Depression in 13-17-year- old adolescents: online learning material for nursing students
Hoivala, Eeva; Lötjönen, Iina (2023)
2023
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This thesis gathered information on the normal social and psychological development of youth, depression in adolescent and its characteristics, the risk and protective factors of depression, support of the depressed adolescent, and early recognition and nursing professionalism.
This research is a developmental work, and the cooperation partner was Savonia University of Applied Scienc-es. The purpose for this development work was to produce an online learning material for the nursing stu-dents, especially for the English speaking students. They have more limited study material available in school than Finnish speaking students. This online learning material is open for all nursing students who want to learn more about depression in adolescents. The material has been made as simple as possible and used easy English language. Learning material was chosen as the method for the development work because this way is a great way to learn from different subjects. The educational material was meant for mental health nursing course in the curriculum of Savonia UAS Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Nursing. It can be used by the teachers of Savonia UAS.
The information was searched from the books and internet, finding a evidence-based information about the topic. A lot of time was spent on finding reliable sources for the thesis. Professional websites were used as sources to make the thesis as reliable as possible. Depression in adolescents is a very current problem and more information about the subject is needed.
The learning material was presented to second year nursing students. It got many good feedbacks from the students. Most of the students thought it was well done and informative. The feedback also gave ideas on how to improve the work. Feedback is definitely important when it comes to material presented to students and it really matters how the material is gathered and put together.
This research is a developmental work, and the cooperation partner was Savonia University of Applied Scienc-es. The purpose for this development work was to produce an online learning material for the nursing stu-dents, especially for the English speaking students. They have more limited study material available in school than Finnish speaking students. This online learning material is open for all nursing students who want to learn more about depression in adolescents. The material has been made as simple as possible and used easy English language. Learning material was chosen as the method for the development work because this way is a great way to learn from different subjects. The educational material was meant for mental health nursing course in the curriculum of Savonia UAS Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Nursing. It can be used by the teachers of Savonia UAS.
The information was searched from the books and internet, finding a evidence-based information about the topic. A lot of time was spent on finding reliable sources for the thesis. Professional websites were used as sources to make the thesis as reliable as possible. Depression in adolescents is a very current problem and more information about the subject is needed.
The learning material was presented to second year nursing students. It got many good feedbacks from the students. Most of the students thought it was well done and informative. The feedback also gave ideas on how to improve the work. Feedback is definitely important when it comes to material presented to students and it really matters how the material is gathered and put together.