CLI4PS24HKI Clinical care IV: Home care and outpatient care (5op)

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Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to:

- use evidence based caring science in the home care and outpatient care context

- understand for community care, outpatient care, the meaning of the home and the relatives for the patient

- see the collaboration between hospital- and outpatients care and understand the continuity of the care
- respect the patient in her home

-understand of the rehabilitation system, social benefits, organization and social services system in Finland social service and social aid and working methods

-plan, carry out and evaluate the home call independently and make a care assessment and counseling over the phone and a care plan for the client

-see the clients’ health resources and develop his/her health prevention and promotion thinking

-consider the special matters concerning clients from different cultures

-understand the main principles of medication administration (knowledge of medicines in elderly and adequate calculation skills) and nutrition in elderly

-know the normal aging process and the possibly variations from the normal aging

-document observations and care activities in the home setting

-know different eHealth solutions in the outpatient care


Contents:

-Patient assessment by using patient safety tools (ABCDE, NEWS)

-Community health care

-The care of elderly

-Outpatient care

-Rehabilitation

-Nutrition

-Social benefits

-Central caring activities and examinations in home care and outpatient care

-Decision making process in health care; planning, implementation and assessment of the caring.

Tavoitteet

Competency aims:
The aim of the course is that the student
• Understands the meaning and methods of health promotion and prevention within the field of home care and outpatient care.
• Gains a deeper understanding for the older patient and patients from different cultures. The student gets an insight in the collaboration between hospital- and outpatient care and learns to see the care from many points of view.
• Learns to collaborate with different professional groups in a client centered way.

Learning outcomes:
At the end of the course the student is
• Expected to be able to plan, carry out and evaluate the home visit independently and as a part of a multi professional team make a care plan for the client
• Able to see the clients health resources and is able to develop his/her health prevention and promotion thinking.
• Familiar with care assessment over the phone and knows the meaning and purpose with phone counseling. The student can consider the special matters concerning clients from foreign cultures.
• Familiar with the special needs regarding older clients, including medication administration, nutrition and rehabilitation.
• Familiar with the normal aging process and can identify variations from the normal aging.
• Familiar with different types of eHealth solutions as a part of the outpatient care.

Sisältö

Course contents:
• Home care
• Gerontology
• Geriatrics
• Outpatient care
• Teamwork
• Rehabilitation
• Nutrition
• Medication administration
• Vaccination competence
• Simulation

Oppimateriaalit

Literature for medication theory exam

Tetley, J., Cox, N., Jack, K., & Witham, G. (Eds.). (2018). Nursing older people at a glance. ProQuest Ebook Central https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/diak/detail.action?docID=5302587
Part 3; Chapters 16 & 17

Gersch, C., Heimgartner, N.M, Rebar, C.R, Willis, L.M. 2016 (Fourth edition). Medical-surgical nursing. Made incredibly easy. LWW Staff. Springhouse publishing company. E-book
Chapter 21

Administering medication to older adults: https://www-dynahealth-com.anna.diak.fi/nursing-skills/administering-medications-to-older-adults


Literature for the course

Williams, P. (2016). Basic geriatric nursing (Sixth or later edition). Elsevier. e-book available by Diak credentials https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/diak/detail.action?docID=2093179 Printed book availability (8th edition, 2023) at Diak library https://diak.finna.fi/Record/diana.121106?sid=2978637582&lng=en-gb

Vitality in later years : food recommendation for older adults. 2020. https://www.julkari.fi/handle/10024/140764

ISBAR

ABCDE -assesment

NEWS assesment tools

Lecture materials

Additional literature:

Kantor, D. (2019). Lippincott Visual Nursing?: A Guide to Clinical Diseases, Skills, and Treatments: Vol. Third edition. Wolters Kluwer Health. https://anna.diak.fi/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2112286&site=ehost-live or https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/diak/detail.action?docID=5762693

Marie Boltz, P. R. G.-B. F. F., Elizabeth Capezuti, P. R. F., Terry T. Fulmer, P. R. F., & DeAnne Zwicker, D. A. B. (2016). Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice: Vol. 5th edition. Springer Publishing Company. https://anna.diak.fi/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1203025&site=ehost-live

Peate, I., & Stephens, M. (2020). Wound care at a glance. ProQuest Ebook Central. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/diak/detail.action?docID=5983905

LWW (2016). Health assessment made incredibly visual!. ProQuest Ebook Central https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/diak/detail.a
Gonzalez-Morales, B. 2019. Action of nurses to improve prospective memory in people affected by alzheimers.

CALCULATION TEST:

Shihab, P. (2014). Numeracy in nursing and healthcare : Calculations and practice. Taylor & Francis. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/diak/detail.action?docID=1753265

Opetusmenetelmät

Activating lectures

Seminar assigment (Case method) and seminar (mandatory participation)

Skill labs (mandatory participation)

Calculation workshops (mandatory participation)

Self study (reading material, web material)

Examination (medication and calculation test)

Harjoittelu- ja työelämäyhteistyö

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Tenttien ajankohdat ja uusintamahdollisuudet

The medication and calculation exam in the end of the course.

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

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Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

Activating lectures: 4 x 4 hours (16 hours) and
Seminar 1 x 4 hours (mandatory participation) = 2 cr

Skill labs: 1 x 8 hours/ student (mandatory participation) = 1 cr

Calculation workshops 1 x 3 hours/ student (mandatory participation) = 2 cr

Self study: 92 hours (reading material, web material, activating test) and

Examination: 3 hours (Medication and calculation test) (incl. in 5 cr)

Lisätiedot

Calculators are allowed in medication calculation test.

Skill-labs in small groups.

The student has to pass the course to go out on Home care-practical training.