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

Objectives (course unit)

The goal of the course is to develop fundamental competence in assessing the need for care and urgency, as well as in comprehensive care for long-term ill patients and guidance for self-care in primary healthcare.

After completing the course, the student
• can assess and document the client's need for care and urgency.
• can apply client-centered methods for health promotion and self-care support, as well as epidemiological and genomic information in reception situations.
• understands the importance of planned care for clients with multiple illnesses and can apply the health benefit model in client care.
• identifies potential health risks and hazards arising from the environment.

Content (course unit)

• Assessment and documentation of the need for care and urgency in various customer contacts.
• Health promotion utilizing epidemiology and genomic information, as well as support for self-care.
• Chronic care model and planned care for clients with multiple illnesses.
• Environment-related health risks.

Prerequisites (course unit)

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

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

The student
• Can assess and document the client's need for care and urgency.
• Understands the key principles of health promotion and supporting self-care and recognizes the possibilities of utilizing epidemiology and genomic information in client guidance.
• Can carry out nursing care for clients with multiple illnesses.
• Is aware of environmental health-related risks.

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

The student
• Can assess and document the client's need for care and urgency in a client-centered manner.
• Can provide health-promoting guidance and support for client self-care using client-centered methods utilizing epidemiology and genomic information .
• Can plan and implement nursing care for clients with multiple illnesses.
• Understands environmental health-related risks and can apply this knowledge in client guidance.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
• Can assess and document the client's need for care and urgency in a client-centered and individualized manner.
• Can provide client-centered health promotion guidance and support for client self-care comprehensively, using various methods, information sources, epidemiology and genomic information.
• Can plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for clients with multiple illnesses.
• Has a broad understanding of environmental health-related risks and can apply this knowledge in a client-centered manner in guidance and care.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

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