Nursing of Clients with Special Support Needs (2cr)

Code: SH00DN30-3003

General information

Enrollment: 22.04.2025 - 03.09.2025; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 29.09.2025 - 21.12.2025; Implementation is running.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 2 cr

Local portion: 0 cr

Virtual portion: 2 cr

Mode of delivery: Distance learning

Unit: SeAMK Nursing and Public Health Nursing

Campus: SeAMK Seinäjoki, Kampustalo

Teaching languages: Finnish

Seats: 0 - 90

Degree programmes: Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing; Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing

Teachers: Kirsi Kivistö-Rahnasto

Groups: MSH25K
Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing, Multimodal implementation; SH24S
Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing; MTH25
Bachelor of Health Care, Public Health Nursing; SH25K
Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing, Full-time studies; MSH24S
Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing, Multimodal implementation

Course: SH00DN30

Evaluation scale

Passed/failed

Objective

The student
- understands and knows how to apply her / his knowledge about the special features of nursing care for people of different ages who need special support.

Content

The most common physical disabilities, developmental disabilities, sensory disabilities, the spectrum of autism
Becoming disabled
First knowledge
Legislation and service system
Participation and self-determination
Health promotion, self-care support and rehabilitation in nursing clients with special needs and their next-of-kin.
Meeting, interacting and supporting communication
The main methods used in nursing for a person who needs special support
Multi-professional support and rehabilitation of the functional ability of a person who needs special support

Materials

- YK:n yleissopimus vammaisen henkilön oikeuksista
https://www.ykliitto.fi/sites/ykliitto.fi/files/vammaisten_oikeudet_2016_net.pdf
- Vammaispalvelulaki
https://stm.fi/vammaispalvelulaki
Kari, O. 2020. Vammaistyön käsikirja
Kaski, Manninen, Pihko.2012. Kehitysvammaisuus
Malm, Matero, Repo, Talvela. 2004 tai uudempi. Esteistä mahdollisuuksiin. Vammaistyön perusteet.
Eriksson. 2008. Erot, erilaisuus ja elinolot-vammaisten arkielämä ja itsemäärääminen.
Hakala. 2014. "Kyllä ihmisoikeuksissa olis parantamisen varaa!" Itsenäisen elämän haasteita vammaispalveluissa.
Kerola, Kujanpää, Timonen.2009. Autismin kirjo ja kuntoutus

Teaching methods

Verkkototeutus, verkkoluennot, itsenäisesti suoritettavat tehtävät

Student workload

2 op= 2 x 27h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Passed
The student
- understands and knows how to apply his/ her knowledge on the special features of nursing care for people of different ages who need special support.
- knows how to support the functional ability and survival of a person who needs special support in different operating environments.
- completes the required assignments and actively participating to the course.