Public Health Nursing of School-Aged Children, Adolescents and Students (3cr)

Objectives

Students
- evaluate and support pupils’ health, growth and development
- cooperate with parents and support their educational task
- evaluate and promote adolescents’ physical, psychological, social and emotional wellbeing in growth and school environment
- support adolescents’ maturation and prevent their social exclusion
- understand youth as a life period and understand its special characteristics taking advantage of them while working as a public health nurse
- support young persons in taking care of their own health and illness in cooperation with parents and other professionals
- recognise and take care of symptoms of school-aged children and their families in time and consult an expert and refer to follow-up treatment if needed
- evaluate students’ health, resources and wellbeing in school environment and support students’ and study communities’ wellbeing in cooperation with others

Content

- public health nursing of school aged children
- public health nursing of adolescents
- youth as a period of moving to working life
- youth cultures, sexuality, eating problems, health practices
- public health nursing and social work with school-aged children and pupils
- cooperation with parents
- networking with youth work and creating new forms of cooperation
- public health nursing of students

Prerequisites

Clinical professional studies of the degree programme and anatomy and physiology (135 cr)