Public Health Nursing with Elderly People (5 cr)
Code: AH00CA48-3007
General information
Enrollment
20.11.2023 - 05.01.2024
Timing
26.02.2024 - 28.04.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Faculty of Health Care and Social Services (LAB)
Campus
Lappeenranta Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Bachelor's Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing (in Finnish)
Teachers
- Tiina Simola
- Jonna Hämäläinen
Groups
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HLPRTH22K
Learning outcomes
The student is able to
- promote the overall well-being of an elderly person and their family and evaluate the factors affecting it
- apply preventive approach in public health nursing for elderly and explain the characteristics of the health counseling for elderly people
- explain the content and meaning of competence in aging and age-friendliness from the perspectives of individual and community and how to promote them
- support the involvement, equality and activity of an elderly person in a community and society
Implementation and methods of teaching
100% independent online study course
Learning material and recommended literature
Materials in moodle
Learning environment
Moodle
Student time use and work load
5op= 5x 27h the student`s work
Contents
Learning objectives of the study course:
The student can:
- promote the comprehensive well-being of the elderly person and his family and evaluate the factors affecting it
- applies a preventive approach in the work of a health nurse for the elderly and explains the special features of health counseling for the elderly
- explains the content and meaning of age competence and age-friendliness for both individuals and communities and how to promote them
- support the inclusion, equality and agency of the elderly in the community and society
Assessment scale
Approved/Failed