Nursing Cancer Patients (1 cr)
Code: TH00CJ52-3001
General information
- Enrollment
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02.12.2022 - 31.12.2022
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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01.01.2023 - 01.05.2023
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 1 cr
- Local portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Health and Well-being
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Midwifery
- Teachers
- Isa Öhberg
- Mari Berglund
- Course
- TH00CJ52
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
The student:
• Understands cancer as a disease and identifies factors affecting cancer prevention and early detection
• Can diagnose the most common cancers, and knows the most common forms of treatment and follow-up methods for cancer
• Students can provide cancer patients with symptomatic and humane nursing services
• Students will know how to perform safe pharmacotherapy and how to pay attention to their personal occupational safety
• Students will know how to support and guide the functional capacity, well-being and quality of life of cancer patients and how to work with customers and their family members as a member of a multiprofessional team
Content
Contents
• Factors affecting the pathogenesis of cancer and the epidemiology of cancer
• Development of cancer
• Common types of cancer and how to diagnose them
• Nutrition of cancer patients
• Symptomatic treatment of cancer patients (medicated and unmedicated)
• Cancer, partners and sexuality
• Rehabilitation and monitoring of cancer patients
• Psychosocial support of cancer patients
• Safe cytostatic therapy and occupational safety, infusion port
• Pain medication and how to use an automatic dosing pump