Maternity Health and Pediatric Nursing (4cr)

Objective

Students implement multi-professional maternity health and pediatric nursing care while taking into consideration the patient's age, growth and development stage, the requirements of ethicality and the care and service setting. Students know how to assess the resources of patients and families from different cultural backgrounds and how to support them considering their individual needs. Students plan, implement and evaluate nursing interventions for families planning, expecting and giving birth to a child as well as children, young people and family members facing common health and mental health changes, problems and diseases. Students use evidence-based interventions to help, support and counsel families planning, expecting and giving birth to a child as well as children, young people and their families. They support and promote children's, young people's and families' health and ability to function. Students know how to support children, young people and families during crisis and change. They are able to counsel and support children, young people and family members in self-care, rehabilitation and family nursing. Students know how to encounter disabled children, young people and their families. In their work, they use current knowledge of paediatrics and obstetrics.

Content

Health promotion, self-care support and rehabilitation in maternity health and pediatric nursing. The most important nursing interventions (FinCC) for families planning, expecting and giving birth to a child and for nursing children, young people and their families. The national documentation model for nursing. Effica. The impact of the patient's age, sex, cultural background, growth and development stage, ethicality and care and service setting on maternity health and pediatric nursing. Nursing, rehabilitation and counselling of children, young people and their families. Nursing, rehabilitation and counselling of disabled children and young people and their families. Children, young people and their families as clients of child welfare services. Assessment of nursing needs, monitoring of patients, essential examinations and nursing procedures as well as diagnostic examinations in maternity health and pediatric nursing. Multiprofessionalism in maternity health, pediatric and family nursing. Counselling of children, young people and families. A safe nursing environment. Paediatrics. Obstetrics.

Qualifications

Medical Nursing. Operative Nursing and Health Technology in Nursing.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-2
Assessment criterias written in the study entity of Client-Centred Clinical Competence during the middle phase of the studies.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4
Assessment criterias written in the study entity of Client-Centred Clinical Competence during the middle phase of the studies.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5
Assessment criterias written in the study entity of Client-Centred Clinical Competence during the middle phase of the studies.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Failed
Assessment criterias written in the study entity of Client-Centred Clinical Competence during the middle phase of the studies.