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Palliative Nursing (2 cr)

Code: TH00BV98-3003

General information


Enrollment
02.12.2023 - 12.03.2024
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
13.03.2024 - 09.04.2024
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2 cr
Local portion
2 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Emergency Care
Teachers
Anu Nousiainen
Course
TH00BV98
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Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Katso Itslearningin Info-sivun ohjeistus.

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 9t

Yhdistetty toisen ryhmän kanssa

Further information

Sisätautipotilaan tai kirurgisen potilaan hoitotyön opinnot on pitänyt suorittaa hyväksytyksi ennen opintojaksoa, samoin kl. harjoittelu

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