Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The students will be able to
describe the growth and developmental stages of clients of different ages and transition phases in families
describe the normal course of pregnancy and giving birth, as well as medical grounds for care
describe the main illnesses in children, adolescents and the elderly as well as the medical grounds for treatment
plan, implement and evaluate nursing of children, families, people of working age and the elderly
identify factors that safeguard the health and well-being of clients or increase their vulnerability of different ages and their significant others
promote the interaction, participation and rehabilitation of vulnerable and multicultural clients and their significant others in the care process
evaluate the Social and health care service processes of vulnerable client groups and provide guidance on the use of services for these clients
plan, implement and evaluate group guidance on health and well-being
analyse special needs related to multicultural client relationships and immigration in social welfare and health care
recognise social security benefits and possibilities available to clients of different ages and their significant others

Teaching methods

Part 1. FAMILY NURSING 6 cr
-Pediatrics online
-Gynacology and obstetrics online
-Contact lessons on children´s nursing and women´s health
-Workshops: Task in advance + training in the workshop
-Seminar presentations
Part 2. ADULT AND ELDERLY CARE 4 cr
Contact lessons
Workshops: Task in advance + training in the workshop.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Part 1:
-Family Violence and Nursing Practice, Second Edition: Janice Humphreys &
Jacquelyn C Campbell ( Ebook via Libguides)
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/laurea/detail.action?docID=592904
-Children and Young People's Nursing at a Glance by Alan Glasper, Jim Richardson, Jane Coad, and Jane Coad ( Ebook via Libguides)
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/laurea/detail.action?docID=1813816
-Oxford Handbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing by Edward Alan Glasper, Gillian McEwing, and Jim Richardson ( Ebook via Libguides)
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/laurea/detail.action?docID=975519
Part 2:
-Fundamentals of Palliative Care for Student Nurses by Megan Rosser and Helen Walsh ( Ebook via Libguides)
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/laurea/detail.action?docID=1767439
-Dementia Care at a Glance by Catharine Jenkins, Laura Ginesi, and Bernie Keenan ( Ebook via Libguides)
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/laurea/detail.action?docID=4182969
-Dementia : A Global Approachby Ennapadam S. Krishnamoorthy, Martin J. Prince, and Jeffrey L. Cummings ( Ebook via Libguides)
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/laurea/detail.action?docID=581118
-Care of the Acutely Ill Adult : An essential guide for Nurses by Fiona Creed and Christine Spiers ( Ebook via Libguides)
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/laurea/detail.action?docID=975641

Important dates

Part 1. FAMILY NURSING 6 cr
Contact lessons + workshops
Medication calculations Pass/Fail
Seminar presentations TI-K5
-Pediatric- online Pass/Fail/Redo
-Obstetries and gynaecology- online course
Part 2. ADULT AND ELDERLY CARE 4 cr
-Portfolio: K5-T1, Fail
-Geriatrics online course: Accepted/Redo

Forms of internationality

This study unit will be integrated to Laurea International Week program during 25th and 29th March 2019.

Students workload

Part 1 : FAMILY NURSING 6cr
1cr = 27 hours of students´workload
Part 1: FAMILY NURSING 6cr
-Orientation and family nursing 4h
-Children development and children´s nursing 24h + 4h Workshop
-Seminar 8h
-Women´s health 12 h + 4h Workshop
-Children´s medication 4h + Exams 2h
- Pediatrics returned worksheet
- Gynacology and obstretrics returned worksheet
Part 2: WORKING AGE AND ELDERLY CARE 4 op
-Working age adult´s health 8h
-Elderly´s health 8h (inc. workshop)
-Memory loss patients 8h (inc workshop)
-Palliative care 8h (inc. workshop)
-Portfolio
- Geriatrics online -Returned workshe

Content and scheduling

Part 1: FAMILY NURSING 6cr- (Lecturer XX)
-Family Nursing (Lecturer XX)
-Medication Calculations (Lecturer XX)
-Normal child growth and development (Lecturer XX)
-Characteristics of children's medication and pain management (Lecturer XX)
-Child Protection and welfare(Lecturer XX)
-Children´s hospital
-Normal physical and socioemotional development of the child (Lecturer XX)
-Pediatrics( Jonna)
-Pediatrics and child nursing (Emma)
-Gynacology and obstatetric (Jonna)
- Women´s health (Jonna)
-Children´s palliative care, Patient safety, Ethics in children´s nursing (Emma )
Part 2: ADULT AND ELDELY CARE 4cr ( Emma Tamnakag & Tuula Ikonen)
-Wellbeing of working age adults
-Wellbeing of the elderly
-Care of clients with memory loss
-Palliative Care

Further information for students

-Compulsary attendance during orientation
-All workshops are compulsary
-Seminar presentation is compulsary
- Active participation is required throughout the course. Students can be absent from contact lessons maximum 2 x 4hours without doing a compensatory assignment.
Geriatric online course return dates xx.xx.2019
Portfolio return date xx.xx.2019

Grading scale

Approved/Failed

Evaluation methods and criteria

Part 1:
-Exam K5-T1, Fail
-Seminar presentation and report K5-T1, Fail
-Medication calculation exam Pass/Fail
-Workshops: Accepted/Fail (Compulsary attendance)
-Pediatric online course :Accepted/Redo
-Gynacology and obstetrics online course :Accepted/Redo
Part 2:
-Portfolio will done in a group. 3-4 students/group. Contains atleast theory lessons, task done in advance + task during workshop K5-T1, Fail
-Contact Lessons. Lecture task done in groups. Tasks are compulsary Accepted/Fail
-Workshops: Preliminary assignment Accepted/Fail
-Workshop tasks done in groups Accepted/Fail Workshops are compulsary
-Portfolio assessment - K5-T1, Fail
-Seminar Presentations
-Geriatric online course : Pass/Fail