Study Guide

Objective

Cancer patient’s nursing 2 ECTS SYHO
The study unit is arranged entirely 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 how to use 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.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Attendance at contact classes 100% (hyv/hyl)
Class training completed (hyv/hyl)
Individual assignment (0-5)
Exam (0-5)

Assessment criteria in ITS