Nursing of Patients with Special Needs (5 cr)
Code: SX00DZ95-3034
General information
- Enrollment
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05.05.2025 - 18.05.2025
Registration for implementation has not started yet.
- Timing
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17.11.2025 - 19.12.2025
The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 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
- 20 - 60
- Degree programmes
- Public Health Nursing
- Nursing (in Finnish)
- Teachers
- Anne Vähänen
- Katri Kiiski
- Teacher in charge
- Katri Kiiski
- Scheduling groups
- Laboraatioryhmä 1 (Size: 15 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Laboraatioryhmä 2 (Size: 15 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Laboraatioryhmä 3 (Size: 15 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Laboraatioryhmä 4 (Size: 15 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Laboraatioryhmä 5 (Size: 15 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Laboraatioryhmä 6 (Size: 15 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Laboraatiot suoritettu jo aiemmin, en osallistu laboraatio-opetukseen (Size: 15 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Groups
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SXO23K2Sairaanhoitotyön tutkinto-ohjelma, monimuoto, verkkopainotteinen
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SXQ23K1Terveydenhoitotyön tutkinto-ohjelma päivä
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SXO23K1ASairaanhoitotyön tutkinto-ohjelma päivä
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SXO23K1BSairaanhoitotyön tutkinto-ohjelma päivä
- Small groups
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- Course
- SX00DZ95
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
17.11.-19.12.2025
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
Interactive lecture
Compulsory expert lectures
Cooperative learning and guided assignment, Small group work
Independent studies and online cources
Clinical Laboratory teaching and simulation
Exam
Employer connections
Lectures by independent non-profit organisations and Rinnekodit Oy.
Exam schedules
Exam: 18.12.- 23.12.2025
1. Retake: 26.1.- 31.1.2026
2. Retake: 2 23.2.- 28.2.2026
Drug-alculations exam in EXAM-room
Drug calculation exam 17.11. - 22.11.2025
1. retake: 1.12. - 5.12.2025
2. retake: 15.12. - 20.12.2025
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 (theory lessons 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.
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
Qualifications
Emergency Care and High Dependency Nursing Competence.
Completed Clinical Practices in Environments of Medical Nursing and Surgical nursing.