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Nursing Care for the Child and FamilyLaajuus (6 cr)

Code: NU21AF15

Credits

6 op

Objective

The student will
- obtain knowledge of the specific prerequisites related to caring for children, adolescents and their families
- obtain knowledge of the specific prerequisites related to maternity care and can recognize normal pregnancy, birth and postpartum
- can recognize and give immediate first aid/care in complications during pregnancy, birth and postpartum and refer patients without delay to maternity care facilities
- obtain knowledge of the specific prerequisites related to neonatal care
- obtain knowledge of specific health risks related to children and adolescents and prepare to guide the child, adolescent and family in their decisions regarding health-promotion
- be able to use the nursing process as a framework for providing individualized care for patients, with consideration to the age-specific needs of the patient
- identify health problems involving the reproductive system and breasts
- use the nursing process as a framework for providing individualized care for patients with sexual-reproductive dysfunction
- prioritize the patient’s needs for nursing care, act correctly on those, and document them based on the national classification system
- prepare for guiding the patient in health promotion and prevention of complications
- identify the risk factors and complications related to STI
- apply insights into altered sexual-reproductive functions to all nursing contexts
- can care for patients with gynecological infections, tumors, bleeding disturbances, early pregnancy complications
- know and can give advice about family planning
- have awareness of sexual aspects including infertility in the human being
- treat the patient with respect and dignity
- be able to prioritize the patient’s needs for nursing care, act correctly on those needs, and document them based on the national classification system
- understand different cultural needs and learn to treat the patient, and the family, with dignity

Content

The student will
- obtain knowledge of the specific prerequisites related to caring for children, adolescents and their families
- obtain knowledge of the specific prerequisites related to maternity care and can recognize normal pregnancy, birth and postpartum
- can recognize and give immediate first aid/care in complications during pregnancy, birth and postpartum and refer patients without delay to maternity care facilities
- obtain knowledge of the specific prerequisites related to neonatal care
- obtain knowledge of specific health risks related to children and adolescents and prepare to guide the child, adolescent and family in their decisions regarding health-promotion
- be able to use the nursing process as a framework for providing individualized care for patients, with consideration to the age-specific needs of the patient
- identify health problems involving the reproductive system and breasts
- use the nursing process as a framework for providing individualized care for patients with sexual-reproductive dysfunction
- prioritize the patient’s needs for nursing care, act correctly on those, and document them based on the national classification system
- prepare for guiding the patient in health promotion and prevention of complications
- identify the risk factors and complications related to STI
- apply insights into altered sexual-reproductive functions to all nursing contexts
- can care for patients with gynecological infections, tumors, bleeding disturbances, early pregnancy complications
- know and can give advice about family planning
- have awareness of sexual aspects including infertility in the human being
- treat the patient with respect and dignity
- be able to prioritize the patient’s needs for nursing care, act correctly on those needs, and document them based on the national classification system
- understand different cultural needs and learn to treat the patient, and the family, with dignity

Qualifications

Medical/Surgical Nursing Care

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student has a superficial knowledge of the subject (by heart reading)

Assessment criteria for assignment:
The student has followed the instructions and her/his knowledge of the other students' work is inadequate. The student shows limited substance knowledge, it can be essential. The student shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' assignments. The student has followed the instructions for the assignment. She/He have a deficient knowledge of the substance also touching the essential

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student can account for the literature, reflect and motivate his/her views

Assessment criteria for written assignment:
The student has followed the instructions for the written assignment and shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written assignments. The student has mastered the substance of her/his work, but the application is limited

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student shows in her/his answer an in-depth knowledge and maturity beyond the traditional

Criteria for evaluation of assignment individually or in groups:
The student has followed the instructions for the assignment and shows that she/he has mastered the substance. She/he have read the other participants' assignments and can ask relevant questions and can lead a discussion at the seminar. The assignment and the possible opponentship show something out of the ordinary (technical execution, oral presentation, mature reflections, independent working methods)
The student has followed the instructions for the assignment and shows that she/he has mastered the substance. She/he have read the other participants' assignments and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar

Materials

See Moodle

Enrollment

15.06.2023 - 01.10.2023

Timing

02.10.2023 - 26.11.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

6 op

Virtual portion

2 op

Mode of delivery

67 % Contact teaching, 33 % Distance learning

Unit

Faculty of Health and Welfare

Teaching languages
  • English
Seats

0 - 35

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
  • Camilla Mattjus
  • Anna-Lena Nieminen
  • Pia Nygårdas
  • Anita Wikberg
Teacher in charge

Camilla Mattjus

Groups
  • NU21D-V
    Nursing, full time studies 2021, Vasa

Objective

The student will
- obtain knowledge of the specific prerequisites related to caring for children, adolescents and their families
- obtain knowledge of the specific prerequisites related to maternity care and can recognize normal pregnancy, birth and postpartum
- can recognize and give immediate first aid/care in complications during pregnancy, birth and postpartum and refer patients without delay to maternity care facilities
- obtain knowledge of the specific prerequisites related to neonatal care
- obtain knowledge of specific health risks related to children and adolescents and prepare to guide the child, adolescent and family in their decisions regarding health-promotion
- be able to use the nursing process as a framework for providing individualized care for patients, with consideration to the age-specific needs of the patient
- identify health problems involving the reproductive system and breasts
- use the nursing process as a framework for providing individualized care for patients with sexual-reproductive dysfunction
- prioritize the patient’s needs for nursing care, act correctly on those, and document them based on the national classification system
- prepare for guiding the patient in health promotion and prevention of complications
- identify the risk factors and complications related to STI
- apply insights into altered sexual-reproductive functions to all nursing contexts
- can care for patients with gynecological infections, tumors, bleeding disturbances, early pregnancy complications
- know and can give advice about family planning
- have awareness of sexual aspects including infertility in the human being
- treat the patient with respect and dignity
- be able to prioritize the patient’s needs for nursing care, act correctly on those needs, and document them based on the national classification system
- understand different cultural needs and learn to treat the patient, and the family, with dignity

