Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- understands promotion of holistic health and functional ability as a part of nursing
- understand the importance of individual engagement and self-care as a promoter of health lifestyle
- knows the different levels of health promotion
- knows importance of mental health for individuals, groups and communities
- is able to promote and observe issues related to physical, mental and social health and functional ability
- knows the impact of falling ill on health and functional ability of individuals and families
- become trained in a patient guidance and knows how to use structured health inquiries in guidance
- is able to describe the connection between mental factors and health
- knows human mental development at different ages

Content (course unit)

- health and functional ability promotion
- supporting the individuals own choice
- different levels of health promotion
- health equality and promotion of health equality
- protective and risk factors in mental health
- health and functional resources and their promotion, observation and performance measurement criteria (RAI)
- prevention and early intervention of diseases and addictions
- structured inquiries in patient guidance, how to use 5 A’s protocol in mini-intervention, guidance when confronting addictions and promoting addictions, nurses own emotions connection to professional actions in guidance
- impact of falling ill on health of individuals and families, illness as a crisis, steps in crises
- health psychological perspective on promotion of health and functional ability
- developmental psychological perspective on promotion of health and functional ability

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

The student
- is able to promote and observe issues related to health and functional ability from the viewpoint of individuals and families;
- knows the impact of falling ill on health and functional ability of individuals and families;
- knows addiction as a phenomenon and methods of preventing addictive behaviour;
- knows the meaning of patient guidance and the most common structured health inquiries
- knows the connection between psychological factors and health;
- knows human mental development at different ages
- knows genetics and genome knowledge main concepts
- understands principles in genetic legislation and ethics

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

The student
- is able to describe health and functional ability issues from the viewpoint of individuals and families
- is able to describe effects of falling ill on individuals’ and families’ health and functional ability
- is able to identify addictive behaviour and knows how to prevent it
- understands the meaning of patient guidance and the use of structured health inquiries in patient guiding
- is able to identify the connection between psychological factors and human health
- is able to identify issues related to human mental development at different ages.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- is able to describe and analyse diverse issues related to health and functional ability from the viewpoint of individuals and families
- is able to broadly describe effects of falling ill from the perspective of individuals and families based on theoretical knowledge
- is able to identify addictive behaviour and apply methods of preventing it
- is able to guide patient in different kind of situations and use structured inquiries
- is able to identify diverse connections between psychological factors and human health
- is able to broadly identify issues related to human mental development at different ages

Location and time

Spring 2022, TAMK.

Exam schedules

Psychology - individual exam on Monday 16.5.2022 in classroom (live)
re-exam I: week 23 in Exam-room
Re-exam II: week 32 in Exam-room

Nursing - individual exam
Exam: 9.5.-20.5.2022 in the exam environment
Retake I: in August 2022
Retake II: in September 2022

Assessment methods and criteria

Part 1 Nursing 1 cr. 0-5.
Osa 2. Psychology 1 cr. 0-5.
Osa 3. Small group work 1 cr. P/F. SMALL GROUP SEMINARS PARTICIPATION IS OBLIGATORY.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

The teaching methods may include:
Class room teaching, group tasks, group work, guided independent study, flipped-learning, case-based collaborative learning, drama, theme days, Moodle-courses

Learning materials

Nursing:

Leach, Richard M. Fundamentals of Health Promotion for Nurses, edited by Jane Wills, and Department of Geography Jane Wills, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tampere/detail.action?docID=1740476.

Lesson notes and other materials provided by the teacher during the course.

Psychology:
Lesson notes and there will be a book of Development stages Independent reading (ebook): Handbook of Psychology, Developmental Psychology. Weiner, I.B., Lerner, R.M., Easterbrooks, M.A. , Mistry, J. and Weiner I. PUBLISHER John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
pages: 59-514. (infancy and early childhood, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, aging/old age).

Student workload

3 credits = 3 x 27h = 81 hrs
Total work load for student is 81hours, out of which 63 hrs is independent study
ORIENTATION LESSONS (both nursing and psychology) are OBLIGATORY.

Content scheduling

Part 1: Nursing. Obligation to attend the Orientation lecture. Individual exam.
Part 2: Psychology. Obligation to attend the Orientation lecture. Group work and Individual exam.
Part 3: Small group work and seminars (participation obligatory). Small group work is integrated into the Orientation course in written communication. Working in small groups can have an increasing effect on your exam score. With small group work, it is possible to increase only the score of the first nursing exam. The points cannot be transferred to the following implementations.

Completion alternatives

N/A

Practical training and working life cooperation

N/A

Further information

Course objectives:
- understands promotion of holistic health and functional ability as a part of nursing
- understand the importance of individual engagement and self-care as a promoter of a healthy lifestyle
- knows the different levels of health promotion
- knows importance of mental health for individuals, groups and communities
- is able to promote and observe issues related to physical, mental and social health and functional ability
- knows the impact of falling ill on health and functional ability of individuals and families
- is trained in patient guidance and knows how to use structured health inquiries in guidance

Content:
- health and functional ability promotion
- supporting the individuals own choice
- different levels of health promotion
- health equality and promotion of health equality
- protective and risk factors in mental health
- health and functional resources and their promotion, observation and performance measurement criteria (RAI)
- prevention and early intervention of diseases and addictions
- structured inquiries in patient guidance, how to use 5 A’s protocol in mini-intervention, guidance when confronting addictions and promoting addictions, nurses own emotions connection to professional actions in guidance
- impact of falling ill on health of individuals and families, illness as a crisis, steps in crises
- health psychological perspective on promotion of health and functional ability
- developmental psychological perspective on promotion of health and functional ability
- is able to describe the connection between mental factors and health
- knows human mental development at different ages

ORIENTATION LESSONS (both nursing and psychology) and GROUP SEMINARS are compulsory and thus must be attended as part of successfully completing the course.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student
- is able to promote and observe issues related to health and functional ability from the viewpoint of individuals and families;
- knows the impact of falling ill on health and functional ability of individuals and families;
- knows addiction as a phenomenon and methods of preventing addictive behaviour;
- knows the meaning of patient guidance and the most common structured health inquiries
- knows the connection between psychological factors and health;
- knows human mental development at different ages
- knows genetics and genome knowledge main concepts
- understands principles in genetic legislation and ethics

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student
- is able to describe health and functional ability issues from the viewpoint of individuals and families
- is able to describe effects of falling ill on individuals’ and families’ health and functional ability
- is able to identify addictive behaviour and knows how to prevent it
- understands the meaning of patient guidance and the use of structured health inquiries in patient guiding
- is able to identify the connection between psychological factors and human health
- is able to identify issues related to human mental development at different ages.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student
- is able to describe and analyse diverse issues related to health and functional ability from the viewpoint of individuals and families
- is able to broadly describe effects of falling ill from the perspective of individuals and families based on theoretical knowledge
- is able to identify addictive behaviour and apply methods of preventing it
- is able to guide patient in different kind of situations and use structured inquiries
- is able to identify diverse connections between psychological factors and human health
- is able to broadly identify issues related to human mental development at different ages