Opinto-opas
2001
Study guide
2001
Opinto-opas · Laurea – opinto-opas 2001–2002
13.1 Degree Programme in Nursing Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing
Study guide · Laurea – Study Guide 2001–2002
13.1 Degree Programme in Nursing Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing
Laurea – Study Guide 2001–2002
13.1 Degree Programme in Nursing Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing
BACHELOR OF NURSING / BACHELOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
SN2 PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 100 CR / 150 ECTS Credits
SN20 NURSING CLIENT AND ENVIRONMENT 10 CR / 15 ECTS Credits
SN2000 The Person as a Holistic Being 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits
SN2001 The Person as an Organic Being 4 CR / 6 ECTS Credits
SN2002 The Person as a Conscious and Spiritual Being 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits
SN2003 The Person as a Situational Being 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits
SN2004 Nursing Environment 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits
SN20 NURSING CLIENT AND ENVIRONMENT 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective
The student will strengthen and clarify his / her values and attitudes and his / her moral
responsibility in relation to human nature and environmentand he / she will adopt a holistic
concept of people and environment. The student will meet in nursing the human as an organic,
conscious and spiritual being and in relation to that image of the world that the person has built
for him/herself. The student is capable of analysing environment as a phenomenon and
understands the meaning of environment in nursing and is willing to function and influence in
order to develop and preserve an environment promoting health.
The institute specific objective is that the student will understand the meaning of his / her culture as well as other cultures in his / her value system so that he will become culturally aware in his / her relation to the client and environment.
SN2000 The Person as a Holistic Being 1 CR
1.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student will familiarize him/herself with the holistic concept f a human being. The student will understand that a person is materialized as a conscious-spiritual, organic and situational being.
SN2001 The Person as an Organic Being 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student knows the structures and operation of organ systems and understands how different systems in the body form functional units. The student has a command of the central terminology of anatomy and physiology. The student will familiarize him/herself with the basics of nutritional science and microbiology and understands the role of nutrition and the most common infectious diseases in the human health.
SN2002 The Person as a Conscious and Spiritual Being 3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student knows the main features of the psychosocial development of humans and familiarizes him/herself with the central developmental psychological theories. The student is able to analyse the mental factors related to health and mental health and knows the different approaches of clinical psychology. The student understands people’s conscious dimension and spirituality as a part of it.
SN2003 The Person as a Situational Being 1 CR
1.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands how a person’s situation or life situation is related to the person’s body and conscience. The student understands that the situationality is the intertwining into the life situation’s structural factors such as other people, values, culture and societal situations. The student reflects on the influence of social and cultural environment on the development and functioning of people. He / she examines the relationship between individual, group and community in order to understand how a person fulfils him/herself in relation to other people.
SN2004 Nursing Environment 1 CR
1.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands nursing environment as physical, social and symbolic. The student is capable of developing a nursing environment promoting health and well-being.
SN21 HEALTH 30 CR / 45 ECTS Credits
SN2100 Health as a Value and a Subjective Experience 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits
SN2101 Children’s and Adolescents’ Health and its Promotion
2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits + 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2102 Adult’s Health and its Promotion
1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 6 CR / 9 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2103 Elderly People’s Health and its Promotion
1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits+ 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2104 Assessment of Changes in Health, the Basis of Examination and Therapeutic Methods
4 CR / 6 ECTS Credits
SN2105 Medical Examination and Therapeutic Methods in the Changes of Health
4 CR / 6 ECTS Credits
SN2106 Changes in Health during the Phases of Lifespan 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits
SN2107 Special Issues in the Changes of Health 2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits
SN21 HEALTH 30 CR
45 ECTS Credits
Objective
The student will perceive health as a value and a resource. The student is able to evaluate health
as a phenomenon and as a subjective experience. The student will recognize and is able to
evaluate changes in individual’s, family’s or community’s health and health transitions. The
student is able to take into consideration different political and financial factors affecting health in
different environments and cultures and knows how to influence them. The student has the
readiness to help an individual and/or a family to find resources to promote their health in different
life situations.
