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Nursing of Seriously Ill Children and Young People (5 cr)

Code: TO00BO45-3004

General information


Enrollment

23.05.2022 - 19.09.2022

Timing

06.10.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual proportion

3 op

RDI proportion

1 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Unit

Laurea Otaniemi, sote

Campus

Laurea Otaniemi

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

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

Teachers

  • Anne Maijala
  • Kati Saarinen

Teacher in charge

Kati Saarinen

Groups

  • TOS222SY
    Täydentävä osaaminen (amk-tutkinto), S22, Terveys- ja hyvinvointialat

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- assess the need for care of seriously ill children and young people and apply nursing expertise in the overall treatment of these patients in the operations of a multidisciplinary team
- actively participate as an expert in nursing in the decision-making regarding the treatment of seriously ill children and young people together with the parents and other experts
- apply nursing methods in the nursing of seriously ill children and young people
- instruct families with children in need of special support, taking into account their service needs, treatment paths and possibilities for receiving support in multidisciplinary cooperation
- meet children, young people and families in crisis and apply resource-centred guidance and counselling methods in order to help them
- analyse special ethical questions related to the nursing of seriously ill children and young people
- assess and develop nursing of children, young people and families in light of science-based knowledge, recommendations and good practices

Grading scale

Approved/Failed