This subject contains a 2 day Compulsory Residential School.
For students studyng by distance education there is a compulsory 2 day residential school.
This course expands upon students' existing knowledge of adult nursing care with an emphasis on the aging process. It focuses on philosophies, principles and practices within a holistic framework in relation to the older person. This course is centred on the changing role of the nurse within a society where there is an increased aged care population, living with changes to their daily activities as well as increased health risk factors associated with the ageing process. Both institutional and community perspectives are considered in the context of the health care environment with a focus on principles of health promotion and health teaching and care of the older person.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2018.
HD/FL
One session
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health
Enrolment in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Theories of ageing and the well older adult in primary, secondary and tertiary health care and prevention:
(a) The social construction of ageing from a community, national and global perspectives
(b) Health promotion and health education strategies for the older person
(c) Aspects of ageing: physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs of the older person
(d) Family dynamics, carer support, stress and burnout, elderly abuse
(e) The effect of the ageing process on body systems and functioning to meet activities of daily living
(f) Needs of older Indigenous, multicultural and rural Canadians
Contemporary approaches to gerontic nursing care:
(a) Models of gerontic nursing care and transitions of the older person
(b) The well/independent aged person
(c) Health promotion and health education strategies for the older person
(d) Community based care
(e) High/low residential care
(f) Acute care
(g) Respite care
(h) Rehabilitation nursing and the inter-professional rehabilitation team
Nursing assessment, interventions and care of individuals with selected long term health challenges pertinent to older people:
(a) Patterns of health and illness in the ageing process and ageing populations
(b) Risk factors
(c) Sensory and motor impairments
(d) Delirium
(e) Dementia
(f) Effect of drugs on the older person eg. polypharmacy
(g) Confusional states
(h) Diabetes
(i) Osteoporosis
(j) Cataracts and other visual challenges
Government policies and legislation related to aged care provision:
(a) Standards of aged care
(b) Aged care sector code of conduct and ethical practice
(c) Implementing appropriate methods of documentation
(d) Discrimination legislation
(e) Aged care packages, advance care directives
(f) Nurses Act 1991
(g) Regulated Health Professionals Act
(h) Canadian Health Act
(i) Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
(j) Long Term Care Act 1994
(k) Health Care Consent Act
(l) Ontario Mental Health Act
(m) Patient Restraint Minimisation Act
This subject contains a 2 day Compulsory Residential School.
For students studyng by distance education there is a compulsory 2 day residential school.
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The information contained in the 2018 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: August 2018. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.