Cancer Patient’s Nursing (2 cr)
Code: TH00BW44-3003
General information
- Enrollment
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02.07.2024 - 25.08.2024
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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26.08.2024 - 06.10.2024
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 Public Health Nursing
- Teachers
- Jenni Suominen
- Course
- TH00BW44
Realization has 3 reservations. Total duration of reservations is 8 h 0 min.
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Fri 06.09.2024 time 13:00 - 16:00 (3 h 0 min) |
Info + luento, Syöpäpotilaan hoitotyö TH00BW44-3003 |
Zoom
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Fri 13.09.2024 time 09:00 - 12:00 (3 h 0 min) |
Syöpäpotilaan hoitotyö TH00BW44-3003 |
ICT_B3029
Lääkehoito 2
ICT_B3028 Lääkehoito 1 |
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Fri 20.09.2024 time 08:00 - 10:00 (2 h 0 min) |
Syöpäpotilaan hoitotyö TH00BW44-3003 |
ICT_B3043
Hoitotyö 4
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Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
The study unit will be carried out in English.
Objectives
Students will
• Understand cancer as a disease and identify the factors related to early diagnosis and prevention of cancer
• Students will know different methods of treating and monitoring cancer how common types of cancer are diagnosed
• Students will know how to 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
• Cancer prevention and treatment
• Nutrition of cancer patients
• Symptomatic treatment of cancer patients (medicated and unmedicated)
• Cancer, partners and sexuality
• Lifestyles as a means of supporting recovery from cancer
• Rehabilitation and monitoring of cancer patients
• Psychosocial support of cancer patients
• Safe cytostatic therapy and occupational safety, infusion port
• Pain medication and the use of an automatic dosing pump
Materials
- Huovinen etc. 2023. Kliininen hoitotyö. SanomaPro Oy. Kappale 12 Syöpää sairastavan hoitotyö (or similar topics from the book Syöpäsairaudet, available in Oppiportti)
- ITS material, topics discussed in classes
- Individual assignments
Teaching methods
Contact and online teaching, assignments, prictoce in classroom, group work, exam
Student workload
2cr = 54h of student work (contact teaching as distance and contact teaching, classroom practice + individual assignment)
Further information
The theoretical studies in nursing of an internal medicine patient or surgical patient must have been successfully completed before the cancer nursing course, as well as clinical training.
The course must be completed in its entirety within one year.