Gerontology nursing (5 cr)

Objective

Ethics and professionality in nursing
• you are able to represent your client’s best interests and present yourself as a nursing professional in various teams
• you are able to act as an expert of nursing on behalf of your client in various teams

Clinical nursing
• you are able to perform the main nursing procedures and diagnostic tests as part of the overall patient care
• you are able to administer and evaluate pharmacological treatment on the gerontological patient
• you are able to integrate nutrition therapy and education in co-operation with a multi-professional network of experts
• you are able to support the elderly in the maintenance of their health, well-being and functional ability
• you are able to symptomatically and humanely treat patients with incurable illnesses and provide support to their families

Evidence-based practice and decision making
• you are able to actively utilize research knowledge (recommendations, reports based on research evidence) in nursing decision making

Patient education competence
• you manage patient education as a method in gerontology nursing

Promotion of health and functional ability
• you are able to prevent risk factors that deteriorate health and functional and working ability, and you are able to intervene early

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
• you master the use of the most important care and monitoring equipment needed in clinical nursing
• you are familiar with the use of patient record systems

Content

Ethics and professionality in nursing
• Identification and processing of ethical problems

Clinical nursing
• most common procedures and diagnostic tests in clinical nursing
• pharmacological treatment, pharmaceutical service, dosage calculations, pharmacology and pharmacy
• evaluation of the patient’s nutritional status (malnutrition) and its importance in his/her care
• nutrition therapy and the most common special diets as part of the patient’s overall treatment
• changes associated with aging
• basics of the most common geriatric diseases
• functional status and evaluation of functional capability
• participation of the family in the care of the elderly
• palliative care
• end-of-life care
• encountering dying patients and their families

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

Patient education competence
• patient/client education

Promotion of health and functional ability
• accident prevention
• early identification of risk factors and targeting of support to those in need (preventive home visits)

Operational environment in social and health care
• client-oriented and multiprofessional process of service provision
• use of care and monitoring equipment
• use of patient record systems

Course material

Kelo, Lautniemi, Takaluoma & Tiittanen 2015 (tai uudempi): Ikääntynyt ihminen ja hoitotyö.
Muut kurssilla jaettavat ja Learnista löytyvät materiaalit.

Timing of exams and assignments

Tentti opintojakson päättyessä. Uusintatentit ilmoitetaan opintojakson alussa. Uusintatentit Examissa.

Student workload

1 op = 27h, verkkototeutus ajalla 28.9. -15.12.20

Course part description

Opintojakso toteutetaan verkkoluentoluentojen ja verkkotehtävien avulla.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

• osaat toimia asiakkaan ja hoitotyön asiantuntijana erilaisissa työryhmissä
• tiedät gerontologisessa hoitotyössä tarvittavat keskeiset toimenpiteet ja diagnostiset tutkimukset osana potilaan kokonaishoitoa
• osaat toteuttaa ja arvioida gerontologisen asiakkaan/potilaan lääkehoitoa
• osaat integroida ravitsemushoitoa ja -ohjausta yhteistyössä monialaisen asiantuntijaverkoston kanssa
• osaat tukea iäkkään ihmisen hyvinvoinnin, terveyden ja toimintakyvyn saavuttamista ja ylläpitämistä
• osaat toteuttaa parantumattomasti sairaan oireenmukaista ja inhimillistä hoitotyötä ja tukea hänen omaisiaan
• osaat hyödyntää tieteellistä tietoa (tutkimusnäyttöön perustuvat suositukset, katsaukset) gerontologisen hoitotyön päätöksenteossa
• kykenet ehkäisemään terveyttä ja toimintakykyä heikentäviä riskitekijöitä
• osaat ohjata asiakasta / potilasta käyttämään tarkoituksenmukaisia palveluita terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin edistämisessä

Qualifications

You have proven your competence in the following modules:
Professional basics in nursing 30 ECTS
Promotion of health and functional ability 15 ECTS