Study Guide

Objective

Competence goals

You know the most common geriatric diseases, recommendations for elderly nursing and methods of ethical gerontological nursing.
You are able to plan, implement and evaluate nutrition and pharmaceutical treatment as well as drug-free treatment, taking into account the special characteristics of the elderly.
You are able to utilize health and functional assessment methods and you are able to plan, implement and evaluate health and functional promotion interventions in nursing care for the elderly in a multidisciplinary context.
You know how to interact professionally and caringly with an elderly client / patient and their loved ones.
You can apply teaching and guidance methods and digital services in a variety of ways in nursing the elderly and fostering self-care.
You can utilize wellness technology in different operating environments of gerontological nursing.
You know the fundamental principles of end-of-life nursing.

Content

Contents

Maintaining health and functional capacity, wellness technology
- Key concepts and changes related to aging
- Older people as members of the society
- Methods and evaluation of health and functional capacity promotion of the elderly

Gerontological nursing
- Special features of gerontological nursing in different operating environments
- The most common geriatric diseases and their medication
- Nursing care for the elderly disabled
- Community and multi-professional activities in different operating environments

Home care
- Support and service guidance for the elderly person's family and loved ones
- Rehabilitative nursing and wellness technology
- End-of-life care in different operating environments

Location and time

Spring 2025

Materials

Tohmola, Matilainen & Miettinen; Gerontologinen hoitotyö, Jyrkämä & Rantanen; Gerontologia

Up-to-date quality-, care- and curative care recommendations.

Other literature indicated in the study material.

Teaching methods

The teaching is carried out using the Flipped classroom method, simulations, workshops, teaching discussions and lecture teaching.

The teaching is carried out together with the Finnish-speaking group, so the used languages ​​are English and Finnish.

The course-info is 28.11.2024 at 10.15-11.30 in Zoom

All assignments ment to be pre-tasks have to be completed and returned before teaching days.

Completion alternatives

It is possible to complete the course as Finnish online-courses: for example Karelia: Ikäihmisen aktiivinen arki 5 op + Lapin AMK/XAMK: Gerontologinen hoitotyö 5 op

Content scheduling

This course is supposed to study after medical-surgical studies

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

You know the most common geriatric diseases and their medicinal treatment and nursing recommendations.
You know methods for assessing health and the ability to function and under guidance, plan and provide interventions to improve health and the ability to function in elderly care.
You can plan, provide and assess nutritional and medicinal treatment, as well as medication-free treatment, considering the special characteristics of the elderly.
You know teaching and guidance methods in elderly care.
You know the opportunity of using electronic services.
You know principles and methods of improving the health and ability to function of the elderly.
You know the opportunities of wellbeing technologies in different operating environments of gerontological nursing.
You know principles and methods of nursing during the final stages of life.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

With justification, you apply research-based nursing recommendations and the methods of ethical nursing to the treatment of the most common geriatric disorders and related medicinal treatment.
You apply methods for assessing health and the ability to function and plan and provide and under guidance, assess interventions to improve health and the ability to function in elderly care.
You select the most suitable teaching and guidance methods for different situations in elderly care.
You can apply electronic guidance methods in accordance with the purpose.
You apply the principles and methods of improving the health and ability to function of the elderly in different operating environments of nursing and provide guidance for matters related to support services.
You have a grasp of professional and nursing-based interaction with elderly clients/patients and people close to them.
You can use wellbeing technologies in different operating environments of nursing.
You apply nursing during the final stages of life and under guidance, use its methods in different operating environments of nursing in cooperation with people close to patients.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

You assess national research-based nursing recommendations and the methods of ethical nursing.
You analyse international and multidisciplinary research data in the care and medicinal treatment of geriatric disorders.
You assess methods for assessing health and the ability to function and innovatively plan and provide and assess interventions to improve health and the ability to function and propose new solutions in elderly care.
You assess the guidance and teaching methods used in elderly care and in supporting self-care and propose new client-driven methods of providing electronic guidance and teaching.
You assess the principles and methods of improving the health and ability to function of the elderly in different operating environments of nursing with a multidisciplinary approach.
You assess and compare the methods of end-of-life care in cooperation with a multidisciplinary team and people close to patients in different operating environments of nursing.
You assess and compare the use of wellbeing technologies in different operating environments of gerontological nursing.
You analyse international and multidisciplinary research data and recommendations for nursing during the final stages of life.

Assessment methods and criteria

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