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Advanced Studies in Child, Adolescent and Family NursingLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: TH00BU95

Credits

5 op

Objective

ADVANCED STUDIES IN CHILD, ADOLESCENT AND FAMILY
NURSING 5 ECTS LAPSY

Objectives
Students will learn to use evidence-based knowledge when providing demanding nursing of children and adolescents.
Students will
• Deepen their competence in the clinical examination of child patients
• Enhance their professional competence in the acute nursing of children and adolescents and of long-term child patients.
• Learn to guide and support children and their families in the nursing of a critically ill and dying child
• Learn to recognise the special features of nursing of sick neonatal and premature infants
• Deepen their competence in the nursing of surgical child patients
• Deepen their competence in the mental health nursing of children and adolescents and know how to support children and families by means of nursing methods
• Deepen their competence in the pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy of children and adolescents
• Learn to assess their activities in the work community and their professional development in the context of nursing of children and adolescents

Content

Contents
• Clinical examination and observation of child patients and the use of examination results to support care-related decision-making
• Demanding health problems and disorders of children and adolescents:
• Acute nursing of children and adolescents
• Nursing of sick neonatal or premature infants
• Nursing of children and adolescents with a heart condition
• Nursing of children and adolescents with cancer
• Treatment of children and adolescents with neurological health problems
• Intensive care nursing of children and adolescents
• Demanding surgical nursing of children and adolescents
• Nursing of critically ill and dying children
• Nursing of children and adolescents with mental health problems
• Family nursing in demanding cases of sick children
• Demanding pharmacology and fluid therapy of children and adolescents
• Self-assessment of work and professional development in the context of nursing of children and adolescents

Enrollment

02.07.2022 - 14.10.2022

Timing

03.10.2022 - 13.11.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Salo IoT Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

6 - 30

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Päivi Matikainen
Scheduling groups
  • Vain avoimen AMK:n opiskelijoille (Size: 5. Open UAS: 5.)
Groups
  • PSHSS20C
  • PSHSS20A
  • MSAISS20
  • PSHSS20B
Small groups
  • For Open UAS students only

Objective

ADVANCED STUDIES IN CHILD, ADOLESCENT AND FAMILY
NURSING 5 ECTS LAPSY

Objectives
Students will learn to use evidence-based knowledge when providing demanding nursing of children and adolescents.
Students will
• Deepen their competence in the clinical examination of child patients
• Enhance their professional competence in the acute nursing of children and adolescents and of long-term child patients.
• Learn to guide and support children and their families in the nursing of a critically ill and dying child
• Learn to recognise the special features of nursing of sick neonatal and premature infants
• Deepen their competence in the nursing of surgical child patients
• Deepen their competence in the mental health nursing of children and adolescents and know how to support children and families by means of nursing methods
• Deepen their competence in the pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy of children and adolescents
• Learn to assess their activities in the work community and their professional development in the context of nursing of children and adolescents

Content

Contents
• Clinical examination and observation of child patients and the use of examination results to support care-related decision-making
• Demanding health problems and disorders of children and adolescents:
• Acute nursing of children and adolescents
• Nursing of sick neonatal or premature infants
• Nursing of children and adolescents with a heart condition
• Nursing of children and adolescents with cancer
• Treatment of children and adolescents with neurological health problems
• Intensive care nursing of children and adolescents
• Demanding surgical nursing of children and adolescents
• Nursing of critically ill and dying children
• Nursing of children and adolescents with mental health problems
• Family nursing in demanding cases of sick children
• Demanding pharmacology and fluid therapy of children and adolescents
• Self-assessment of work and professional development in the context of nursing of children and adolescents

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.07.2022 - 31.08.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Satu Haapalainen
Groups
  • PSHTS20C
  • PSHTS20A
  • PSHTS20B
  • PSHTS20V

Objective

ADVANCED STUDIES IN CHILD, ADOLESCENT AND FAMILY
NURSING 5 ECTS LAPSY

Objectives
Students will learn to use evidence-based knowledge when providing demanding nursing of children and adolescents.
Students will
• Deepen their competence in the clinical examination of child patients
• Enhance their professional competence in the acute nursing of children and adolescents and of long-term child patients.
• Learn to guide and support children and their families in the nursing of a critically ill and dying child
• Learn to recognise the special features of nursing of sick neonatal and premature infants
• Deepen their competence in the nursing of surgical child patients
• Deepen their competence in the mental health nursing of children and adolescents and know how to support children and families by means of nursing methods
• Deepen their competence in the pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy of children and adolescents
• Learn to assess their activities in the work community and their professional development in the context of nursing of children and adolescents

Content

Contents
• Clinical examination and observation of child patients and the use of examination results to support care-related decision-making
• Demanding health problems and disorders of children and adolescents:
• Acute nursing of children and adolescents
• Nursing of sick neonatal or premature infants
• Nursing of children and adolescents with a heart condition
• Nursing of children and adolescents with cancer
• Treatment of children and adolescents with neurological health problems
• Intensive care nursing of children and adolescents
• Demanding surgical nursing of children and adolescents
• Nursing of critically ill and dying children
• Nursing of children and adolescents with mental health problems
• Family nursing in demanding cases of sick children
• Demanding pharmacology and fluid therapy of children and adolescents
• Self-assessment of work and professional development in the context of nursing of children and adolescents

Evaluation scale

H-5