Basics of Clinical Nursing 1Laajuus (6 cr)

Objectives

The student
-has the basic knowledge of patient’s needs related to rest, nutrition, elimination, cleanliness, exercise, interactions and sexuality and has the nursing skills to help meeting these needs and knows how to promote health on these areas
-knows the principles of rehabilitative nursing care
-knows the principles of ergonomics in nursing and knows how to utilize them as assisting the patient
-knows the principles and main concepts of health promoting nutrition as per national nutrition recommendations
-is able to recognize adult patients’ need for nutritional guidance
-is able to instruct how to carry out a health promoting nutrition or specific nutrition plan needed as part of disease management
-is able to assess the patients’ risk for malnutrition
-is able to implement enhanced nutrition care as part of nursing care
-takes responsibility on his/her learning and actions during small-group learning activities and commits himself/herself to
goal oriented problem solving process in small-group education

Content

-Human basic needs: Rest, exercise, nutrition, elimination, cleanliness, interactions and sexuality and health promotion on these areas
-Ergonomic way of working
-Rehabilitative way of working as assisting the patient
-Nursing skills related to cleanliness, integumentary care, nutrition, exercise and elimination
-Finnish nutrition recommendations
-Nutrition care in the most common problems of public health
- Adult’s need for energy and main nutrients
-The most common special diets
-Recognition and care of malnutrition

Prerequisites

None