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Gerontological nursing and nursing skills (5 cr)

Code: GE00CO51-3003

General information


Enrollment

15.08.2020 - 04.09.2020

Timing

01.08.2020 - 14.05.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Elderly Care

Teachers

  • Riitta Tenkanen-Salmela
  • Merja Laitoniemi
  • Satu Sällilä

Teacher in charge

Riitta Tenkanen-Salmela

Groups

  • GEKV19SM
    Elderly care, part-time studies

Objective

You can plan, implement and evaluate individual care of aged people with them and their near ones

You know nursing theories and can analyze and evaluate their suitability to overall care of elderly people

You know basics in nursing

You use nursing methods in a respectful way, implementing individual care

You can assess the functional ability of the client and use rehabilitation methods

Content

What does the nursing science basis mean in gerontological nursing?

What are health sciences and their connections to gerontological nursing?

What is nursing science and what does it focus on?

How can nursing theories be used in health promotion of elderly people and in gerontological nursing?

What are the principles in nursing care?

What are the basic nursing methods in gerontological nursing work?

What is ergonomics and why is it important?

How to implement ergomical patient transfer?

What is rehabilitation work and how to implement it?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Basis in elderly care 20 ECTS credits
Basis of physiology 5 ECTS credits
Health exercise and bases of exercise gerontology 5 ECTS credits