Skip to main content

PHHMS22HKI-(SH) Palliative and spiritual nursing (5cr)

Code: PHH0005A20S-3010

General information


Enrollment
01.03.2022 - 18.03.2022
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
22.08.2022 - 30.09.2022
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
4 cr
Virtual portion
1 cr
Mode of delivery
Blended learning
Unit
Terveys- ja kirkonala
Campus
Helsinki
Teaching languages
Finnish
Seats
0 - 333
Degree programmes
BA in Health Care
Teachers
Virve Valkeavuori
Piia Kekäläinen
Groups
A50sh
A50sh
Course
PHH0005A20S

Unfortunately, no reservations were found for the realization PHHMS22HKI-(SH) Palliative and spiritual nursing PHH0005A20S-3010. It's possible that the reservations have not yet been published or that the realization is intended to be completed independently.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Objective

Students
- understand the value basis and principles of palliative and end-of-life care
- understand the different meanings of individual and community spirituality as well as nursing activities that promote coping and spiritual wellbeing
- know how to implement customer-oriented and symptom-based humane nursing to a patient who is terminally ill or dying and support their immediate circle
- know how to identify and encounter the patient’s and their immediate circle’s emotional, existential and spiritual needs in various life situations and utilise pastoral helping methods
- know how to plan multidisciplinary collaboration and network to support the patient’s and their immediate circle’s life management and quality of life
- know how to utilise third-sector services and activities in a customer-oriented manner in palliative nursing and when considering spiritual needs
- know how to apply current social services and healthcare programmes
- know how to assess and develop their readiness to encounter and help a dying patient and their immediate circle
- reflect on their worldview and relationship to spirituality and the effect they have when encountering patients in a holistic manner
- are familiar with national and international research on the topic

Content

- palliative nursing and end-of-life care: central concepts, values and principles
- view of humans, spiritual needs, spiritual wellbeing and malaise
- customer-orientation and treatment of symptoms
- central matters in an end-of-life treatment plan, advance directive
- signs of impending death
- multidisciplinary collaboration, service coordination and third sector
- current measure programmes
- assistance methods within nursing and pastoral care in end-of-life care
- supporting the patient’s immediate circle
- student’s readiness to support the spirituality of an individual and community
- current national and international research data

Qualifications

Ei edellytä aiempia opintoja.

Go back to top of page