•   Palliative Nursing TH00BV37-3007 24.04.2023-28.05.2023  2 credits  (PSHTS21A) +-
    Competence objectives of study unit
    Palliative Nursing, 2 ECTS

    Objectives
    • Students will acknowledge how they personally view incurable conditions and death
    • Students will know how to explain the key concepts of palliative care and end-of-life care, how they are related to each other and how to apply this information in their work
    • Students will know how to plan, carry out, assess and document the treatment and management of the symptoms and pain of patients in palliative care and how to counsel the patient and their family members by taking individual needs into account
    • Students will know the principles and modes of administering pain medication and how to apply unmedicated pain management methods
    • Students will know how to face, support and see to the needs of patients and their family members in a comprehensive manner and how to apply physical presence as a mode of support
    • Students will know how to perform end-of-life care and postmortem care in a dignified manner by taking the family members of the deceased into account
    Content of study unit
    Contents

    • Basics of palliative care, treatment policies and restrictions, predictive treatment plan

    • Pain and symptomatic treatment in palliative care: total pain, pain indicators, pain medication, unmedicated treatment, shortness of breath, oral symptoms, constipation, fatigue, anxiety

    • Comprehensive support for the patient and their family members: family-oriented approach, mental support, existential support, grief and hope

    • Interaction and meetings: meeting patients and their family members, active interaction and communications

    • End-of-life care: acknowledging that death is near, supporting the patient and their family members, nursing and symptomatic treatment of a dying patient, postmortem nursing

    • Multiprofessional teamwork and self-reflection
    Teacher(s) in charge

    Isa Öhberg

    Learning material

    - Palliatiivinen hoito ja saattohoito. Käypä hoito -suositus. Suomalaisen Lääkäriseuran Duodecimin ja Suomen Palliatiivisen Lääketieteen yhdistyksen asettama työryhmä. Helsinki: Suomalainen Lääkäriseura Duodecim, 2019. Saatavilla: https://www.kaypahoito.fi/hoi50063#K1

    - Saarto, T. & Lehto, J. 2019. Palliatiivisen hoidon ja saattohoidon järjestäminen Suomessa – kolmiportainen malli. Saatavilla: https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/314503/duo14834.pdf?sequence=1

    - Lehto, J., Marjamäki, E. & Saarto, T. 2019. Elämän loppuvaiheen ennakoiva hoitosuunnitelma. Saatavilla: https://www.duodecimlehti.fi/duo14788

    - Videoluento, seminaariesitykset, tunneilla käydyt asiat (not translated)

    Learning methods

    Lähi- ja verkko-opetusta, tehtäviä, seminaariesitys, pienryhmätyöskentelyä, ITS-tentti (not translated)

    Objects, timing and methods of assessment

    Palliatiivisen hoidon seminaari 0 – K5
    Saattohoidon verkkokurssi hyl / hyv
    Aktiivinen verkkokeskustelu hyl / hyv
    ITS-tentti (70%=1) (not translated)

    Teaching language

    Finnish

    Timing

    24.04.2023 - 28.05.2023

    Enrollment date range

    02.12.2022 - 10.04.2023

    Group(s)
    • PSHTS21A
    Responsible unit

    Health and Well-being

    Additional information

    Sisätautipotilaan tai kirurgisen potilaan hoitotyön opinnot on pitänyt suorittaa hyväksytyksi ennen opintojaksoa, samoin kl. harjoittelu (not translated)

    Degree Programme(s)

    Degree Programme in Nursing

    Assessment scale

    H-5

    Exam dates and retake possibilities

    ITS-tentti
    Uusintakoe on ITSissä ja ajankohta sovitaan opettajan kanssa erikseen.
    Opintojakso on suoritettava kokonaisuudessaan vuoden sisällä. (not translated)

    Student's schedule and workload

    PAHO 2op = 54t opiskelijan työtä, josta kontaktiopetusta 8t (not translated)