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Supporting Self-Care of Patients with Long-Term Illnesses or Infections (5 cr)

Code: R0273-3003

General information


Enrollment

26.11.2018 - 06.01.2019

Timing

07.01.2019 - 30.06.2019

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual proportion

2 op

RDI proportion

2 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning

Unit

Laurea university of applied sciences

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 26

Degree programmes

  • Laurea täydentävä osaaminen, amk-tutkinto (TOS2), Terveys- ja hyvinvointialat

Teachers

  • Anne Hiller-Ikonen
  • Riikka Ketonen

Teacher in charge

Riikka Ketonen

Groups

  • TOS218SY
    Täydentävä osaaminen (amk-tutkinto), S18, Terveys- ja hyvinvointialat

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- recognise the needs of a high-risk patient who needs a large number of services in an outpatient care
- assess the factors affecting the client’s capability to perform self-care and the realisation of self-care, and give guidance to the client
- take advantage of communal resources and digital services to support self-care
- develop guidance directed to the needs of the different client groups in primary health care
recognise the most common infectious diseases
- plan, implement and evaluate nursing of patients with long-term illnesses and infections and its impact in primary health care
- perform the most common examinations and treatment procedures during the patient’s appointment with the nurse
- coordinate the overall care of patients with long-term illnesses and infections in multidisciplinary cooperation in primary health care
- evaluate and develop service path for patients with long-term illnesses and infections from a client-centered point of view

Grading scale

Approved/Failed