The institute specific objective is that the student will be able to apply his / her knowledge of different cultures in a way that he / she is aware of and understands the influence of cultural values in the client’s subjective experience of health.
SN2100 Health as a Value and a Subjective Experience 1 CR
1.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student will form an overall picture of the health concepts of nursing and other sciences. The student will see health as a value, a subjective experience and a resource.
SN2101 Children’s and Adolescents’ Health and its Promotion 5 CR
7.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student knows the health development of children and adolescents. The student will recognize health promoting resources and is able to support action promoting the health of children and adolescents. The student understands the meaning of parenthood, family and safe growing environment to health and well-being of a child or an adolescent.
SN2102 Adults’ Health and its Promotion 7 CR
10.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student recognizes and understands the meaning of health and well-being for adults. The student is able to help a client to find individual resources in order to control the change and to use service networks. The student gains the readiness to analyse the environmental resources and burdens affecting the work ability and to develop action promoting health and safety. The student is capable of supporting and guiding the client individually and in group in order to promote health. The student understands the meaning of pregnancy and parenthood and is able to participate in supporting family growth and development. The student is familiar with the maternity service system and is able to support the pregnant woman and the mother who has already given birth in maintaining capacity.
SN2103 Elderly People’s Health and its Promotion 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands the meaning of health and well-being for an elderly person. The student learns to appreciate the elderly person’s life history and experience and is able to support the elderly person to manage in his / her daily life and community.
Changes in Health 13 CR
19.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student will integrate researched knowledge of anatomy, physiology, medicine and other sciences in order to build his own professional knowledge foundation. He / she familiarizes him/herself with public health science, ways in which illnesses are born, diseases and examination and therapeutic methods so that he / she is able to take advantage of the knowledge in his / her work as a registered nurse / public health nurse.
SN2104 Assessment of Changes in Health, the Basis of Examination
and Therapeutic Methods 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is capable of taking advantage of his / her knowledge in nursing from public health science, doctrine of disease, clinical physiology, internal medicine, clinical pharmacology and bioanalytics.
SN2105 Medical Examination and Therapeutic Methods in
the Changes of Health 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is capable of taking advantage of his / her knowledge in surgery, anaesthesiology, radiology and radiation therapy and infectious diseases and deepen his / her knowledge in internal medicine.
SN2106 Changes in Health During the Phases of Lifespan 3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is capable of taking advantage of his / her knowledge in psychiatry, gynaecology and obstetrics, pediatrics, geriatrics and dietetics.
SN2107 Special Issues in the Changes of Health 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is capable of taking advantage of his / her knowledge in eye diseases, ear, nose and throat diseases, skin diseases, neurology, addiction medicine, occupational medicine and preventive medicine.
SN22 NURSING IN ACTION 60 CR / 90 ECTS Credits
SN2200 The Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Nursing 2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits
SN2201 Interaction in Nursing 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2202 Nursing as a Process 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2203 Primary Nursing and Community Orientation in Nursing
1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits+ 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2204 Nursing Client in Transition 2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2205 Orientation to Expertise in Clinical Nursing 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits
SN2206 Diagnosis and Observations in Nursing
1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits+ 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2207 Help and Support in Nursing
3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits + 7 CR / 10.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2208 Guidance in Nursing 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2209 Documentation in Nursing 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2210 Quality Management in Nursing
1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2211 Consulting in Nursing 2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2212 Entrepreneurship in Nursing 2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits
Professional Intensive Studies (20 CR / 30 ECTS Credits)
SN2213 The Philosophical and Scientific Foundation of Nursing Science
2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits + 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2214 Nursing in Different Cultures 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 1 CR / 1 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2215 Professional Decision-making in Nursing 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2216 Leadership and Development in Nursing 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits
Institute specific intensive studies 10 CR / 15 ECTS Credits clinical studies
Optional study paths of professional intensive studies:
SN2300 Critical Care Nursing
SN2301 Rehabilitative Nursing Care
SN2302 Family Nursing
SN2303 Perioperative Nursing
SN2304 Nursing Care of the Mentally Ill and the Addicted Client
SB2417 Nursing in Public Health Care Services
SN22 NURSING IN ACTION 60 CR
90 ECTS Credits
Objective
The student will internalize the value and knowledge fundamentals directing nursing as a profession. He / she will develop in self-knowledge and professional growth being able to interact with different clients (individual, family, community) and co-operative partners. The student will recognize and is able to respond to the changes in patient’s health with different nursing therapeutics in different nursing environments. He / she is capable of independent decision-making in nursing together with the patient or the client and his / her family. The student will learn to make a nursing care plan together with the patient or the client and his / her family and other professionals. He / she is capable of multi-professional teamwork in planning and leading social and health care services. He / she will develop in qualitative, economical and efficient action and entrepreneurship. The student will adopt information technology as a tool of documentation.
