Gerontological Nursing (6cr)

Objective

Students will know how to assess ill aged people's needs for care and nursing from a client-centered, perspective, based in gerontological knowledge. They will know how to plan, implement and evaluate the care and nursing of ill aged people in various living environments. In their decisions, students will pay attention to the clients' rehabilitation as well as to the promotion of their health and ability to function. They know how to support the aged person and his family in hospice care. Students will recognise development challenges in the care of ill aged people and demonstrate ethical competence.

Content

- the evidence based care and nursing process in common geriatric illnesses
- nursing interventions in gerontological nursing
- multiprofessionalism in gerontological nursing
- continuity of care and rehabilitation in gerontological nursing
- hospice care

Materials

Hoitotyön taidot ja toiminnot;
Hanna Rautava-Nurmi, Airi Westergård, Tarja Henttonen

Kliininen hoitotyö; Virpi Sulosaari, Sirkka Ekola, Mari Blek-Vehkaluoto

Teaching methods

lessons, learning by doing, group learning

Exam schedules

in the end of the course

Student workload

6x 26,5 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students do not justify their solutions with help of theoretical knowledge.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students justify their solutions with help of theoretical knowledge.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Opiskelija eim kykene perustelemaan ratkasiujaan teoreettsiella tiedolla.

Qualifications

Introduction to Gerontology, Geriatrics, Anatomy and physiology, Basics of Elderly care