Self-care of National Diseases (3cr)

Objective

The students will be able to describe that self-care means, what it is used for and which methods are used in self-care. The students will recognize the special features of the relationship between the nurse and customer in self-care. The students will be able to use technological methods to motivate and support customers. They will be able to assess the success of self-care and services supporting self-care.

Content

Concepts of national diseases and self-care
Life-style from the self-care perspective
The relationship between nurse and customer
Monitoring one’s own health as a part of self-care
Technological methods supporting customer self-care
Disease medication in self-care
Assessing the impacts of self-care