Gerontological Nursing (5cr)

Objective

Students - understand ageing as a social and societal phenomenon as well as the impact of age policies on the lives of the elderly - understand ageing as a phase of life and can describe the changes and their meaning to the lives of the elderly - are familiar with the most common diseases and health risks of old age - know how to apply the multi-scientific, evidence-based knowledge foundation of gerontological nursing to practice - identify the ethical principles of gerontological nursing and are able to evaluate their significance to the promotion of good life as well as the value foundation of their work -can apply the ethical decision-making process to gerontological nursing -understand how memory diseases affect the human life and identify the special needs required in encountering persons with a memory disease -identify and support the resources of persons with a memory disease -understand the holistic promotion of functional capacity and human agency of the elderly as well as their connection to the operating environment - can evaluate the nutritional status of patients and identify patients suffering from malnutrition

Content

- promotion of health and wellbeing of the elderly - main health risks, illnesses and their treatment in old age - cooperation with relatives and significant others - maintenance and evaluation of resources and functional capacity of the elderly - planning care and services for the elderly - old age and operating environments - tests measuring nutritional status and their interpretation and application to care - utilization of gerotechnology

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"