier studies can be replaced (recognition of prior learning, AHOT) by contacting the tutor teacher. Decision need to be completed one month before the course.

Accepted decision of longer time in an exam need to be informed for the contact teacher before the start of the course.
Teachers: Anne Tammivuori ja Maarit Kärkkäinen (nursing of children and young people)
S2 -teacher: Anna-Riikka Rasa

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

Simulation pass/fail

Exam 0-5

Qualifications

Medical Nursing Competence.
Surgical nursing Competence.