Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- knows how to support the growth and development of both healthy and sick children
- knows how to support and guide families in parenthood
- is able to recognize the risk factors related to parenthood, upbringing and healthy lifestyles
- is able, under supervision, as a member of a multidisciplinary team and in collaboration with the child and family, to assess the need for care, plan, implement and evaluate the paediatric care, by using evidence-based nursing
- knows the most common children's diseases.

Content (course unit)

- growth, development and fostering of a healthy child
- support for parenthood, risk factors related to children, and families’ wellbeing
- recognition of child abuse and early interventions
- children’s rights
- principles of paediatric nursing
- impact of a child’s disease on the child and family
- interaction, communication, guidance and play with the child/family in various situations of paediatric care
- paediatric and family nursing care and the most common paediatric diseases
- basics of nursing care for children with special needs
- the most common investigations and procedures of paediatric patients, as well as patient education and guidance related to them
- basics of paediatric medication management and IV fluid therapy and the principles of pain management for paediatric patients at different ages
- paediatric terminal care, death
- special issues in children's nutrition
- most common children's diseases

Prerequisites (course unit)

50 ects of first year studies completed, including Pharmacotherapy and Medical Calculations.

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

The student
- identifies evidence-based knowledge regarding children’s and adolescents’ nursing and paediatrics, as well as the special features of the field and the nursing process
- identifies the main features of the growth, development and care of a child at different ages, as well as the various aspects of support for the family
- correctly performs medication calculations and knows the basics of children's medicine and fluid therapy
- knows the changes in the child's condition in the most common children’s diseases and the impact of the child's illness on the everyday life of the family
- recognises guidance as an important aspect of children’s and adolecents’ nursing
- recognises play as an important aspect of children’s and adolecents’ nursing
- recognises the meaning of ethical principles in children’s nursing and family nursing
- recognises one's own interaction skills in children’s and adolecents’ nursing and in learning environments.

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

The student
- knows the special features of nursing care for children and adolescents and is able to apply evidence-based knowledge to the nursing care process for children and adolescents
- is able to evaluate the main characteristics of the growth, development and care of a child at different ages and the needs of the family
- correctly performs medication calculations and masters the basics of children's medication and fluid therapy
- regocnises the changes in the child's condition in the most common children’s diseases and is able to describe different assistive interventions and observation methods and is able to justify his/her choices
- understands the significance of the child's illness in the everyday life of the family
- knows how to apply ethical principles in the nursing of a child and a family
- understands the importance of guidance and is able to provide guidance in children’s and adolescent's nursing
- understands the importance of using play for paediatric nursing at different ages
- is able to cooperate responsibly and constructively and is ready to develop his/her interaction skills in the nursing and learning environments of children and adolescents.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- is able to utilise extensively his/her knowledge of children’s and adolescent nursing and paediatrics
- analyses the evidence-based knowledge in children’s and adolescents’ nursing and is able to apply the nursing process in both an individual and family-centred manner
- understands the changes in the child's condition in the most common children’s diseases and is able to find and justify different nursing interventions
- correctly performs medication calculations and masters the basics of children's medication and fluid therapy
- is able to apply creatively the ethical principles of nursing in caring for a child and a family
- is able to guide the children’s and adolescent nursing in a client-centred manner
- understands the importance of using play for paediatric nursing at different ages and is able to apply this knowledge
-is able to work in collaboration responsibly and constructively and to develop both his/her own and the group’s interaction skills in paediatric nursing and learning environments.

Exam schedules

Course test in the exam area 26.9.-3.10.2022
Re-exams in the EXAM-area
re-exam I from 31.10.to14.11.2022
re-exam II from 1.12.- 12.12. 2022

Assessment methods and criteria

Part 1 Paediatric Nursing and Paediatrics
-written graded exam (0-5) approved tasks.
Part 2 Live online/class room small group work with cases and presentation Seminar.
-Pass/fail. Passing requires 100% presence and active participation in live-online sessions/in class or approved compensatory tasks..
Part 3 Live online/class room small group work
-Pass/fail. Passing requires 100% presence and active participation in live-online sessions/in class or approved compensatory tasks.
Part 4:calculation Paediatric Nursing and Paediatrics
-Pass/fail. Passing requires approved calculation
Part 5 Nutrition
approved points (10/12)

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Lectures, small group work, pair work, independent studies and tasks, workshop, seminar (mandatory Orientation).

Learning materials

For Peadiatrics:
llustrated Textbook of Paediatrics. 2018. Lissauer, Tom and Carroll, Will. 5th edition. Saint Louis : Elsevier. 2018. eBook.
For Children's Nursing:
1)Developing Practical Skills for Nursing Children and Young People.2010.
Alan Glasper, Marion Aylott, and Cath Battrick. London, England : Hodder Arnold. eBook.
2) Developmental psychology.2013.Lerner, Richard M.Easterbrooks,
Mistry, Jayanthi.,Weiner, Irving B. eBook. Parts:Infancy and early childhood,Childhood,Adolescence
3) KELA website: If a child gets ill
4) Articles and websites appointed by teachers
5) Nutrition material on Moodle: 20NurseNutrition, Paediatric nursing. Study the material and take the exam. The exam is passed when you get a grade 10/12.

Student workload

Paediatric nursing and peadiatrics 4 credits: total of 108 hours including participation in teaching and independent studies. Live- remote teaching/ contact teaching 34 hrs, of which small group work 10 hrs and Orientation 2hrs. Independent studies 72 hrs including reading the study material, and preparations for small group work.

Mandatory sessions for all participants: Orientation in autumn 2022, Small group work -Cases, Calculations workshops in small groups and Cases presentations small group work according to timetable. Compensations for mandatory parts: Orientation: summary to Anna Rinne, Cases and seminar: creating a case independently on acute illness ( topic given by Sanna Eironen) with PEWS and preparing a ppt- presentation (min. 5 slides + reference slide) and providing feedback to every other presentations based on minumum of 2 references. Individual presentation and feedbacks are submitted to TUNI moodle by date given by Sanna Eironen. Calculation: submit all tasks (calculations and pharmacotherapy) to moodle's submission platform by agreed date.

Content scheduling

Part 1: Theory
Part 2: small group work cases and seminar
Part 3: small group work calculations, fluid therapy and development tasks
Part 4: calculation
Part 5:nutrition

Completion alternatives

Compensations for mandatory parts: Orientation: summary to Anna Rinne, Cases and seminar: creating a case independently on acute illness ( topic given by Tuuli.o.Uusitalo) with PEWS and preparing a ppt- presentation (min. 5 slides + reference slide) and providing feedback to every other presentations based on minumum of 2 references. Individual presentation and feedbacks are submitted to TUNI moodle 2 days before the seminar. Calculation: submit all tasks (calculations and pharmacotherapy) to moodle's submission platform by 5.9.