Care of Clients with Chronic Illnesses (10 cr)
Code: R0190-3011
General information
Enrollment
13.05.2019 - 26.05.2019
Timing
19.08.2019 - 20.12.2019
Number of ECTS credits allocated
10 op
Virtual proportion
5 op
Mode of delivery
50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning
Unit
Laurea university of applied sciences
Campus
Laurea Tikkurila
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Terveydenhoitajakoulutus (STY2), Laurea yhteinen (Finnish)
Teachers
- Niina Glerean
- Tinja Kaivolahti
- Anne Hiller-Ikonen
- Johannes Koskinen
- Ulla Jauhiainen
- Riitta Salo
Teacher in charge
Anne Hiller-Ikonen
Groups
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STV219KA
Learning outcomes
The Student is able to
- justify the significance ofpreventing non-communicable diseases and their impact on individuals, family and society
- justify the approaches and methods of health promotion in client-oriented nursing
- plan, implement and evaluate nursing of patients with chronic illnesses and give support for self-care
- explain the main diseases and medical grounds for care in the field of internal medicine
- plan, implement and evaluate client centred guidance, and justify different approaches and guidance methods in health promotion and nursing patients with long-term illnesses
- describe the main national and international recommendations for a healthy lifestyle
- justify the good practices and methods used to assess nutritional status
- describe the main drug classifications, drugs and medicines used in long-term and acute care and their mechanisms
- justify safe vaccination practices
Grading scale
H-5