Advanced Gerontological Nursing Studies (5cr)
Code: TH00BV55-3003
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.12.2023 - 09.01.2024
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 08.01.2024 - 08.02.2024
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 2 cr
- Virtual portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Nursing
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 10 - 30
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
- Teachers
- Katri Mattsson
- Henna Lehtola
- Scheduling groups
- Avoimen AMK:n kiintiöpaikat. Ilmoittaudu ilman tätä pienryhmää. (Size: 5 . Open UAS : 5.)
- Small groups
- Open UAS quota. Please enroll without selecting this group.
- Course
- TH00BV55
Unfortunately, no reservations were found for the realization Advanced Gerontological Nursing Studies TH00BV55-3003. It's possible that the reservations have not yet been published or that the realization is intended to be completed independently.
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
Pääsisältöjä ovat
- Ikääntymiseen liittyvät sairaudet ja toimintakyvyn muutokset
- Ikääntyneiden hoidon erityiskysymyksiä
- Ikääntyneen lääkehoidon erityispiirteet
- Geronteknologia ikääntyneen omatoimisuuden ja toimintakyvyn tukena
- Ikääntyneen toimintakyvyn ja terveyden kokonaisvaltainen arviointi ja edistäminen
- Akuutisti sairastuneen ikääntyneen hoidontarpeen arviointi ja hoito
- Ikääntyneen hoitamisen eettiset kysymykset
AJOITUS: vkot 2-6 lähiopetuskerrat ti ja to klo 15.30-18
Objective
ADVANCED STUDIES IN GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING 5 ECTS GEHO
Objectives
• Students will deepen their knowledge of age-related policies, the service system for the elderly and nursing for the elderly.
• Students will understand how the physiology of ageing and age-related changes are linked to the manifestations of illness and problems related to treatment.
• Students will gain insight into the special questions that must be taken into account when treating the elderly, such as ill-treatment and prevention of accidents
• Students will strengthen their competence in the safe medication of the elderly
• Students will learn about the possibilities of gerontechnology in supporting the independence and functional capacity of the elderly.
• Students will learn to cooperate within a multiprofessional network to plan, carry out and assess guidance and education to help the elderly achieve and maintain their well-being, health and functional capacity.
• Students will learn to assess the need for comprehensive care and to survey functional capacity and use this information to plan the coordination, implementation and evaluation of care and service.
• Students will learn to assess the need for care of elderly patients and how to make independent decisions regarding necessary measures.
• Students will learn to adhere to the values and ethical principles of nursing in their work.
Content
Contents
• Ageing-related illnesses and changes in functional capacity
• Special questions in the treatment of the elderly
• Special features of pharmacotherapy for the elderly
• Gerotechnology as a support for the independence and functional capacity of the elderly
• Comprehensive assessment and promotion of the functional capacity and health of the elderly
• Assessment of the need for care of and administration of care to an elderly patient suffering from acute illness
• Ethical questions related to the treatment of elderly patients
Materials
Kirja: Gerontologia ( Heikkinen, Rantanen ) / saatavilla Duodecim, Oppiportti
Kirja: Muistisairaan hoito (duodecim, Oppiportti)
Oppimisalustan materiaali
Gerontologia-lehti
Opiskelijan tuottama materiaali
Muu ajankohtainen materiaali
Teaching methods
Pari- ja ryhmätyöt
Tutkimuspiiri
Oppimispäiväkirja
Luento-opetus
Student workload
5x27h= 135 h opiskelijan työtä, josta 30 h tapahtuu etäyhteydellä lähiopetuksena
Evaluation methods and criteria
Hyl - 5
- aktiivinen osallistuminen kontaktitunneille
- opintojakson tehtävien tekeminen hyväksytysti
- osallistuminen ryhmätyöskentelyyn
Qualifications
Sisätautipotilaan hoitotyön opinnot ja gerontologisen hoitotyön / ikääntyneen hoitotyön perusopintojen kurssi tulee olla suoritettuina.