Nutritional Care (3 cr)
Code: TH00BV84-3006
General information
Enrollment
01.07.2023 - 25.10.2023
Timing
31.12.2022 - 18.03.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Campus
Kupittaa Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
10 - 30
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Emergency Care
Teachers
- Johanna Kurtti
Groups
-
PENHOS23
- 13.02.2024 09:00 - 11:30, Ravitsemushoito TH00BV84-3006
- 28.02.2024 12:30 - 15:45, Ravitsemushoito TH00BV84-3006
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