Module PF3650-KP05

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2020, compulsory, Evidence-based nursing practice

Classes and lectures:

• PF3650-S: Plan, control and evaluate care processes in palliative and geriatric care situations (seminar, 2 SWS)
• PF3650-V: Palliative medicine/pain therapy (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 60 hours in-classroom work
• 90 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

• Models of ageing (physiology, psychology, sociology, nursing science, etc.)
• Theoretical models and current research findings on self-care/self-management in chronic diseases: Determinants and strategies
• Goals and principles of palliative care and care, palliative medicine, palliative care, palliative care and hospice
• Nursing-relevant problems in frequently occurring chronic diseases in old age and in palliative care situations: disease-specific causes/reasons, nursing assessment, joint goal setting with those affected, evidence-based patient information and joint decision-making, nursing interventions and measures in the context of nursing involvement in medical diagnostics and therapy, parameters for the evaluation of individual progression
• Geriatric assessment or assessment of common care-relevant problems in older people with regard to mobility, cognition, behaviour, nutrition, elimination, pain, etc. Aspects of the need for care: diagnostic criteria, reliability, validity and applicability of the assessment procedures
• Nursing and multiprofessional interventions for common care-relevant problems in older people related to mobility, cognition, behaviour, nutrition, elimination, pain, etc. Aspects of the need for care: theories and current evidence-based recommendations
• Importance and focus of interprofessional collaboration in the care of older people with chronic and multiple illnesses, e.g. polypharmacy and avoidance of potentially unsuitable medication
• Interprofessional co-operation and methods of ethical decision-making in multiprofessional palliative care
• Cooperation with family members and relatives

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Knowledge and understanding Knowledge development/deepening: o Students can describe and explain physiological, psychological and sociological models and theories of ageing. o They can explain possible age-related protective factors and risks for the development and individual management of the need for care based on theory. o They can explain the consequences of common chronic illnesses in old age for the development of the need for care and/or self-care impairments. o They can define the terms palliative care, palliative nursing and palliative medicine, identify similarities and name differences. o They can name and explain common physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of those affected and their families that occur or predominate in palliative care situations. o They can name and explain measures for nursing and multiprofessional support and alleviation recommended by the state of the art.
• In-depth knowledge: o They can explain and critically reflect on factors influencing and strategies for disease-related self-care in older people with chronic and multiple diseases on the basis of corresponding theoretical models and empirical results. o They are able to research current population-specific evidence-based recommendations for nursing and multi-professional care of older people with chronic and multiple diseases and assess these in terms of validity and applicability. o They can name and explain relevant nursing assessment and intervention procedures for frequently occurring nursing-relevant problems in the areas of mobility, cognition, behaviour, pain, nutrition, excretion and general nursing support needs and select them in a problem-specific, critically reflected manner.
• Understanding of knowledge: o They can critically reflect on general current knowledge in nursing science and related sciences, also with regard to ethics and communication, with regard to their suitability for explaining the individual needs of older people with chronic and multiple illnesses or in palliative care situations and draw suitable conclusions with regard to applicability and prioritisation in the nursing process.
• Use and transfer o You can plan, organise, implement, control and evaluate the care process for older people with chronic and multiple illnesses or in palliative care situations in all process stages in an evidence-based manner on the basis of the above-mentioned knowledge content. o Within the scope of the above-mentioned care process responsibilities, you are able to identify situation-specific requirements. o They are able to recognise and adequately consider situation-specific requirements for nursing information, advice and guidance, communication with those affected and cooperation with all those involved in the care. o They derive requirements for quality assurance and development as well as the role of the nursing profession for these care situations from the above-mentioned knowledge content.
• Communication and cooperation o They have strategies for action that enable them to involve and cooperate with all other persons (groups) involved in the provision of care at an early stage and effectively. o Their communication and cooperation behaviour is characterised by the principles of person-centred care and provision.
• Scientific self-image/professionalism o They understand nursing tasks in the care of older people or people in palliative care situations as an essential social mission of the nursing profession. o They identify with this mission and represent it both within their profession and externally.

Grading through:

• Written state examination
• written exam

Requires:

• Nursing Diagnostics and Interventions in Special Care Situations 4 (PF2654-KP08)
• Nursing Diagnostics and Interventions in Special Care Situations 3 (PF3200-KP08)
• Nursing Diagnostics and Interventions in Special Care Situations 2 (PF2152-KP06)
• Nursing Diagnostics and Interventions in Special Care Situations 1 (PF2151-KP06)
• Introduction into Nursing Practice 2 (PF1651-KP12)
• Introduction into Nursing Practice 1 (PF1151-KP05)

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. Katharina Silies

Teacher:

• Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology - Section for Research and Teaching in Nursing
• Prof. Dr. Katharina Silies
• Prof. Dr. med. Carla Nau
• Dr. Patrick Ristau
• MitarbeiterInnen des Instituts

Literature:

• Kuhlmey A, Rentenln-Kruse (Hrsg.) : Praxiswissen Gerontologie und Geriatrie kompakt Reihe Bd. 1 ff. - De Gruyter, Berlin
• Steffen-Bürgi B, Schärer-Santschi E, Monteverde S, Staudacher D. (Hrsg.) : Lehrbuch Palliative Care 3., vollst. überarb. u. erw. Aufl. - Hogrefe, Bern, 2017
• Willkomm M (Hrsg.) : Praktische Geriatrie. Klinik - Diagnostik - Interdisziplinäre Therapie 2., vollst. überarb. u. erw. Aufl. - Thieme, Stuttgart, 2016

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

23.06.2025