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Basics of Nutrition (2 cr)

Code: TH00BW28-3005

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2024 - 08.01.2025

Timing

01.01.2025 - 12.02.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 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 Public Health Nursing

Teachers

  • Johanna Kurtti

Groups

  • PTERTK25
  • 13.01.2025 08:15 - 09:45, Ravitsemuksen perusteet TH00BW28-3005
  • 15.01.2025 08:15 - 11:30, Ravitsemuksen perusteet TH00BW28-3005
  • 21.01.2025 12:30 - 15:45, Ravitsemuksen perusteet TH00BW28-3005

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Be familiar with nutrients and understand the need and significance of nutrients
• Know how 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

Content

Content

• 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

Evaluation scale

H-5