Patient-Centred Nursing Process in Palliative CareLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The student
- masters patient’s comprehensive and holistic health assessment, identification of the need for care
(diagnosis), clinical care of the patient and health promotion interventions.
- demonstrates advanced skills and knowledge of the comprehensive holistic clinical examination of health
(including physical, mental, ethnic, cultural dimensions of health) using evidence?based frameworks, tools and
- techniques based on patient needs and relevance to client health.
- applies advanced level knowledge when creating systematic palliative or end?of?life care plan based on the
patient’s and his/her next of kin’s individual needs and situation.
- critically evaluates and utilizes interventions developed for enhancing patient and medication safety and
- explains the significance of risk management in palliative and in end of life care.

Content

- Holistic clinical examination of health (including physical, mental, ethnic, cultural dimensions of health)
- Nursing process and systematic planning of care
- Patient and medication safety and risk management
- Clinical decision making in evidence based palliative care/nursing