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Life Crises as Part of Nursing (2 cr)

Code: BA00DG89-3001

General information


Enrollment
28.04.2025 - 07.09.2025
Registration for the implementation has begun.
Timing
08.09.2025 - 31.12.2025
The implementation has not yet started.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2 cr
Local portion
0 cr
Virtual portion
2 cr
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
SeAMK Nursing (RN)
Campus
SeAMK Seinäjoki, Kampustalo
Teaching languages
English
Degree programmes
Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing
Teachers
Minna Laitila
Raila Kärnä
Groups
MRN23
Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing
MRN24
Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing
IEPN25F
Sneak Peek of Finnish Nursing Education
Course
BA00DG89

Evaluation scale

Passed/failed

Objective

The student understands the stages of the crisis and is able to support patients and family members in crisis situations. The student knows the collaborative actors in crisis situations. The student understands how to maintain physical and mental safety and how to maintain and promote his/her own mental well-being in nursing. The student is able to reflect and develop skills that are needed in crisis work as well as in work related health.

Content

Patient's view: Stages of the crisis and nursing interventions for patients who have faced a life crisis situation. Violence in close relationships (not just in families or in intimate partnership). Documentation and legislation. Ethics in close relationship violence situations. Abuse of children or aged person and nursing interventions and collaborative actors. Child protection services, statement of concern about aged person care. Crisis situations in various nursing environments.

Coping in nursing work: Main concepts: physical and mental work health and work safety. Promoting psychological resources. The use of work supervision, debriefing and defusing, PTSD, emotional burn out, surrogate traumatization, individual's and group's resilience and its meaning in work related coping. Individuals own and working community's responsibility in promoting work related health and effective methods to maintain work related health.

Location and time

PARTLY INDEPENDENT ONLINE STUDY :

The info lesson will be held online on Teams on 3rd September at 9.00 a.m. The info lecture will not be recorded.

Copy and join lecture via link below:

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NzFiYjFhMzMtMDg5Ny00ODNiLWEwNTYtMzQ2MzNkYzBkMzhk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%228e83a730-1a46-40ed-8797-1d2d98cac2d1%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%223afab029-19c6-4309-b42f-3b5c665cb8a5%22%7d

Materials

Material in Moodle.
Studying requires special equipment: laptop or computer and headphones.

Teaching methods

PARTLY INDEPENDENT ONLINE STUDY:

At the beginning of the course there is a time-scheduled info lecture after which the course is conducted online in the Moodle learning environment. The study is carried out independently at your own pace during the implementation period.

The student familiarizes themselves with the theoretical material, completes online assignments according to the given instructions. The study requires independent work and scheduling.

Employer connections

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Exam schedules

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International connections

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Completion alternatives

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Student workload

The workload of the study is designed so that one credit corresponds to an average of 27 hours of student work to achieve the learning objectives. The actual time required varies individually, e.g., due to prior knowledge.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail=0
- The student does not participate actively in lessons (min. 80%).
- The student does not participate in discussions.
- The student does not search information of the course topics.
- In the assignment the student does not reflect the main concepts of the course.
- The student does not make assignments for the course.
- The student does not achieve the learning objectives of the course.
- In the assignment the student does not follow SeAMK instructions for written work.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail=0
- The student does not participate actively in lessons (min. 80%).
- The student does not participate in discussions.
- The student does not search information of the course topics.
- In the assignment the student does not reflect the main concepts of the course.
- The student does not make assignments for the course.
- The student does not achieve the learning objectives of the course.
- In the assignment the student does not follow SeAMK instructions for written work.

Qualifications

Registered Nurse's Core Competencies Modules I-III
Registered Nurse's Competencies in Medication and Fluid Care

Clinical training in the basics of clinical nursing
Clinical training in gerontological nursing

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