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Health Promoting Care at Different Ages (5 cr)

Code: VÅV22HF02-3005

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2024 - 20.04.2025

Timing

21.04.2025 - 30.05.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning

Unit

Faculty of Health and Welfare

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Seats

10 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing
  • Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing
  • Degree Programme in Midwifery

Teachers

  • Anna-Lena Nieminen
  • Anita Wikberg

Teacher in charge

Anna-Lena Nieminen

Groups

  • UBM23D-V
    Barnmorska (YH), h23, dagstudier, Vasa
  • UHV23D-V
    Hälsovårdare (YH), h23, dagstudier, Vasa

Objective

The student:
- understands the importance of human sexuality and can consider sexuality as an integral part of man, health and care
- can account for basic knowledge about pregnancy, childbirth and postpartal period
- can account for children's and young people's normal physical and mental development and health to distinguish abnormalities
- can apply a health-promoting approach to work with children, young people, adults, pregnant or new parents
- knows and can identify health problems, health risks and risk environments that affect children, adolescents and families
- has basic knowledge of adult health care including various screening examinations and understands the importance of occupational safety and health
- knows health technology solutions in health-promoting care
- can collaborate in interprofessional teams

Content

Human sexuality
The normal pregnancy, childbirth and post partal period
Development of children and young people
Follow-up of children's and young people's health
Adult health care and screenings
Health technology
Interprofessional collaboration

Location and time

Novia, Alere, Vaasa
Spring 2025

Materials

Maternity care:
Borgfeldt m.fl. 2019. Obstetrik och gynekologi. För sjuksköterskor. Lund: Studentlitteratur. (ch. 1-8,12)
Tapanainen, J., Heikinheimo, O.,Mäkikallio, K.; Aaltonen, R. 2019. Naistentaudit ja synnytykset. Helsinki: Duodecim.
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
THL. 2023. We're having a baby. Available on: http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-343-575-9 (available online)
THL.2023. Data base Neuko (replace Guiden för mödrarådgivningar från 2015) Tillgänglig från: https://thl.fi/sv/web/barn-unga-och-familjer/social-och-halsovardstjanster/modra-och-barnradgivning/databasen-neuko

STM Arbetslivet 2023 (valda artiklar)
Företagshälsovård 1383/2001 Finlex
Hälso-och sjukvårdslag 1326/2010 Finlex
THLs material gällande screeningsundersökningar och
STM publikation 18:2014 Screening i Finland 2014. Nuläge för screening inom hälso- och sjukvården och framtidsutsikter

Teaching methods

Lectures, discussion, demonstration, group work,video

Employer connections

-

Exam schedules

Written exam last lecture

International connections

-

Completion alternatives

Validation according to Novia's general instructions
Exam
Two retakes possible

Student workload

27 h/cr, 5 cr= 135h

Content scheduling

-

Further information

-

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 written work
The student has followed the instructions and their 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' written work. The student has followed the instructions for the written work. They 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 work
The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written work. The student master the substance of his work, but the application is limited

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

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

Criteria for evaluation of written work individually or in groups
The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows that she has mastered the substance. They have read the other participants' written work and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar. The written work 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 written work and shows that she has mastered the substance. They have read the other participants' work and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar.

Qualifications

VÅV22GV01/BM22GV01/HVV22GV01 The Profession of Nurse, The Profession of Nurse and Midwife, The Profession of Nurse and Public Health Nurse
VÅV22HF01 Basics of Health Promoting Care