Content

The student will
- obtain knowledge of the specific prerequisites related to caring for children, adolescents and their families
- obtain knowledge of the specific prerequisites related to maternity care and can recognize normal pregnancy, birth and postpartum
- can recognize and give immediate first aid/care in complications during pregnancy, birth and postpartum and refer patients without delay to maternity care facilities
- obtain knowledge of the specific prerequisites related to neonatal care
- obtain knowledge of specific health risks related to children and adolescents and prepare to guide the child, adolescent and family in their decisions regarding health-promotion
- be able to use the nursing process as a framework for providing individualized care for patients, with consideration to the age-specific needs of the patient
- identify health problems involving the reproductive system and breasts
- use the nursing process as a framework for providing individualized care for patients with sexual-reproductive dysfunction
- prioritize the patient’s needs for nursing care, act correctly on those, and document them based on the national classification system
- prepare for guiding the patient in health promotion and prevention of complications
- identify the risk factors and complications related to STI
- apply insights into altered sexual-reproductive functions to all nursing contexts
- can care for patients with gynecological infections, tumors, bleeding disturbances, early pregnancy complications
- know and can give advice about family planning
- have awareness of sexual aspects including infertility in the human being
- treat the patient with respect and dignity
- be able to prioritize the patient’s needs for nursing care, act correctly on those needs, and document them based on the national classification system
- understand different cultural needs and learn to treat the patient, and the family, with dignity

Location and time

Autumn 2023, at Campus Alere, Novia

Materials

MATERNITY CARE
Lewis, L. Ed. (2015). Fundamentals of Midwifery A textbook for students. Wiley Blackwell. (chapters 5-10 for written exam, chapter 12 optional for family planning) Available on: http://ezproxy.novia.fi:2052/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=936288&site=ehost-live

National Institute for Health and Welfare. 2020. We're having a baby a guidebook for expectant parents. Available at: https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-343-575-9

Berman, A,. Snyder S. 2016 or later edition. Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing Concepts, Process and Practice. 10th ed. Upper Saddle River, N. J. Chapter 21

GYNECOLOGICAL CARE AND SEXUALITY
LeMone, P., Burke, M., Bauldoff,G. & Gubrud, R. 2015 or later edition. Medical-Surgical Nursing. Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care. 6th ed. New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc. pp. ch 47: 1542-1554, ch 49, 50

Berman, A,. Snyder S. 2016 or later edition. Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing Concepts, Process and Practice. 10th ed. Upper Saddle River, N. J. : Pearson, cop, chapter 40. Available as e-book

https://www.skhole.fi/best-healthcare-education-in-the-world.html



CHILD, ADOLESCENT AND NEONATAL CARE
Quick Reference Guide to Pediatric Care
Deepak M. Kamat, Kelly J. Kelleher, Henry M. Adam, Rebecca A. Baum, Jatinder Bhatia, Deborah E. Campbell, Donna M. D'Alessandro, Thomas G. DeWitt, Jane Meschan Foy, and Athra Kaviani
Neonatology at a Glance
https://ezproxy.novia.fi:2268/lib/novia-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4038516
Atlas of Procedures in Neonatology
https://ezproxy.novia.fi:2268/lib/novia-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3417876
Nursing the Neonate
https://ezproxy.novia.fi:2268/lib/novia-ebooks/detail.action?docID=707872
Martin, G. I. & Rosenfeld, W. (2018). Common problems in the newborn nursery: An evidence and case-based guide.
https://tritonia.finna.fi/novia/Record/tria.364332
Ball, J. Bindler, R., Cowen, K.& Shaw M.(2017) Principles of Pediatric Nursing. Caring for Children. Pearson Education, Seventh Edition.
Leifer, G. (2015). Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing. Elsevier, Seventh Edition.
National Institute for health and Welfare. www.thl.fi. Schoolhealth.

Teaching methods

In class teaching and workshops

Employer connections

-

Exam schedules

workshop 2xr
written exam 2cr
Group work or individual work 2cr

Completion alternatives

Written exam on the last lecture of the course
Retake exam 1 and 2 on general exam days, see Moodle
Deadline for sexuality assignment . See Moodle

Student workload

27h/cr

Further information

Content of the course will be written in the Moodle course.
The sexuality part will not be included in the exam.
Group works are not compulsory, and will be done mainly during lectures,
However the content of them will be included in the exam

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student has a superficial knowledge of the subject (by heart reading)

Assessment criteria for assignment:
The student has followed the instructions and her/his knowledge of the other students' work is inadequate. The student shows limited substance knowledge, it can be essential. The student shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' assignments. The student has followed the instructions for the assignment. She/He have a deficient knowledge of the substance also touching the essential

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student can account for the literature, reflect and motivate his/her views

Assessment criteria for written assignment:
The student has followed the instructions for the written assignment and shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written assignments. The student has mastered the substance of her/his work, but the application is limited

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam:
The student shows in her/his answer an in-depth knowledge and maturity beyond the traditional

Criteria for evaluation of assignment individually or in groups:
The student has followed the instructions for the assignment and shows that she/he has mastered the substance. She/he have read the other participants' assignments and can ask relevant questions and can lead a discussion at the seminar. The assignment and the possible opponentship show something out of the ordinary (technical execution, oral presentation, mature reflections, independent working methods)
The student has followed the instructions for the assignment and shows that she/he has mastered the substance. She/he have read the other participants' assignments and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar

Qualifications

Medical/Surgical Nursing Care