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Nursing a Child and Family who is Suddenly Ill and Needs Intensive Care (4 cr)

Code: 7K00FP37-3001

General information


Enrolment period

03.04.2024 - 18.08.2024

Timing

12.08.2024 - 10.11.2024

Credits

4 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Nursing

Campus

TAMK Main Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing and Health Care, Nursing

Teachers

  • Maaret Salminen
  • Hoitotyö Luennoitsija
  • Stiina Storvik-Sydänmaa
  • Katariina Kunnas

Groups

  • 22SHLAS1
  • 21SHLAS2

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- knows the basics of ethical practice related to his / her profession and is able to apply evidence-based information in the care of a suddenly ill and intensive care child and family as a member of a multi-professional working group
- is able to support and guide the family individually in parenting, raising children and young people and in healthy lifestyles, and to identify related risk factors on a situation-by-situation basis, taking into account the needs and resources of families
- be able to assess the need for care of a suddenly ill child and family in need of intensive care, and plan and implement treatment using evidence-based information
-is able to individually and on the basis of evidence guide a suddenly ill and intensive child and family during the care process, taking into account the play in the care of children and young people of different ages and the effect of genetic information
- know the care paths of children who are suddenly ill and need intensive care
- is able to apply his / her knowledge of sudden and intensive care diseases of children when performing nursing work
- knows and is able to safely administer medication and fluids to a child who is suddenly ill and requires intensive care
- know the importance of evidence-based nursing in the care of children and families and in the development of the work community
- is responsible for the theoretical development of his / her own skills in the care of a suddenly ill child and family requiring intensive care

Content (course unit)

- äkillisesti sairastuneen ja tehohoitoa vaativan lapsen hoitotyö, hoitoprosessi ja hoitopolut
- sairaan vastasyntyneen ja keskosen hoitotyö
- hoitotyö lapsen ja nuoren kirurgisissa sairauksissa
- keskosten ja vastasyntyneiden sairaudet
- lasten akuutit ja kirurgiset sairaudet
- lastensuojelu hoitotyössä
- lapsen ja perheen tukeminen äkillisessä sairaudessa
- lapsen ja perheen erilaiset ohjausmenetelmät ja valmistaminen hoitoon sekä leikki lasten ja nuorten hoitotyössä
- lapsen kivunhoidon erityiskysymykset
- lapsen ja nuoren lääke- ja nestehoito
- ABCDEF-, tutkimus- ja hoitomenetelmät ja eri-ikäisen lapsen hoitoelvytys
- kuolevan lapsen ja hänen perheensä hoitotyö
- moniammatillisuus lasten hoitotyössä
- oman ammatti-identiteetin kehittyminen ja työyhteisötaidot

Prerequisites (course unit)

At the beginning of alternative professional studies, the student must have completed 135 cr of studies. These should include nursing for children and young people theoretical studies, studies in anatomy and physiology and minimum six supervised clinical training courses.

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

The student
- knows the basics of ethical activity related to his / her profession and is able to satisfactorily apply evidence-based information in the care of a long-term and neurologically ill child and family as a member of a multi-professional working group
- knows satisfactorily support and guidance family in parenting, child and youth education and healthy lifestyles, and recognizes and knows related risk factors
- is able to satisfactorily assess the need for care for a long-term and neurologically ill child and family, and to plan and implement treatment applying evidence-based information
- is able to guide a long-term and neurologically ill child and family during the treatment process, taking into account satisfactorily the play in the care of children and young people of different ages and the effect of genetic information
- satisfactorily knows the different treatment pathways for children with long-term and neurological illness
- is able to satisfactorily apply his / her knowledge of long-term and neurological diseases in children when performing nursing work
- knows and is able to safely implement medication and fluid therapy for a long-term and neurologically ill child.
- recognizes the importance of evidence-based nursing in nursing children and families and in developing the work community
- is responsible for the theoretical development of his / her own skills in nursing a long-term sick child and family

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

The student
- knows the basics of ethical activities related to his / her profession and is able to apply well evidence-based information in the care of a long-term and neurologically ill child and family as a member of a multi-professional working group
- is able to support and guide the family individually in parenting, raising children and young people and in healthy lifestyles, and to identify related risk factors on a situation-by-situation basis, taking into account the needs and resources of families
- be able to assess the need for long-term and neurologically ill child and family care, and plan and implement treatment using evidence-based information
- is able to individually and evidence-based guide a long-term and neurologically ill child and family during the treatment process, taking into account the play in the care of children and adolescents of different ages and the effect of genetic information
- know the different treatment pathways for long-term and neurologically ill children
- is able to apply his / her knowledge of long-term and neurological diseases in children well when performing nursing work
- knows and is able to safely implement medication and fluid therapy for a long-term and neurologically ill child
- know the importance of evidence-based nursing in the care of children and families and in the development of the work community
- is responsible for the theoretical development of his / her own skills in nursing a long-term sick child and family

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- knows the basics of ethical activity related to his / her profession and is able to apply commendably evidence-based information in the care of a long-term and neurologically ill child and family as a member of a multi-professional working group
- is able to support and individually guide the family in parenting, child and youth education and healthy lifestyles, and to identify related risk factors on a situation-by-situation basis, taking into account the needs and resources of families
- is able to commendably assess the need for long-term and neurologically ill child and family care, and to plan and implement treatment using evidence-based information
- is able to guide a long-term and neurologically ill child and family during the treatment process on a situation-specific and individual basis and on the basis of evidence, taking into account the play in the care of children and adolescents of different ages and the impact of genetic information
- is commendably aware of the different treatment pathways for chronically and neurologically ill children
- is able to apply her/his knowledge of long-term and neurological diseases in children with admirable care when performing nursing work
- knows and is able to safely implement medication and fluid therapy for a long-term and neurologically ill child
- know and be able to justify the importance of evidence-based nursing in the care of children and families and the development of the work community
- is responsible for the theoretical development of his / her own skills in nursing a long-term sick child and family

Assessment scale

0-5