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Sexual and Reproductive Health, Nursing of Female PatientsLaajuus (4 cr)

Code: TH00BW40

Credits

4 op

Objective

Students will

• Understand the importance of sexuality for people’s overall well-being and know how to address sexuality with patients of different ages and in the prevention of various diseases
• Become familiar with the most common gynaecological diseases and their prevention
• Understand the normal process of pregnancy and learn common methods of monitoring pregnancy
• Know how to support female patients giving birth in an emergency childbirth if a physician or midwife is not available
• Know the process of a normal postpartum period
• Understand the health promoting capacity of breastfeeding
• Know how to use the key medication databases related to the field

Content

Contents
• Sexuality and how to address it
• Common gynaecological disorders
• Process and monitoring of a normal pregnancy
• Process of a normal childbirth
• Normal postpartum period and breastfeeding
• Medication databases for pregnancy and the breastfeeding period

Enrollment

02.12.2023 - 31.12.2023

Timing

01.01.2024 - 13.02.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

4 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing
Teachers
  • Hanna Koivikko
Scheduling groups
  • Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Pienryhmä 2 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
  • PTERTK22
Small groups
  • 1
  • 2

Objective

Students will

• Understand the importance of sexuality for people’s overall well-being and know how to address sexuality with patients of different ages and in the prevention of various diseases
• Become familiar with the most common gynaecological diseases and their prevention
• Understand the normal process of pregnancy and learn common methods of monitoring pregnancy
• Know how to support female patients giving birth in an emergency childbirth if a physician or midwife is not available
• Know the process of a normal postpartum period
• Understand the health promoting capacity of breastfeeding
• Know how to use the key medication databases related to the field

Content

Contents
• Sexuality and how to address it
• Common gynaecological disorders
• Process and monitoring of a normal pregnancy
• Process of a normal childbirth
• Normal postpartum period and breastfeeding
• Medication databases for pregnancy and the breastfeeding period

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.12.2022 - 31.01.2023

Timing

01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

4 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing
Teachers
  • Hanna Koivikko
  • Satu Halonen
Scheduling groups
  • Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 30. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Pienryhmä 2 (Size: 30. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
  • PTERTK21
Small groups
  • Pienryhmä 1
  • Pienryhmä 2

Objective

Students will

• Understand the importance of sexuality for people’s overall well-being and know how to address sexuality with patients of different ages and in the prevention of various diseases
• Become familiar with the most common gynaecological diseases and their prevention
• Understand the normal process of pregnancy and learn common methods of monitoring pregnancy
• Know how to support female patients giving birth in an emergency childbirth if a physician or midwife is not available
• Know the process of a normal postpartum period
• Understand the health promoting capacity of breastfeeding
• Know how to use the key medication databases related to the field

Content

Contents
• Sexuality and how to address it
• Common gynaecological disorders
• Process and monitoring of a normal pregnancy
• Process of a normal childbirth
• Normal postpartum period and breastfeeding
• Medication databases for pregnancy and the breastfeeding period

Evaluation scale

H-5