Clinical orientation to family nursing (3cr)

Objective

After attending the course, you can apply the main treatment methods of pediatric and adolescent nursing in a simulation situation, taking patient safety into account.
You will understand the growth and developmental stages of a child and are able to apply growth and developmental monitoring methods as well as examinations and nursing care in a simulation situation.
You are able to apply monitoring and nursing methods with pediatric illnesses.
You are able to apply sexual and reproductive health examination and nursing care in a simulation situation.
You know the key concepts and vocabulary of the course in Finnish.
You practice family and child guidance situations related to the course in Finnish according to your language proficiency level.

Content

Diversity of families
Evidence-based family nursing
Family resource-focused counseling
Monitoring growth and development of a child
Children's emotional and safety skills
Essential examinations and assistance in examinations of a sick child
Newborn and child resuscitation
Gynecological examinations and care, and support during examinations
Treatment of unplanned out-of-hospital childbirth
Neonatal basic care
Baby massage
Basics of breastfeeding guidance
Measuring the child's and adolescent's vitals, and resuscitation of children and adolescents
Main nursing procedures for children and adolescents and assistance in them
Key terminology of the course in Finnish

Qualifications

The student masters the contents of anatomy and physiology as well as of pharmacology and medicine related to the above mentioned nursing studies.
The student masters the methods of health promotion, medical nursing, mental health, substance abuse and crisis management.
The student knows the basics of evidence-based decision making.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass:
You demonstrate understanding of family diversity and you demonstrate the ability to use key empowering methods in family nursing in a simulation situation.
You demonstrate understanding of the growth and developmental stages of a child and you demonstrate the ability to implement growth and developmental monitoring methods as well as examination and assistance methods in the case of a sick child.
In simulation situation, you demonstrate your ability to perform examination and nursing care methods of sexual and reproductive health.
You demonstrate your ability to perform medication calculation needed in the implementation of medication treatment.
You can communicate with families and children in health care context in Finnish according to your language proficiency level.