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Palliative Care Nursing (1 cr)

Code: TH00CJ53-3002

General information


Enrollment
02.12.2023 - 05.03.2024
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
06.03.2024 - 28.03.2024
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
Anu Nousiainen
Course
TH00CJ53
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Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Palliatiivinen ja elämän loppuvaiheen hoitotyö 1op
- Palliatiivista hoitoa tarvitsevien potilaiden tunnistaminen
- Palliatiivista hoitoa tarvitsevien terveyden tukeminen ja palvelut
- Palliatiivista hoitoa tarvitsevien hoitamisen eettiset haasteet

Objective

The student:

• Recognises their own attitude towards incurable illness and death
• Can explain the key issues of palliative care and terminal care
• Students can plan, carry out, assess and document the treatment and management of the symptoms and pain of patients in palliative care and can 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 can perform end-of-life care and postmortem care in a dignified manner by taking the family members of the deceased into account

Content

Contents

• 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
• Supporting patients and loved ones: family-centred approach, psychological 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

Katso Its.

Teaching methods

Etäopetus, verkkokurssi, oppimiskeskutelut, tehtävät, tentti (yhdistetty syöpäpotilaan hoitotyön kanssa).

Exam schedules

Its-verkkotentti yhdistetty syöpätautien kanssa.
Mahdolliset poissaolot suoritetaan toisen luokan kanssa.
Uusintakoe ajankohta sovitaan opettajan kanssa erikseen.
Opintojakso on suoritettava kokonaisuudessaan vuoden sisällä.

Student workload

1op = 27h opiskelijan työtä, tästä etäopetusta 4-6h, itsenäistä opiskelua tehtäviä tehden ja oppimateriaaliin tutustuen

Further information

Sisätautipotilaan tai kirurgisen potilaan hoitotyön opinnot on pitänyt suorittaa hyväksytyksi ennen syöpähoitotyön opintojaksoa.

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