Public Health Nursing for Children and FamiliesLaajuus (15 cr)

Objective

  You can support families’ well-being and resources in their individual life situations. You are able to use different methods to follow mother and the fetus well-being. You are able to assess the child’s growth and development using the different methods. You are able to recognize the risk factors relating to pregnancy and birth, to make the decision and guide for further treatment. You are able to identification and assess to family’s needs for support, and you can make early intervention for risk factors of child health or development. You are able to assess what is the importance of living habits and environment for health of children and families. You can support on families all issues, which are related to their parenthood and relationship. You can observe and promote to the early interaction between children and parents. You can arrange to family counseling and you are able to guide to breast feeding. You can use different methods to promote the families health. You can provide nutrition counseling. You can support and guide the client for sexual and reproductive  health and family planning.  

Content

    What is the public health work with child-expecting families and families with children? How to promote the health of child-expecting family? How to support the normal growth and development of children? What means the early interaction, and how you can support it? How to support the parenting of the child at different ages? What kind of action will need to promote and support children and families mental health? What kind of methods can be used for health promotion? How do you provide nutrition counseling? What is reproductive health promotion? What is the breast feeding instruction? How to support and promote breast feeding? What are the common problems of breast feeding? And how to deal with them?

Qualifications

Previously approved studies.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

  b. you can manage appropriate methods of information search. c. you canidentify interrelated tasks. e. you can  use the key models and methods of public helath nursing.  g. you can justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.