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Care of Clients with Chronic Illnesses (10 cr)

Code: R0190-3019

General information


Enrollment

18.05.2020 - 24.05.2020

Timing

17.08.2020 - 31.10.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

10 op

Virtual proportion

9 op

RDI proportion

1 op

Mode of delivery

10 % Contact teaching, 90 % Distance learning

Unit

Laurea Otaniemi, sote

Campus

Laurea Otaniemi

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Sairaanhoitajakoulutus (SHG2), Laurea Otaniemi (Finnish)

Teachers

  • Minna Nikula
  • Anna-Kaisa Hankaniemi
  • Anna Ojala
  • Hanna Vatanen
  • Pirjo Huikko

Teacher in charge

Minna Nikula

Groups

  • SHG220KA
    Sairaanhoitajakoulutus, monimuotototeutus, K20, Otaniemi

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