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Nursing of Patients with Special Needs (5 cr)

Code: SX00DZ95-3032

General information


Enrollment
10.03.2025 - 31.03.2025
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
26.05.2025 - 31.07.2025
The implementation has not yet started.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
1 cr
Virtual portion
4 cr
Mode of delivery
On-campus and online
Unit
(2019-2024) School of Health Care
Campus
Myllypurontie 1
Teaching languages
Finnish
Seats
0 - 200
Degree programmes
Public Health Nursing
Nursing (in Finnish)
Midwifery
Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
Katja Kosonen
Annina Joutsen
Teacher in charge
Katja Kosonen
Course
SX00DZ95

Implementation has 11 reservations. Total duration of reservations is 33 h 30 min.

Time Topic Location
Mon 26.05.2025 time 09:00 - 10:00
(1 h 0 min)
ETÄ: Erityistukea tarvitsevan hoitotyö (kesätoteutus, verkkopainotteinen) SX00DZ95-3032
Fri 30.05.2025 time 09:00 - 12:15
(3 h 15 min)
ETÄ: Erityistukea tarvitsevan hoitotyö (kesätoteutus, verkkototeutus) SX00DZ95-3032
Tue 03.06.2025 time 12:45 - 16:00
(3 h 15 min)
RA: Erityistukea tarvitsevan hoitotyö (kesätoteutus, verkkopainotteinen) SX00DZ95-3032
MPB4016 Simulaatio, Pharma 1
Wed 04.06.2025 time 08:45 - 12:00
(3 h 15 min)
RB: Erityistukea tarvitsevan hoitotyö (kesätoteutus, verkkopainotteinen) SX00DZ95-3032
MPB4016 Simulaatio, Pharma 1
Wed 04.06.2025 time 12:45 - 16:00
(3 h 15 min)
RC: Erityistukea tarvitsevan hoitotyö (kesätoteutus, verkkopainotteinen) SX00DZ95-3032
MPB4016 Simulaatio, Pharma 1
Thu 05.06.2025 time 08:45 - 12:00
(3 h 15 min)
RD: Erityistukea tarvitsevan hoitotyö (kesätoteutus, verkkopainotteinen) SX00DZ95-3032
MPB4018 Simulaatio, Pharma 2
Thu 05.06.2025 time 12:45 - 16:00
(3 h 15 min)
RE: Erityistukea tarvitsevan hoitotyö (kesätoteutus, verkkototeutus) SX00DZ95-3032
MPB4018 Simulaatio, Pharma 2
Fri 06.06.2025 time 08:45 - 12:00
(3 h 15 min)
RF: Erityistukea tarvitsevan hoitotyö (kesätoteutus, verkkototeutus) SX00DZ95-3032
MPB4018 Simulaatio, Pharma 2
Mon 09.06.2025 time 08:45 - 12:00
(3 h 15 min)
RA & RB: Erityistukea tarvitsevan hoitotyö (kesätoteutus, verkkopainotteinen) SX00DZ95-3032
MPB5012 Simulaatio, päivystys
MPB5029 Reflektointitila
Mon 09.06.2025 time 12:45 - 16:00
(3 h 15 min)
RC & RD: Erityistukea tarvitsevan hoitotyö (kesätoteutus, verkkopainotteinen) SX00DZ95-3032
MPB5012 Simulaatio, päivystys
MPB5029 Reflektointitila
Tue 10.06.2025 time 08:45 - 12:00
(3 h 15 min)
RE & RF: Erityistukea tarvitsevan hoitotyö (kesätoteutus, verkkototeutus) SX00DZ95-3032
MPB5012 Simulaatio, päivystys
MPB5029 Reflektointitila
Changes to reservations may be possible.

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

Location and time

26.05.2025 - 31.07.2025 Myllypuro and Zoom

Materials

Materials in Moodle and provided by lectures.

All assignments and materials are under Copyright Act (404/61) and a teacher has the copyright. Assignments and materials are not allowed to be distributed or used in any other way. Distributing materials are only allowed if the teacher grants the permit.

Teaching methods

Compulsory expert lectures in Zoom
Independent studies and online cources
Group work
Clinical Laboratory teaching and simulation
Exam

Employer connections

Lectures by independent non-profit organisations and Rinnekodit Oy.

Exam schedules

Exam 16.6-31.7.2025. You can retake the exam.
1. Retake 25.8.-30.8.2025
2. Retake 22.9.-27.9.2025
NOTE: Check the campus summer opening hours!

Exams will be evaluated after teachers summer vacation.

Drug-calculations exam in EXAM-room
Drug calculation exam 26.5.-4.6.2025
1. retake 5.6.-11.6.2025
2. retake 12.6.-19.6.2025

International connections

the student can complete with an English-speaking group.

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

1 cr = 27 h

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

Content scheduling

More information on Moodle.

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

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

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.

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