Palliative Nursing (2 cr)
Code: TH00BW43-3001
General information
- Enrollment
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01.05.2022 - 22.08.2022
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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29.08.2022 - 02.10.2022
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 2 cr
- Local portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Health and Well-being
- Campus
- Kupittaa Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing
- Teachers
- Isa Öhberg
- Course
- TH00BW43
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
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
Content
• 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
Materials
- 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
Teaching methods
Lähi- ja verkko-opetusta, tehtäviä, seminaariesitys, pienryhmätyöskentelyä, ITS-tentti
Exam schedules
ITS-tentti
Uusintakoe on ITSissä ja ajankohta sovitaan opettajan kanssa erikseen.
Opintojakso on suoritettava kokonaisuudessaan vuoden sisällä.
Student workload
PAHO 2op = 54t opiskelijan työtä, josta kontaktiopetusta 8t
Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet
Palliatiivisen hoidon seminaari 0 – K5
Saattohoidon verkkokurssi hyl / hyv
Aktiivinen verkkokeskustelu hyl / hyv
ITS-tentti (70%=1)
Further information
Sisätautipotilaan tai kirurgisen potilaan hoitotyön opinnot on pitänyt suorittaa hyväksytyksi ennen opintojaksoa, samoin kl. harjoittelu