Contemporary Gerontological Nursing (5cr)

Objective

After this course you master the physiological changes in ageing and as an autonomous practitioner you factor these changes in the assessment, planning and nursing of the older person. You master the knowledge of gerontological nursing assessment, older person safety and understand the importance of evidence-based nursing knowledge in gerontological nursing. You Understand ageing within the life-course and can support healthy and active ageing in older persons through collaboration with other practitioners and families and are able to analyse the role of multi-professional collaboration in supporting older person healthy and active ageing. You Identify early risk factors that can impact the functional and cognitive ability of the older person and plan holistic and person-centered health promotion interventions by critically evaluating and utilising evidence-based information in older person care. You understand ageing changes that affect communication and can utilize evidence-based techniques in communicating with older persons. You understand the importance of palliative care in older person nursing and can assess and utilise assistive technologies in the care and support of older person daily living. You know the health promotion framework, principles, and key concepts and can collaborate and deliver health promotion interventions in development of activities suitable for older people settings and diverse clients considering cultural implications. You can support safe and sustainable ageing in place for the older person and their carers. You take responsibility for independent decisions and factor in legal and ethical aspects related to older person care and promotion of dignified ageing.

Competences:

You are expected to acquire the following Competences in this course:

Learning to learn

You promote your own learning through utilisation of personal competences and resources.

You make use of learning resources and approaches that support your learning best.

You seek, acquire, critically assess, and utilise evidence-based information from reliable sources.

Sustainable development

You identify sustainable approaches in your area of practise.

You apply existing knowledge and utilize appropriate sustainable approaches in your area of practise.

You develop the adoption of sustainable practices in your work community and society.

Ethics

You promote ethically sustainable activities and the realisation of ethical reflection in your area of practise.

You make ethical decisions that factor individual, communal, and societal perspectives into account.

You Promote the realisation of ethical principles and values in your area of practice.

Content

The relevant theories of gerontological nursing.

Comprehensive gerontological health assessment, safe care for the older person, palliative care and end-of-life care.

Therapeutic communication with older persons

Healthy ageing approaches

Ageing within the life-course

Ageing in place and related perspectives

Common psychological problems of the older person and their psychological nursing skills.

Theoretical models in health promotion, risk reduction and self-care
Short goal and long-term goal setting method

Older person comprehensive assessment (physical, psychological, social, Family relations)

Ethical and legal perspectives in ageing

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1 Sufficient

Students can define the physiological changes in ageing and identify these changes in the assessment, planning and nursing of the older person . They can explain ageing within the life-course and can identify multi-professional collaboration in supporting older person healthy and active ageing. Students can Identify early risk factors that can impact the functional and cognitive ability of the older person and utilise health promotion interventions using available evidence-based information in older person care. Student can explain palliative care in older person nursing and can utilise assistive technologies in the care and support of older person daily living. Student knows the health promotion framework, principles, and key concepts and can collaborate in health promotion interventions in development of activities suitable for older people settings and diverse clients considering cultural implications .Student identifies safe and sustainable ageing in place and can discuss ethical and legal considerations related to older person care and promotion of dignified ageing.

2 Satisfactory

Students can define and evaluate the impact of physiological changes in ageing and identify these changes in the assessment, planning and nursing of the older person . Students are able explain ageing within the life-course and can identify multi-professional collaboration in supporting older person healthy and active ageing. Student can evaluate early risk factors that can impact the functional and cognitive ability of the older person and develop health promotion interventions using available evidence-based information in older person care. Student can support palliative care in older person nursing and is able to recognise and utilise assistive technologies in the care and support of older person daily living. Student knows the health promotion framework, principles, and key concepts and can collaborate in health promotion interventions and development of activities suitable for older people settings and diverse clients considering cultural implications. Student identifies and critically discusses safe and sustainable ageing in place and can discuss ethical and legal considerations related to older person care and promotion of dignified ageing.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3 Good

Student can define and evaluate the impact of physiological changes in ageing and identify these changes in the assessment, planning and nursing of the older person. Students can integrate a body of evidence into autonomous clinical decision-making towards supporting ageing within the life-course and can play the role of an advanced practitioner within multi-professional collaboration in supporting older person healthy and active ageing. Student can evaluate early risk factors that may impact the functional and cognitive ability of the older person ,develop and implement a comprehensive health promotion nursing plan for an older person. Student apply expert knowledge to support palliative care in older person nursing and is able to independently plan and utilise assistive technologies in the care and support of older person daily living. Student understands the health promotion framework, principles, and key concepts and act as an expert nurse practitioner towards implementing health promotion interventions and development of activities suitable for older people settings and diverse clients considering cultural implications. Student can evaluate and critically discusses safe and sustainable ageing in place and as an advanced practitioner can discuss and implement ethical and legal considerations related to older person care and promotion of dignified ageing.

4 Very good

Student can define and evaluate as an autonomous practitioner the impact of physiological changes in ageing and identify these changes in the assessment, planning and nursing of the older person. Students can integrate a body of evidence into autonomous clinical decision-making towards supporting ageing within the life-course and can play the role of an advanced practitioner within multi-professional collaboration in supporting older person healthy and active ageing. Student can evaluate early risk factors that may impact the functional and cognitive ability of the older person and take responsibility in the development and implementation of comprehensive health promotion nursing plan for an older person. Student apply expert knowledge to support palliative care in older person nursing and is able to independently plan and utilise assistive technologies in the care and support of older person daily living. Student understands the health promotion framework, principles, and key concepts and act as an expert nurse practitioner towards implementing health promotion interventions and development of activities suitable for older people settings and diverse clients considering cultural implications. Student can evaluate and critically discusses safe and sustainable ageing in place and as an advanced practitioner can discuss and implement ethical and legal considerations related to older person care and promotion of dignified ageing. Students can analyse their role in multi-professional collaboration and can take responsibility for independent decisions as an advanced nurse practitioner.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5 Excellent

Student can define and evaluate as an autonomous practitioner the impact of physiological changes in ageing and consider these changes in assessment, planning and nursing of the older person as an independent advanced nurse practitioner. Students are able to integrate a body of evidence into autonomous clinical decision-making towards supporting ageing within the life-course and can play the role of an advanced practitioner within multi-professional collaboration in supporting older person healthy and active ageing. Student can evaluate early risk factors that may impact the functional and cognitive ability of the older person and take responsibility for independent development and implementation of comprehensive health promotion nursing plan for an older person. Student applies expert knowledge to develop support strategies in palliative care for older person nursing and independently plans and utilises assistive technologies in the care and support of older person daily living. Student understands the health promotion framework, principles, and key concepts and can apply advanced level expert knowledge of a nurse practitioner towards implementing health promotion interventions and development of activities suitable for older people settings and diverse clients considering cultural implications. Student can evaluate and critically discusses safe and sustainable ageing in place and as an advanced practitioner can discuss and implement ethical and legal considerations related to older person care and promotion of dignified ageing. Students can analyse and develop their role in multi-professional collaboration and can take responsibility for independent decisions as an advanced nurse practitioner.

Materials

Textbooks : Mauk, K. L. e. (2022). Gerontological nursing: Competencies for care (5th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Related scientific articles:

Online material: UN/WHO decade of healthy ageing https://www.who.int/initiatives/decade-ofhealthyageing#:~:text=The%20United%20Nations%20Decade%20of,communities%20in%20which%20they%20live.

Integrated care for older people (‎ICOPE)‎: guidance for person-centred assessment and pathways in primary care https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-FWC-ALC-19.1