Pediatric Nursing (3cr)

Objective

COMPETENCE IN HEALTH PROMOTION, COUNSELLING AND MENTORING COMPETENCE

Students will learn to counsel and support children of all ages and their families in healthy growth and development and self-care. Students will know how to promote children's and young people's mental health and how to support their resources in multi-professional nursing.

CLINICAL COMPETENCE

Students will learn to evaluate the stages of development in children and youth of all ages and to identify factors that may jeopardise their health. They will learn to support and nurse healthy, ill and disabled children of all ages and their family members. Students will utilise care guidelines and multi-disciplinary research information as a basis for their work. They will become familiar with the more common chilren's and young people's diseases, developmental disorders, examinations and treatments.

Under supervision, students will learn to identify factors that threaten the mental health or development of children and young people, and help them by means of nursing interventions, when required. Students will know how to support the welfare and coping of children, youth, and their families. Students will become aware that the viewpoint of mental health is included in the total care process of children and young people, and they will know how to take appropriate action.

COMPETENCE IN CUSTOMERSHIP IN HEALTH CARE AND DECISION-MAKING COMPETENCE

Under supervision, students will learn to identify needs of children and youth and plan, implement, evaluate and document nursing. Students will interact with children and youth in different life situations. Students will become aware of the principles of client and resource-oriented relationship in multi-professional nursing of children, youth and their families.

WORKING COMMUNITY COMPETENCE

Students will become familiar with the social welfare and health care service system as regards children and youth and their families. They will be competent in helping them use the services appropriately. Students will learn how to communicate and interact in working community and, as members of the working community, they will learn to contribute to the community welfare.

INTERNATIONALIZATION COMPETENCE

Students will be competent in working in multicultural collaboration and in communicating in a foreing language, if needed.

ETHICAL COMPETENCE

Students will treat children and youth and their families with respect and confidentiality

LEARNING COMPETENCE

Students will be able to critically and reflectively search, process and evaluate knowledge. Students will assume responsibility for the entire student group's learning and sharing of knowledge, using collaborative learning methods.

Content

Children, youth and their families as clients in the social welfare and health care service system. National and international development of the service delivery system. Teaching and counselling in the promotion of the health of children and youth and their family members, as well as in supporting growth into parenthood, motherhood and fatherhood. Growth and development of children, supporting the growth and development of children of all ages. Idenfification of family change and crisis and early intervention. Safe nursing environments and prevention of accidents. Acute and chronic illness in children and youth. Counselling and supporting children and youth in family nursing. Common examinations and nursing interventions in child and youth nursing.
Growth and development as the startpoint in promoting children's and young people's mental health in nursing. Recognition of risk factors. Supporting the mental health of children, youth and their families by nursing interventions. Services that support the mental health of children and young people.

Materials

Storvik-Sydänmaa, S., Talvensaari, H., Kaisvuo, T. & Uotila N. 2012. 1. painos. Lapsen ja nuoren hoitotyö. Sanoma Pro Oy. /
(Ivanoff P. & al. 2006. 3. uudistettu painos. Hoidatko minua? WSOY. )
Bruce, T. & Meggit, C. 2006 (or later) Child Care and Education. (assigned parts) Friis, L., Eirola, R. & Mannonen, M. 2004. Lasten ja nuorten mielenterveystyö. Helsinki. WSOY.
Other current material

Teaching methods

Luennot, ryhmätehtävät, itsenäinen opiskelu, case-opiskelu, laboraatio-tunnit

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

5
Students
- know how to evaluate factors that influence the growth, development, mental health and life situation of children and adolescents, demonstrate this knowledge by pointing out empowering and threatening factors in case studies
- know how to compare contents of individual- and family-centred nursing using case studies
- can explain nursing intervantions from the perspective of promoting the child's or young person's health, mental health and safety
- are able to plan, implement and evaluate the counselling of children, adolescents and their families comprehensively and professionally
- know how to act in nursing situations, which demand prompt intervention and/or support
-are able to assess acutely or chronically ill children's and young people's nursing needs and to plan, implement and evaluate nursing based on evidence-based knowledge.

3-4
Students
- demonstrate knowledge of factors that influence the growth, development, mental health and life situation of children and adolescents by pointing out empowering and threatening factors in case studies
- by means of case studies, illustrate the contents of individual- and family-centred nursing
- can analyse nursing intervantions from the perspective of promoting the child's or young person's health, mental health and safety
- can cope with counselling children, adolescents and their families
- are able to select suitable nursing tools in situations, which demand prompt intervention and/or support
-are able to analyse acutely or chronically ill children's and young people's nursing needs and to plan, implement and evaluate nursing based on evidence-based knowledge.

1-2
Students
- demonstrate knowledge of factors that influence the growth, development, mental health and life situation of children and adolescents by describing empowering and threatening factors in case studies
- by means of case studies, describe the contents of individual- and family-centred nursing
- can explain nursing intervantions from the perspective of promoting the child's or young person's health, mental health and safety
- can describe and recognise counselling situations with children, adolescents and their families
- are able to name suitable nursing tools for situations, which demand prompt intervention and/or support
- are able to list nursing needs of acutely or chronically ill children and adolescents and their families and to plan, implement and evaluate nursing based on evidence-based knowledge.

Fail = 0
Students
- cannot describe factors that influence the growth, development, mental health and life situation of children and adolescents or give examples of empowering and threatening factors
- are unable to describe the contents of individual- and family-centred nursing
- can not explain nursing intervantions from the perspective of promoting the child's or young person's health, mental health and safety
- can not describe counselling situations with children, adolescents and their families
- are unable to name suitable nursing tools for situations, which demand prompt intervention and/or support
- are not able to list nursing needs of acutely or chronically ill children and adolescents and their families or to plan, implement and evaluate nursing based on evidence-based knowledge.

Qualifications

Medical and Surgical Nursing