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Home nursing practiceLaajuus (6 cr)

Code: SW00CD39

Credits

6 op

Teaching language

  • English

Responsible person

  • Suleiman Kamau

Objective

You plan, implement, and evaluate client-centered, safe care/services as part of a multidisciplinary team in gerontological nursing. You apply the knowledge base of gerontological nursing while considering the opportunities provided by the client's environment. You utilize evidence-based information in nursing decision-making and take ethical and professional responsibility for your work and its impact.

You are motivated to work in homelike environments within gerontological nursing, addressing the individual physical, psychological, social, and existential needs of clients comprehensively under guidance. You harness the possibilities of technology and digitalization in homelike settings. You critically reflect on your own competence and its development.

Content

The primary content of the course involves planning, implementing, and evaluating care, services, and guidance for elderly individuals within a homelike nursing environment. The course covers evidence-based nursing content areas, particularly focusing on care, service, and guidance for the elderly. Key areas of examination in the course include good practices within a homelike environment and functioning as a member of a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

Worklife skills, interdisciplinary content supporting nursing, nursing fundamentals, and basic knowledge in internal medicine and mental health care.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The competency-enhancing clinical placement is evaluated based on separate assessment criteria as either pass/fail.