Advanced Gerontological Nursing Studies (5 cr)
Code: TH00BV55-3001
General information
Enrollment
02.12.2022 - 28.02.2023
Timing
13.02.2023 - 17.03.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Campus
Location-independent
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
10 - 30
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Katri Mattsson
- Henna Lehtola
Scheduling groups
- Vain avoimen AMK:n opiskelijoille (Tutkinto-opiskelija ilmoittaudu joka tapauksessa, toteutus ei ole vain avoimen opiskelijoille) (Size: 5. Open UAS: 5.)
Groups
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PSHSK21A
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PSHSS20C
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MSHTK21B
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PSHTK21B
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PSHTK21C
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PSHTK21A
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MSHTK21A
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PSHSS20B
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PSHTS20V
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PSHTS20C
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PSHSS20A
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PSHTS20A
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PSHTS20B
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MSAISS20
Small groups
- For Open UAS students only
Objective
ADVANCED STUDIES IN GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING 5 ECTS GEHO
Objectives
• Students will deepen their knowledge of age-related policies, the service system for the elderly and nursing for the elderly.
• Students will understand how the physiology of ageing and age-related changes are linked to the manifestations of illness and problems related to treatment.
• Students will gain insight into the special questions that must be taken into account when treating the elderly, such as ill-treatment and prevention of accidents
• Students will strengthen their competence in the safe medication of the elderly
• Students will learn about the possibilities of gerontechnology in supporting the independence and functional capacity of the elderly.
• Students will learn to cooperate within a multiprofessional network to plan, carry out and assess guidance and education to help the elderly achieve and maintain their well-being, health and functional capacity.
• Students will learn to assess the need for comprehensive care and to survey functional capacity and use this information to plan the coordination, implementation and evaluation of care and service.
• Students will learn to assess the need for care of elderly patients and how to make independent decisions regarding necessary measures.
• Students will learn to adhere to the values and ethical principles of nursing in their work.
Content
Contents
• Ageing-related illnesses and changes in functional capacity
• Special questions in the treatment of the elderly
• Special features of pharmacotherapy for the elderly
• Gerotechnology as a support for the independence and functional capacity of the elderly
• Comprehensive assessment and promotion of the functional capacity and health of the elderly
• Assessment of the need for care of and administration of care to an elderly patient suffering from acute illness
• Ethical questions related to the treatment of elderly patients
Evaluation scale
H-5