- Type of studies
- Open University of Applied Sciences
- Campuses
- Helsinki
- Location
- Helsinki
- Ilmoittautumisaika
- 25.5.2026—31.7.2026
- Start Term
- 10.8.2026—27.9.2026
- Field of Study
- Health care, The church sector
- Study mode
- Blended learning
- Study language
- Finnish
- Application Status
- Registration open
- Pricing
- Free
- Code
- AAF827
- Extent
- 5 op
- Admission quota
- 5
- Available places
- 5
- Teachers
- Eeva Kivelä, Virve Valkeavuori
Opintojen sisältämät toteutukset
PHHMS26HKI-SHD/TH Palliative and spiritual nursing
Sisältö
– palliative nursing and end-of-life care: central concepts, values and principles
– view of humans, spiritual needs, spiritual wellbeing and malaise
– customer-orientation and treatment of symptoms
– central matters in an end-of-life treatment plan, advance directive
– signs of impending death
– multidisciplinary collaboration, service coordination and third sector
– current measure programmes
– assistance methods within nursing and pastoral care in end-of-life care
– supporting the patient’s immediate circle
– student’s readiness to support the spirituality of an individual and community
– current national and international research data
– view of humans, spiritual needs, spiritual wellbeing and malaise
– customer-orientation and treatment of symptoms
– central matters in an end-of-life treatment plan, advance directive
– signs of impending death
– multidisciplinary collaboration, service coordination and third sector
– current measure programmes
– assistance methods within nursing and pastoral care in end-of-life care
– supporting the patient’s immediate circle
– student’s readiness to support the spirituality of an individual and community
– current national and international research data
Learning outcomes
Students
– understand the value basis and principles of palliative and end-of-life care
– understand the different meanings of individual and community spirituality as well as nursing activities that promote coping and spiritual wellbeing
– know how to implement customer-oriented and symptom-based humane nursing to a patient who is terminally ill or dying and support their immediate circle
– know how to identify and encounter the patient’s and their immediate circle’s emotional, existential and spiritual needs in various life situations and utilise pastoral helping methods
– know how to plan multidisciplinary collaboration and network to support the patient’s and their immediate circle’s life management and quality of life
– know how to utilise third-sector services and activities in a customer-oriented manner in palliative nursing and when considering spiritual needs
– know how to apply current social services and healthcare programmes
– know how to assess and develop their readiness to encounter and help a dying patient and their immediate circle
– reflect on their worldview and relationship to spirituality and the effect they have when encountering patients in a holistic manner
– are familiar with national and international research on the topic
– understand the value basis and principles of palliative and end-of-life care
– understand the different meanings of individual and community spirituality as well as nursing activities that promote coping and spiritual wellbeing
– know how to implement customer-oriented and symptom-based humane nursing to a patient who is terminally ill or dying and support their immediate circle
– know how to identify and encounter the patient’s and their immediate circle’s emotional, existential and spiritual needs in various life situations and utilise pastoral helping methods
– know how to plan multidisciplinary collaboration and network to support the patient’s and their immediate circle’s life management and quality of life
– know how to utilise third-sector services and activities in a customer-oriented manner in palliative nursing and when considering spiritual needs
– know how to apply current social services and healthcare programmes
– know how to assess and develop their readiness to encounter and help a dying patient and their immediate circle
– reflect on their worldview and relationship to spirituality and the effect they have when encountering patients in a holistic manner
– are familiar with national and international research on the topic
Grading scale
0-5