Nursing of Patients with Special Needs (5 cr)

Objective

Students
- are familiar with the special aspects of care and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities
- know how to support the functional capacity and participation of disabled persons
- can implement nursing of special needs groups and support the patient and his/her significant others
- are competent in the basics of palliative care, care guidelines and support methods
- know how to plan, implement and evaluate symptomatic nursing care of special needs groups
- can act based on the ethical guidelines of nursing and evaluate their implementation in the nursing care of special needs groups

Content

- special aspects of nursing and rehabilitation of disabled patients
- developmental disability
- sensory impairment
- palliative nursing
- evaluation of family coping and multiprofessional measures
- identifying and dealing with ethical challenges
- end-of-life care plan
- chronic pain and palliative care
- multicultural death

Materials

Material in Moodle and other materials provided by lectures.

The assignments and MATERIALS prepared by the teacher are works protected by the Copyright Act (404/61), for which the teacher holds the copyright. The assignments and MATERIALS may only be used for one's own studies. Their public distribution is permitted only with the teacher's permission.

Teaching methods

Activating lecture
Mandatory expert lectures
Collaborative learning; group work
Guided workshop activities
Online assignments
Clinical Laboratory teaching and simulation
Independent study
Exam

Employer connections

Lectures by independent non-profit organisations and Rinnekodit Oy.

Exam schedules

Exam in the Moodle.

Retake opportunities in EXAM 30.9 - 4.10.2024 ja 28.10 - 1.11.2024.
A retake can be attempted twice during the defined retake periods, after which the course must be retaken. Detailed instructions for retakes are available in the Moodle workspace.

Medication calculation exams in EXAM:
Medication calculation exams can be attempted three times.

Completion alternatives

No optional completion methods

Student workload

1 cr = 27 h

Contact teaching 135 h (theory lessons and clinical practice lessons)
Independent studies.

Content scheduling

You can find more information about the progress of the course and the materials used in the Moodle platform, which will be introduced during the orientation session.

Further information

Attendance at the orientation class is compulsory.

Clinical laboratory /Simulation teaching are of compulsory attendance and students are required to wear appropriate protective uniforms. Instructions given in asepsis lectures are to be obeyed during practises

The contents, assignments and evaluation in the course support the student achieveing competence required in core competencies (YleSH180op).

NOTE! Course related drug calculations and clinical labs/simulation has to be passed.

AHOT: Pedagogical solution, student will enroll on the course and participate in Orientation. Documents has to be presented to the course teacher after Orientation. Exam is compulsory.

Students need to have completed

The Basic Practice of Clinical nursing 1-2
Pharmacotherapy 1 and Pharmacotherapy 2
Medical Nursing

Surgical and Perioperative Nursing
Clinical Nursing Practice: Learning outcomes of Medical Nursing Practice and learning outcomes of Surgical and Perioperative Nursing Practice

Course Feedback:
Feedback on the implementation of courses is collected, which is an important part of the development work of teaching and activities. By providing feedback, you have the opportunity to influence the content of courses as well as the development of teaching. With feedback, the teacher can improve their own implementations and teaching methods also in other courses. Giving constructive feedback also develops your own work skills. Course feedback is given anonymously, and the feedback provider cannot be identified.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"

Assessment methods and criteria

The course evaluation:
Online cources: Pass/Fail
Group assignments: Pass/Fail
Exam: scale 0-5

Drug examinations: Scale Pass/ Fail

Qualifications

Emergency Care and High Dependency Nursing Competence.
Completed Clinical Practices in Environments of Medical Nursing and Surgical nursing.