Study Guide

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

Fall semester 2023

Materials

Materials presented in 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).

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Assessment methods and criteria

UEF geriatrics online exam package (approved/rejected).
Assessment of the evidence-based nursing task as part of the seminar task assessment in Nursing the old people -studies (approved/rejected).