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Nursing at a Health and Social Services Center (3 cr)

Code: 7Q00FP81-3002

General information


Enrolment period

02.07.2023 - 31.07.2023

Timing

01.08.2023 - 31.12.2023

Credits

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Nursing

Campus

TAMK Main Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor's Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Tuuli Uusitalo
  • Riikka Pelkonen
  • Miia Koskela

Person in charge

Riikka Pelkonen

Small groups

  • Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 13. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Pienryhmä 2 (Size: 13. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • 21NURKEN

Small groups

  • Small group 1
  • Small group 2

Objectives (course unit)

Student
- is able to assess and document the need for client care
- is able to apply customer-oriented methods of health promotion and self-care guidance in digital, remote and reception situations
- is able to plan, implement and evaluate the client's nursing work and guidance using evidence-based information customer data and genomic data and multidisciplinary cooperation.
- is able to utilize national health services in his / her work
- know the reasons for environmental health hazards and risks and how to act in emergency situations
- is able to reflect what he has learned

Content (course unit)

- the process of assessing the need for care in different client contacts
- urgency and customer assessment
- nursing documentation at the reception
- methods of health promotion, self-care support, motivational interview, preparatory lifestyle guidance and group counseling, and interprofessional cooperation
- nursing and nursing documentation in a client-centered nursing process
- the use of wellness technology and genomic data to promote the client's health and treat illness
- Omaolo, Health Village Care Trails, 116117, Care Chains
- the role and activity of the nurse in environmental health emergencies
- specific nutrition issues

Prerequisites (course unit)

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

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

Student
- is able to assess the need and urgency of the client's care in normal situations
- is able to document a client visit using the instructions for documentation of primary health care
- know the main principles of health promotion and support for self-care and identify opportunities for benefiting genomic data
- is able to plan, implement and evaluate nursing work and document it according to the process using instructions
- is able to name professional groups related to the client's process and their roles in care and guidance
- know national health services
- know the operating principles in exceptional situations related to environmental health
- is able to evaluate his / her guidance skills and activities under supervision

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

Student
- is able to assess the need and urgency of client care in a client-oriented, individual and using evidence-based information
- is able to plan, implement and evaluate nursing work and document nursing work in a customer-oriented manner and using digital information sources and identify opportunities for benefiting genomic data
- is able to implement health-promoting guidance and support the client's self-care using client-oriented methods, taking into account the multidisciplinary professionals involved in the client's care
- is able to utilize national health services in guidance and care
- know the operating principles in exceptional situations related to environmental health
- is able to evaluate his / her guidance skills and activities in a variety of ways

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Student
- is able to evaluate, together with the client, the need and urgency of the client's care in a client-oriented, individual and evidence-based manner
- is able to plan, implement and evaluate nursing work in a customer-oriented and individual way, using diverse information sources, genomic data and methods
- is able to implement client-oriented health-promoting guidance and support the client's self-care in a variety of ways, using various methods, multi-professionalism and networks
- is able to apply the national health care service in a versatile and customer-oriented manner in the client's guidance and care
- is able to apply the operating principles in various exceptional situations related to environmental health
-is able to evaluate their management skills and operations and develop them creatively and customer-oriented

Location and time

Execution time 1.8. - 1.10.2023.

Orientation lesson 17.8.2023 is mandatory. Orientation to clinical training (skill training at TAMK and Taitokeskus) and small group work (assessment of the need for treatment and case-based learning) are mandatory.
Exam 20.9.2023 (TAMK).

Changes are possible before the orientation lesson.

Exam schedules

Exam: 20.9.2022 (at TAMK). Grading scale 0-5.
Retakes on Electronic Exam Service (Exam):
1. retake weeks 43-44
2. retake week 48-49

Assessment methods and criteria

Part 1: Nursing at a Health and Social Services Center (theory lessons and exam) - exam grades 0-5

Part 2: Environmental healthcare case work (cbcl) - 100% presence, active participation, pass/fail

Part 3: Independent work and assignments - pass/fail

Part 4: Assessment of the need for treatment - 100% presence, active participation, pass/fail

Part 5: Intradermal injection and vaccination (skill training at TAMK 2 hours) - 100% presence, active participation, pass/fail

Part 6: Clinical skills (skill training at Taitokeskus 4 hours) - 100% presence, active participation, pass/fail

Assignments returned late or not completed and not participating in the teaching in accordance with the criteria may affect the numerical evaluation of the course.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Lectures, case-based learning, independent work and assignments, orientation to clinical training (skill training)

Learning materials

Materials in Moodle.

Student workload

Requires 3 x 27h = 81 hours of student’s work

Content scheduling

Part 1: Nursing at a Health and Social Services Center (theory lessons and exam)
Part 2: Environmental healthcare case work (cbcl)
Part 3: Independent work and assignments
Part 4: Assessment of the need for treatment
Part 5: Intradermal injection and vaccination (skill training at TAMK 2 hours)
Part 6: Clinical skills (skill training at Taitokeskus 4 hours)

Further information

Changes are possible before the orientation lesson.

Mandatory attendance: orientation, environmental health case-based learning (cbcl), HTA-lesson (assessment of the need for treatment), orientation to clinical training at TAMK and Taitokeskus and exam.