Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

Student
- is able to assess the need for and functional capacity of home-based care in a customer-oriented and comprehensive manner, using evidence-based assessment methods, digital and technology
- is able to plan, implement and evaluate nursing work creatively and in a customer-oriented manner, utilizing the client's information and evidence-based information in emergency services provided at home, in a home hospital and in home care client guidance
- is able to ethically guide and support the client and loved ones and to plan and secure the continuity of care by utilizing digital resources
- is able to work in a multi-professional collaboration as a responsible nursing expert
- is able to realistically evaluate and reflect on one's own professional competence and activities in the work community

Content (course unit)

- the most common acute and long-term illnesses in the population at different stages of life, their symptoms, treatment and evaluation of treatment in home services
- supporting self-care, health promotion, functional assessment and nursing work supporting rehabilitation
- changing work environments and service processes in primary health care, digital health services, nursing at home and remotely
- nursing decision-making, documentation of care planning in various care processes
- remote technologies, sensors, wearable technology and robotics in home care
- nurse as a self-nurse, responsible nurse, or team nurse

Prerequisites (course unit)

At the beginning of alternative professional studies, the student must have completed 135 cr of studies. These should include internal medicine-surgical, mental health and substance abuse nursing, gerontological nursing, theoretical studies in nursing at a Health and Social Services Center, and studies in anatomy and physiology and minimum six supervised clinical training courses.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
- is able to assess the patient's need for care and functional capacity, plan and implement and evaluate nursing work at home using technologies
- is able to guide and support the patient and relatives in a customer-oriented way with versatile methods
- recognizes the effects of illness on the client and loved ones and is able to search for information to support them
- able to identify the patient's perspective and bring it to the fore in multidisciplinary teams
- able to evaluate one's own activities under supervision

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The upper assessment level includes the lower assessment level

The student
- is able to apply what he / she has learned in addressing the diseases included in the course, identifying the need for treatment, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment
- is able to take into account the effects of illness on the family and to plan care at home in a family-oriented manner and applying technologies in a customer-oriented manner
- is able to utilize evidence-based information in nursing
- reflects on its own activities and identifies its development challenges, and is able to evaluate peers and give constructive feedback

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The upper assessment level includes the lower assessment level

The student
- is able to analyze, reflect and integrate what he / she has learned into a professional context when caring for a patient at home
• is able to evaluate his / her activities in caring for the patient and family independently
- is able to utilize and apply evidence-based information and diverse technological services in nursing
- reflects on the effects of evaluations of one's own actions and solutions in relation to others

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

The course is implemented through patient cases, utilizing small group pedagogy (CBCL).