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Nursing Care of Persons with Functional Disabilities (1 cr)

Code: TH00BY34-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.06.2022 - 31.08.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Midwifery

Teachers

  • Camilla Laaksonen
  • Mari Berglund

Groups

  • PKÄTIS21

Objective

The student:
• Know how to support the functional capacity and involvement of the developmentally handicapped and the disabled
• Become familiar with the main causes of developmental disability and related disorders
• Understand the special features of the nursing of the developmentally handicapped and the disabled at different stages of life
• Become acquainted with key legislation and the service system related to the nursing of the developmentally handicapped
• Know how to help the families of disabled children cope and deal with everyday life
• Understand the status and rights of the developmentally handicapped as health care customers and patients

Content

Contents
• Supporting and rehabilitation of the functional capacities and inclusion of developmentally handicapped and disabled persons
• Special features of the nursing of the disabled
• The legislation and service system of the nursing of the developmentally disabled and the disabled

Evaluation scale

H-5