Online teaching
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Oulun ammattikorkeakoulu
Gerontological Nursing
Online teaching
5 cr
Online
Schedule
Registration or application for course
Time reserved for studying
Exam and resit dates
The numerically assessed assignment for the course is returned to the Moodle feedback box.
Time and place
Self-paced online learning. Nonstop course.
Description
Content and dates
1. Evidence-based and ethical gerontological care.
2. Client and patient safety.
3. Promoting the health and functional capacity of older people. The content covers nutrition, assessment of functional capacity using the RAI assessment, support for physical activity and functional capacity, service guidance, support for mental wellbeing, and the use of technology and robotics in the care of older people.
4. Caring for older people with memory impairment.
5. specific issues in care of the elderly, including: medication management of the elderly, care in emergency care settings, specific aspects of care for the rehabilitation of the elderly person with sensory impairment.
6. The elderly client in palliative care.
Learner's time use and workload
Students can complete their studies at their own pace within 3 months after logging in to the Moodle platform. The course is 5 credits, i.e. 135 hours of student work.
Teaching methods
The course is delivered entirely online, on the Moodle platform in a non-stop format.
The compulsory deliverables, the computer tests and the numerically assessed assignment, are described on the course's Moodle platform
Additional information and registration
Price
75 €
Enrollment
Additional information:
Dates
Languages of instruction
Finnish
Assessment
Learning materials
Additional information
Organiser
Oulun ammattikorkeakoulu
Location
Kontinkankaan kampus
Teachers
Anne Keckman, teacher
Suvi Penttilä-Sirkka, teacher