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Gerontological nursing and nursing skills (5 cr)

Code: GE00CO51-3003

General information


Enrollment
15.08.2020 - 04.09.2020
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.08.2020 - 14.05.2021
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Promotion of Functional Ability
Campus
Kouvola Campus
Teaching languages
Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Care for Older Adults
Teachers
Riitta Tenkanen-Salmela
Merja Laitoniemi
Satu Sällilä
Teacher in charge
Riitta Tenkanen-Salmela
Groups
GEKV19SM
Elderly care, part-time studies
Course
GE00CO51
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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

Assessment criteria level 3: entry-level know-how and skills
Students can
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with customers, users and target groups.
e. use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.

Course material

Osoitetaan opintojakson osien alkaessa

Study forms and methods

Työviikkopohjainen oppimisväylä:
Toteutetaan työjärjestyksen mukaisesti. Sisältää luennot sekä harjoitukset. Gerontologinen hoitotyö koostuu orientoivasta ja keskustelevasta aloitusluennosta sekä work shopista (pakollinen läsnäolo) ja on ajoitettu keväälle 2021. Hoitotaidot koostuu luennoista sekä harjoituksista (läsnäolo pakollinen) sekä ergonomian harjoituksista (pakollinen läsnäolo), ja on ajoitettu syksylle 2020.

Työhön integroitu ja nopeuttava oppimisväylä:
Opiskelija valitsee opintojakson aikaisemmassa vaiheessa opintoja tai hänellä on koulutusta ja työkokemusta hoitotyön perustaidoista sekä suoritettuna terveys- tai hoitotieteen opintoja yliopistossa, suoritettuna voimassa oleva Potilassiirtojen Ergonomia-kortti

Student workload

1 op= 27 tuntia opiskelijan työtä

Further information

Gerontologinen hoitotyö, opettaja Merja Laitoniemi
Hoitotaidot, opettaja Riitta Tenkanen-Salmela
Ergonomia, opettaja Satu Sällilä

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Opintojakson osien arvioitavat kohteet, menetelmät ja perusteet esitetään opintojakson osien alkaessa. Aktiivinen osallistuminen lähiopetukseen sekä annettujen tehtävien suorittaminen hyväksytysti.Palaute annetaan ryhmäpalautteena.

Qualifications

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

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