Nutritional Care (3 cr)
Code: TH00BV84-3003
General information
Enrollment
02.12.2021 - 30.01.2022
Timing
01.01.2022 - 31.12.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Campus
Kupittaa Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
15 - 25
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Emergency Care
Teachers
- Johanna Kurtti
Groups
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PENHOK22
Objective
Objectives
• Students will be familiar with nutrients and understand the need and significance of nutrients
• Students will be able to assess the nutritional needs of people
• Students will know how to apply the Finnish nutrition recommendations in the prevention and treatment of national diseases
• Students will be able to cooperate with a multidisciplinary expert network to integrate nutritional care and guidance into the nursing of internal medicine and surgical patients
Content
Contents
• Nutritional needs and the roles of nutrients in the human organism
• Assessment of the nutritional status of customers and the importance of the assessment
• The importance of diets that comply with the dietary guidelines in promoting health and preventing endemic diseases
• Nutritional care and counselling for internal medicine and surgical patients and special diets most commonly associated with these ailments
Evaluation scale
H-5