Public Health Nursing of Adults and Elderly peopleLaajuus (4 cr)

Objectives

Students

- assess health-related needs and challenges of adults and elderly people and implement screenings, physical examinations and health coaching
- use flexible and individual health promotion methods in preventing clients’ lifestyle diseases and supporting them to take care of their chronic illnesses
- apply evidence based knowledge to planning, realising and evaluating health promotion while working with individuals, groups and communities
- implement nurse-physician pair work and team and network methods in public health nursing
- utilise wellbeing technology and learn principles of wellbeing entrepreneurship while working in public health nursing
- acknowledge economic and social responsibility in their work and utilise diverse local wellbeing clusters and clients’ own networks

Content

4 credits of clinical training

- optional clinical training alternatively in following places:
• adult counselling, health clinics / self-care counselling,
• elderly counselling / home nursing
• student health care
• organisational activities
• entrepreneurship, private health service