Gerontological nursing and preclinical training (5 cr)

Objective

Gerontological nursing
You are able to apply knowledge about changes related to aging in your nursing.
You know the services and benefits of the elderly.
You know how to promote the health, ability to function and resources of an aging person utilizing nursing methods and medication.
You know the possibilities offered by gerotechnology.
You can put into practise safe medical treatment for an elderly person.
You understand the specifics of medication for the elderly:
You can apply information on memory disorders, treating people with memory disorders and the associated services.
You are able to apply evidence-based information to gerontological nursing.
You know how to identify, assess and manage acute situations.

Palliative nursing
You can recognise the need for palliative or terminal care of a patient.
You know the palliative care service system.
You can carry out nursing based on symptoms and humane palliative and terminal care.
You are able to put into practise humane palliative care.
You are able to apply evidence-based information in palliative care.
You know the palliative care of the patient with memory disorder.
You know how to support the patient with memory disorder and close ones.

Content

Gerontological nursing
What are elderly care and geriatrics?
What are the changes related to aging and their effects on care?
How do you plan, carry out and assess safe medication?
How do you assess a person's ability to function and resources?
How do you apply evidence-based knowledge in promoted by functional capacity and rehabilitation?
How do you take into consideration the risk factors anticipating the weakening of the ability to function and the prevention of accidents?
How do you identify, assess and manage acute situations (NEWS)?
How do you carry out the assessment of a patient’s service needs?
How do you ensure the wellbeing of family carers and people taking care of their close ones?
Whar does gerotechnology bring to elderly care?
What are memory diseases and what is understood by medication of people with memory diseases?
How do you take into consideration the assessment of a person's nutritional status (malnutrition) and its significance in treating patients?
How do you apply evidence-based information in gerontological nursing?

Palliative nursing
What are palliative care and terminal care?
What is palliative service system?
What does nursing in palliative and terminal care include?
How do you apply evidence-based information in nursing palliative patients?
How do you implement palliative and terminal care for a memory patient?
How do you encounter and support a memory person and their loved ones in palliative care?

Evaluation

Students can:
• use professional concepts of gerontology and palliative nursing consistently
• search for information in key sources of information
• perceive tasks as a whole
• justify their actions with evidence-based information

Course material

Opiskelumateriaali löytyy opintojakson Learnistä.

Study forms and methods

Teoriaopintoihin liittyvä opiskelumateriaali on opintojakson Learnissä. Opintojaksoon liittyvät tehtävät integroidaan työelämään.

RDI and work-related cooperation

Opintojakson tehtävät integroidaan työelämään.

Timing of exams and assignments

Opintojakso suoritetaan kevään 2023 aikana. Tarkemmat tehtävien palautuspäivät löytyvät Learnistä.

International cooperation

Ei sisälly

Student workload

5 op x 27 h = 135 h

Course part description

Gerontologinen hoitotyö:

Ikääntymiseen liittyvät muutokset ja niiden vaikutus hoitoon
Näyttöön perustuvan tiedon soveltaminen gerontologisessa hoitotyössä
Turvallisen lääkehoidon suunnittelu, toteutus ja arviointi
Muistisairauksien huomioiminen hoitotyössä ja lääkehoidossa
Toimintakyvyn ja voimavarojen arviointi ja edistäminen
Palvelutarpeen arviointi
Ravitsemustilan arviointi
Geroteknologian hyödyntäminen ikääntyneiden hoidossa
Toimintakyvyn heikkenemistä ennakoivien riskitekijöiden huomioiminen ja tapaturmien ehkäisy
Akuuttitilanteiden tunnistaminen, arviointi ja hoitaminen
Omaishoitajan ja läheisiään hoitavien jaksamisesta huolehtiminen
Hoitotyön eettisyyden ja ammatillisuuden huomioiminen

Palliatiivinen hoitotyö:

Näyttöön perustuvan tiedon soveltaminen palliatiivisen potilaan hoitotyössä
Palliatiivinen palvelujärjestelmä
Muistisairaan potilaan palliatiivisen ja saattohoidon toteuttaminen
Muistisairaan ja hänen läheistensä kohtaaminen ja tukeminen palliatiivisessa hoidossa

Further information

Sari Virkki, sari.virkki@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Professional basics in nursing 29 ECTS credits