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Nutrition, Diets and Health Education (3 cr)

Code: NU15HS04-3003

General information


Enrollment

11.06.2021 - 30.09.2021

Timing

30.08.2021 - 03.10.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Health and Welfare

Campus

Vasa, Wolffskavägen 31

Teaching languages

  • English

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Anna-Lena Nieminen
  • Pia Nygårdas

Groups

  • NU20D-V
    Nursing, full time studies 2020, Vasa

Objective

The student will:
- be able to identify essential nutrients and their dietary sources
- be able to describe normal digestion, absorption and the metabolism of vitamins, carbohydrates, proteins and lipids
- be able to identify factors influencing nutrition
- be able to identify nutritional variations throughout the life span
- become familiar with eating disorders and therapies related to these
- become familiar with diets related to illness and disease
- be able to guide patients concerning nutritional issues
- be able to apply evidence-based nursing care and the nursing process to nursing care related to nutritional problems

Content

The student will:
- be able to identify essential nutrients and their dietary sources
- be able to describe normal digestion, absorption and the metabolism of vitamins, carbohydrates, proteins and lipids
- be able to identify factors influencing nutrition
- be able to identify nutritional variations throughout the life span
- become familiar with eating disorders and therapies related to these
- become familiar with diets related to illness and disease
- be able to guide patients concerning nutritional issues
- be able to apply evidence-based nursing care and the nursing process to nursing care related to nutritional problems

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

Health Promotion and Illness Prevention
The Nursing Process