Maternity and family nursingLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

Client-orientation
• you are able to support the involvement of the client’s family in the care and respecting the viewpoints and strengths of the client

Ethics and professionality in nursing
• you are able to produce, share and utilize expert competence in multidisciplinary teams, networks and partnerships

Clinical nursing
• you are familiar with the normal proceedings of pregnancy, labour and post-natal period, and you are able to monitor them
• you are able to support and promote the well-being of families with children
• you are able to support families in parenting and newborn care
• you are able to assess the need of urgent and emergency care
• you are able to support the functional ability and participation of a disabled person
• you are able to perfrom pharmacological treatment in maternity and family nursing

Evidence-based practice and decision making
• you are able to evaluate the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation) and assess nursing interventions according to the decision making process in maternity and family nursing
• you are able to utilize research knowledge (recommendations, reports based on research evidence) in nursing decision making in maternity and family nursing

Patient education competence
• you are able to manage patient education as a part of nursing work in maternity and family nursing

The operational environment in social and health care
• you are able to guide the client/patient to use the appropriate public, private and third sector social and health care services to promote his/her health and well-being

Content

Client-orientation
• family nursing

Ethics and professionality in nursing
• Team work skills, partnership work skills, networking and co-operation networks

Clinical nursing
• pregnancy, labour, post-natal period
• newborn care
• support in parenting
• growth and development of children and the young
• most common diseases among children and the young
• forms and methods of family work
• most common disabilities
• nursing interventions in the care of the disabled
• advanced life support of a baby and a child
• pharmacological treatment (pharmacology, pharmaceutical service, dosage calculations)

Evidence-based practice and decision making
• evaluation of the nursing process
• documentation in nursing

Patient education competence
• Patient/client education

The operational environment in social and health care
• Client-oriented and multi-professional process of service provision

Evaluation

Assessment criteria level 3, competence during the completion phase.
You know how to
a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way
b. evaluate information sources critically
e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices

Qualifications

You have proven your competence in the following modules:

Basics of professional nursing 30 ECTS
Promotion of health and functional ability 15 ECTS
Clinical nursing 30 ECTS
Practical training: Basics of professional nursing 30 ECTS

Materials

Community and homecare nursing 15 ECTS