Curricula
Description
OS00DY26 | Palliative nursing and hospice care (5 cr) |
Prerequisites | Not applicable |
Objectives | -Understand the importance of key laws and recommendations governing palliative and end-of-life care and the importance of a advance care plan in the overall care of a patient in palliative care. -I can plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive symptom management for palliative care patients using symptom indicators and evidence-based methods and act in accordance with ethical values and principles in care situations -Ability to use psychosocial, existential and spiritual support methods to support patients and their relatives and to act as a nursing expert in a multi-professional team |
Content | - Key concepts in palliative and hospice care - Legislation and recommendations governing palliative and hospice care - Care guidelines and advance care planning - The three-tiered model of palliative and hospice care - Home hospice care - Mechanisms of onset and medical and non-medical management of the most common symptoms in patients in palliative care - Self-report surveys and indicators - Non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatment of pain and specific methods of pain management - Comprehensive encounter with palliative and terminal patients and their relatives, dialogue and acknowledgement of difficult issues - Forms of support (psycho-social, informative, emotional, psychological, spiritual, existential and practical) - Multidisciplinary cooperation in the overall care and support of palliative and terminal patients |
Recommended optional programme components | If necessary, the student advisor will recommend optional programme components for each student based on their individual study plan. |
Accomplishment methods | Not applicable |
Execution methods | Not applicable |
Materials | Not applicable |
Literature | Not applicable |
Evaluation Criteria | 0-5 |
Evaluation Criteria |
satisfactory (1-2) -Understand the concepts of palliative and hospice care and know the main laws and recommendations governing palliative and hospice care. - Knowledge of palliative and hospice care policies and treatment boundaries, and the importance of proactive care planning and the will to care for the patient - I can use individual symptom indicators and questionnaires to assess a patient's symptoms -Know the different methods of medical and non-medical treatment -Know the individual needs of patients and their relatives and know how to use psychosocial support methods to meet and support patients and their relatives - I am familiar with different communication methods and aids that support or replace speech - I know the possibilities of multidisciplinary cooperation in providing support to patients and their relatives - Understand the importance of well-being at work in palliative care good (3-4) - I understand and can explain the key concepts of palliative and hospice care -Understand palliative and end-of-life care policies and the boundaries of care, and the importance of proactive care planning and the will to care for the patient - Understand the role of symptom scales in the symptom assessment of patients in palliative care - Understand the principles of safe and effective medical and non-medical management of patients in palliative care -I can identify the individual needs of patients and their relatives and use psychosocial support methods to meet and support patients and their relatives - Understand the role of augmentative or alternative communication methods and aids in supporting patient communication - I understand the importance of multi-professional cooperation in the management of patient symptoms and in providing holistic support to the patient and their relatives excellent (5) - I can explain the key concepts of palliative and end-of-life care and make use of the laws and recommendations governing palliative and end-of-life care in nursing care - Understand palliative and hospice care policies and care boundaries and can explain the importance of proactive care planning and the will to care in patient care - I can comprehensively assess the symptoms of a patient in palliative care using appropriate symptom indicators and questionnaires - I can use a variety of evidence-based medical and non-medical treatments in the symptomatic management of palliative patients -I can identify the individual needs of patients and their relatives and can use different methods of psychosocial support in meeting patients and their relatives and providing them with comprehensive support -I can use a range of communication methods and aids to support patient communication, whether or not they are speech-assisted or substitutes - I can make use of the possibilities of multi-professional cooperation in the overall care of the patient and can work as a team member as a nursing expert - I know my own attitude to death and understand the importance of post-mortem work and well-being in palliative care |
Assessment Frameworks | Not applicable |
Further Information | Not applicable |
Responsible persons | Mari Vihelä, Pia Mäenpää |
Links | Not applicable |
Implementations
No implementations.
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