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Nursing of Children and Young People (5 cr)

Code: SX00DZ90-3033

General information


Enrollment

13.03.2023 - 02.04.2023

Timing

22.05.2023 - 16.06.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

School of Health Care

Campus

Myllypurontie 1

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 60

Degree programmes

  • Public Health Nursing
  • Degree Programme in Emergency Care
  • Nursing (in Finnish)
  • Midwifery
  • Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Ulpu Valkonen

Teacher in charge

Ulpu Valkonen

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

Summerperiod

Materials

Learning material in Moodle.

Teaching methods

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

Employer connections

Dosage calculation need to be passed before clinical practice.

Exam schedules

Please, look at the schedule.

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

1 cr= 27 h

Contact teaching, independent study, guidance and exams altogether 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
Simulation pass/fail
Exam 0-5

Prerequisites

Medical Nursing Competence.
Surgical nursing Competence.