Public Health Nursing of Children and Family (5 ECTS)

Objective

Student
- know how to plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based child health care
- are able to implement multiprofessional and multi-actor collaboration in the child health clinic environment
- can use effective health promotion work methods
- implement regional health policy recommendations on public health nursing
- can implement their expertise in public health nursing at individual, family, group and societal level

Content

- Finnish child health clinic system
- work methods of public health nurses in child health clinics
- growth and development of a child
- follow up on the growth and development of a child
- early identification of irregularities in growth and development
- healthy lifestyle of the child and family
- family counselling
- parenthood
- couple relationship
- medical studies: specific questions related to growth and development

Location and time

In timetable.

Materials

Opintojaksolla suositeltava kirjallisuus:
-Luentodiat ja videot
-Syödään yhdessä - ruokasuositukset lapsiperheille. THL, 2019.
-Käypä hoito - Lapsen lihavuus: Tunnistaminen ja raja-arvot, keskeinen sanoma, lasten lihavuuden ehkäisyn periaatteet terveydenhuollossa ja perheissä, lasten ja nuorten lihavuuden hoidon periaatteet.
-Käypä hoito – Karies(hallinta): Keskeinen sisältö, riskitekijät, Karieksen hallintatoimet, mm. fluorihammastahnan käyttösuositus.
-Valtioneuvoston asetus 338/2011 neuvolatoiminnasta, koulu- ja opiskeluterveydenhuollosta sekä lasten ja nuorten ehkäisevästä suun terveydenhuollosta.
Keskeiset verkkosivut:
-THL: NEUKO-tietokanta
https://thl.fi/fi/web/lapset-nuoret-ja-perheet/sote-palvelut/aitiys-ja-lastenneuvola/neuko-tietokanta
-THL: Lapset, nuoret ja perheet
https://thl.fi/fi/web/lapset-nuoret-ja-perheet
-Väestöliitto, Perhe-elämää ja lapset
https://www.vaestoliitto.fi/perhe-elama-ja-lapset/
-Muu tunneilla osoitettu materiaali

Teaching methods

Interctive lecture
Inquiry-Based learning and Lectures feedback
Laboratory instruction
Simulation
Evaluation test
LENE
Group working (evaluate)

Employer connections

Clinical practice will be after the implementation.

Exam schedules

Evaluation test (seulat osa) in Moodle.
Group-assignment.

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

5 x 27h =135h
Lectures (in the Classroom and on the video)
Independent studying in Moodle
Independent studying of literature
Working in the groups
Duodecim courses

Content scheduling

N/A

Further information

The student may choose professional studies of public health nursing after successfully completing the theoretical requirements of professional nursing studies as well as all the clinical practices in medical and surgical operating environments, unless otherwise agreed in the student's PSP.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"
Evaluation criteria expert level is used.

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation based on kvantitative and kvalitative evaluationcriteria scale 1-5
Evaluation and feedback during whole implementation.
Evaluation based on evaluation test and group-assignment.
Evaluation test.(seulat osa)
Exam only in special situations.

Qualifications

The student may choose professional studies of public health nursing after successfully completing the theoretical requirements of professional nursing studies as well as all the clinical practices in medical and surgical operating environments, unless otherwise agreed in the student's PSP.