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Elderly Care and Case Management (6 cr)

Code: NU21PR08-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.12.2023 - 03.04.2024

Timing

01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

6 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Health and Welfare

Teaching languages

  • English
  • Svenska

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Anna-Lena Nieminen
  • Marica Hinders
  • Jannica Andtfolk
  • Nina Vestö

Teacher in charge

Marica Hinders

Groups

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

Objective

The student will be able to:
- take part in a multiprofessional team and create a natural caring relationship with the patient
- communicate with patients and colleagues in Swedish or Finnish, the main supervision will be carried out in Swedish or Finnish
- follow the general rules and routines in a working environment
- independently assess the patient´s caring needs, plan for interventions, as well as take part in the implementation of the plan and the evaluation of the given nursing care
- make decisions concerning the patient´s individual nursing care, under supervision and with increasing independence
- implement the nursing process for patients with multiple diseases and understand holisitic care
- document and give verbal reports of given nursing care, under supervision and with increasing independence
- understand the administration of a ward, perform necessary procedures when receiving and discharging a patient
- is able to guide team members in nursing care

Content

Practice in patient-centered nursing care

Location and time

Spring semester 2024 or fall semester 2024

Teaching methods

Practice in patient-centered nursing care

The course consists of three parts
- Internship 2 weeks
- Work 1 week - to be validated
- Resuscitation week 1 sp

Student workload

1 credit 27h
6 credits 162h

Further information

Students taking the course in the spring semester do it in the same period as Mental Health and Addictive Behavior and Home and Rehabilitative Nursing Care.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

See separate framework for evaluation

Qualifications

Mental Health and Addictive Behavior
Medical Nursing Care
Surgical Nursing Care
Home and Rehabilitative Nursing Care

Further information

Only for degree students
Not possible to validate
Can be done abroad and as an exchange student