Practical training: Home nursing of elderly people
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | KFG11B037 |
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| Level: | Bachelor |
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| Credits: | 6.0 points |
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| Responsible Teacher: | Hietaniemi, Elina |
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| Language of Instruction: | Finnish |
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Learning Outcomes
Students will learn to comprehensively assess and support the health and functional capacity of elderly people and to promote their health in multi-professional collaboration. They will learn to assess home-living elderly people's needs for nursing care, rehabilitation and services, and draw up care/nursing and service plans. Students will be able to carry out common examinations, nursing procedures and pharmaceutical care and learn to use electronic communication systems in home nursing. Students will understand that home visits are an essential, challenging tool in home nursing. They will also analyse the constituents of quality in home nursing and learn to work as gerontological professionals in multi-professional home nursing.
Student's Workload
Will be announced at the beginning of the course.
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
No previous studies are required.
Contents
- Nursing and service plans in the care of elderly patients
- Assessment of care and service needs and nursing and rehabilitation of elderly patients in home nursing
- Familiarisation with various elderly groups and the special features of their care and nursing procedures in a home nursing situation
- Nursing principles that are emphasised in home nursing situations
- Home visits as a tool in home nursing
- Multi-professional work in the care of elderly patients
- Family care-givers in the field of home nursing
- Issues of quality in home nursing
Recommended or Required Reading
- Literature required in the KFG11B9 module
- Documents regulating home nursing
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
- Discussions with the clinical supervisor and the teacher
- Learning contract
- Participation in home service provision
- Theme-based learning journal
- Interview with a family care-giver
Assessment Criteria
Grading will be announced during the course.
Assessment Methods
- Practical training
- Aims defined in the learning contract
- Self-evaluation based on the aims and on professional competence requirements
- Feedback from clinical supervisor and teacher
- Theme-based learning journal
- Report of the interview with a family care-giver
- Numerical grading 1-5
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