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Basics of nursing in professional work (5 cr)

Code: S15C405-3004

General information


Enrollment

02.01.2019 - 14.01.2019

Timing

02.01.2019 - 31.05.2019

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

10 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Leila Sikanen
  • Sirpa Gardemeister

Teacher in charge

Sirpa Gardemeister

Groups

  • S1516KA
  • S1516SN

Objective

You can ergonomically counsel and assist a client in his/her activities of daily living. You can support a client’s own activity. You take into account the principles of health promotion as a basis of client work. You can determine your responsibilities and obligations in pharmacotherapy. You can specify the main medication types and ways to give medication. You can implement safe medication by the rules.

Content

What is meant by counselling and assisting a client in the activities of daily living? How does a client’s ability to function affect your counselling and assisting work? What is ergonomy and how do you ergonomically assist a client? What are the main responsibilities and obligations of social work professionals in pharmacotherapy? What do you have to consider when implementing medication?

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Assessment criteria, good (3)

a) use professional vocabulary systematically. c) identify and describe the problems and needs of the professional field. d) work together with customers, users and target groups. e) choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.

Qualifications

No prerequisites