Guided Practice in Promoting Health and Functional Capacity in Home Care and Gerontological Nursing (10cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

You understand the process of ageing as part of a person’s life span. You are familiar with the knowledge and value base of geriatric nursing, You are familiar with the evidence-based nursing care recommendations and methods. You are familiar with the most common geriatric diseases and conditions and the related medical care process. are able to professionally communicate with the elderly patient and his/her family. You are able to make relevant decisions and apply various teaching and guiding methods by using also digital services. You are able to implement resource oriented and multi-professional rehabilitative nursing care with elderly and other clients with special needs. You can apply wellness technology and you know the principles and methods of palliative and end of life care nursing.

Content

Tieto puuttuu

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The practical training to promote professional competence is evaluated on a simple scale of pass–fail (H–0)
Pass:
- The student observes the shared rules of the unit.
- The students appropriately fills in the practical training documents and returns them.
- The student hands in the requisite exercises in accordance with the agreed upon schedule.
- The student participates in guidance discussions and assessments in accordance with the agreed upon practices.
- The student’s activities at the unit are responsible and safety to patients.
- The student prepares personal competence goals for the practical training and assesses their attainment.

Fail:
- The student does not observe the shared rules of the unit.
- The student does not hand in the requisite exercises in accordance with the agreed upon schedule.
- The student neglects guidance and assessment discussions.
- The student does not perform nursing tasks in a responsible manner that is safe to patients.
- The student is incapable of receiving guidance.
- The student fails to achieve the goals set for the practical training.

Qualifications

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Further information

Notice: you must have the following courses done within the degree regulations:
- decision making process in clinical nursing
- clinical competence in medical and surgical nursing
The exam can still be undone.
When the time is up (30.4.) to enroll, the supervising teacher will send you email and ask you to inform where you are going to do the training during summer.
Medical calculation considering geriatric nursing must be done. The supervising teacher will inform about this in May 2020. Exams are held in Moodle-environment.
Students are also recommended to get familiar with the theory considering geriatric nursing before the practice period.