Geriatrics (1 cr)

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Objective

- You know the common geriatric diseases.
- You understand the key features, how geriatric diseases are diagnosed and cared.
- You understand the main changes and characteristic of morbidity in ageing.
- You understand the entirety of older people functional capacity and geriatric assessment evaluation.
- You understand the basics and challenges of paincare and medication in old people nursing.
- You are able to assess the nutrition and nutritional state of older people.
- You practice applying knowledge related to main geriatric diseases and syndromes in nursing of older clients.
- You practice in systematic evidence based knowledge retrieval.
- You are able to assess evidence based knowledge applicability in geriatric nursing.

Content

- Sickness and morbidity in old age.
- Physiology changes in aging.
- Special features of old patient (inc. fragility syndrome).
- Acutely ill older people (inc. delirium, infectious).
- Memory disorders - prevalence, etiology, diagnosis and symptomatology.
- Functional capasity and geriatric assessment.
- Pain management of older people.
- Complexity and comprehensive evaluation of older people medication.
- Nutrition state of older people and its assessment.
- Evidence based nursing and systematic information retrieval.

Location and time

Spring semester 2025.

Materials

Materials presented in UEF´s elearn-learningenvironment and Karelia´s Moodle.
Independent information search guided as recordings in Karelia's Moodle.

Teaching methods

Independent studying:
UEF geriatrics online exam package: online lectures and exam in UEF's Moodle learning environment
Evidence-based information search: a task in Karelia's Moodle learning environment

Student workload

Geriatrics 1 ECTS = 27 h, of which
· UEF section (online lectures and exam) 13.5 h
· Karelia section (evidence-based nursing) 13.5 h

Further information

The independently performed part of the evidence-based nursing task is included in Geriatrics. The assignment continues as group work in Nursing the old people -studies (seminar presentation).