Patient-centered Nursing Process in Palliative CareLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The student
• masters the overall assessment of the client's state of health, defining the need for symptomatic treatment, assessing the severity of symptoms, clinical treatment and health promotion methods
• apply a special level of competence in customer-oriented planning of palliative and hospice care based on the individual needs and situation of the patient and his relatives
• critically evaluates and utilizes interventions developed to promote patient and medication safety, and can explain the importance of risk management in the context of palliative care.
• dominates the demanding comprehensive clinical examination of the patient (including consideration of health-related physical, psychological, ethnic and cultural perspectives).

Content

• Treatment process and systematic treatment planning in palliative care
• Patient and medication safety and risk management
• Clinical decision-making in evidence-based palliative and hospice care
• Holistic assessment of the overall state of health (physical, psychological, social, spiritual, cultural

Qualifications

A-level (Bachelor's Degree) competence in palliative care.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment methods and criteria will be announced in the moodle online environment by the UAS network.