Nutritional Care (3 cr)
Code: TH00BV84-3008
General information
Enrollment
02.12.2024 - 05.03.2025
Timing
01.03.2025 - 30.11.2025
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Emergency Care, Public Health Nursing and Midwifery
Campus
Kupittaa Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
10 - 30
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Emergency Care
Teachers
- Johanna Kurtti
Groups
-
PENHOK25
- 17.03.2025 10:00 - 11:30, Ravitsemushoito TH00BV84-3008
- 24.03.2025 08:15 - 11:30, Ravitsemushoito TH00BV84-3008
- 01.04.2025 12:30 - 15:45, Ravitsemushoito TH00BV84-3008
Objective
Objectives
• Students will be familiar with nutrients and understand the need and significance of nutrients
• Students will be able to assess the nutritional needs of people
• Students will know how to apply the Finnish nutrition recommendations in the prevention and treatment of national diseases
• Students will be able to cooperate with a multidisciplinary expert network to integrate nutritional care and guidance into the nursing of internal medicine and surgical patients
Content
Contents
• Nutritional needs and the roles of nutrients in the human organism
• Assessment of the nutritional status of customers and the importance of the assessment
• The importance of diets that comply with the dietary guidelines in promoting health and preventing endemic diseases
• Nutritional care and counselling for internal medicine and surgical patients and special diets most commonly associated with these ailments
Evaluation scale
H-5