The institute specific objective is that the student will continuously develop his / her cultural skills by interacting with clients with diverse backgrounds and applies his / her cultural knowledge in nursing without prejudice. The student will develop his / her expertise in order to internalize it as part of his / her professional identity.
SN2200 The Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Nursing 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is aware of the philosophical foundation of nursing and the historical development of health care and nursing and their influences on the development of nursing. The student will familiarize him/herself with the central concepts of nursing and with the fundamentals guiding professional growth so that he / she is able to direct and assess his / her professional growth from the point of view of nursing taking advantage of the types of knowledge needed in nursing. The student is able to describe the nursing theory and its central concepts chosen as the basis for the nursing plan. The student will develop his / her own action so that he takes into consideration the client holistically and the scientific knowledge in nursing directing the action.
SN2201 Interaction in Nursing 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands the meaning of interaction for the community. The student is capable of co-operating with different people in situations requiring professional skills and abilities. The student will deepen his / her self-knowledge and develop his / her skill to be genuinely present in nursing situations. He / she is able to recognize different groups and their meanings and is aware of group dynamics. He / she takes advantage of team- and group work skills in nursing situations.
SN2202 Nursing as a Process 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student knows how to look at nursing as a process from a theoretical framework. He / she is able to apply the chosen theoretical framework of nursing in the nursing care plan and in documentation using information technology.
The student is aware of the thinking process and decision making theories so that he / she understands the many forms and meanings of decision making in nursing. The student will develop in independent and communal decision making so that he / she knows how to gather information, how to plan and implement the nursing care based on the gathered data together with the patient, the family and the community. The student can evaluate the process and documentation of patient’s nursing care. He / she understands the legal regulations of patient documents.
SN2203 Primary Nursing and Community Orientation in Nursing 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student can create a collaborative relationship with his / her client and is able to describe the development of the relationship. The student is able to make an individual nursing care plan with the client. He / she is able to make independent decisions together with his / her client and the family. The student understands and is able to define the community as a nursing client and is able to recognize the resources and the health needs of the community. The student can plan, implement and evaluate community nursing taking into consideration the community’s ethical, cultural, social and financial factors. The student will develop in empowering work methods. The student is willing to promote the health of the community as a member of a multi-professional team.
SN2204 Nursing Client in Transition 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands transition as a basic phenomenon in development of an individual and family, in health and in lifespan. The student reflects and searches for knowledge of transitions to be able to help and support the individual and family in transition in different nursing environments.
SN2205 Orientation to Expertise in Clinical Nursing 1 CR
1.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student will familiarize him/herself with the expertise in nursing so that he / she is aware of the primary task and responsibility of a nurse. He / she forms a whole picture of the nursing therapeutics of the client / patient which are diagnosing and observation, helping and supporting, guiding, documenting and consulting, leading and developing nursing.
SN2206 Diagnosis and Observations in Nursing 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is familiar with the methods of gathering information. He / she is able to make observations on the patient’s situation and interview the patient and his / her family. He /she can observe and measure the patient’s physiological functions. The student is able to record the information without mistakes into the patient documents. He / she can make conclusions and anticipate changes in the health status. He /she can use the gathered information safely and reliably together with the patient and other people participating in the care. The student is able to assess the patient’s resources and anticipate the kind of help and support the patient needs.
SN2207 Help and Support in Nursing 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student will consider helping and supporting as concepts and therapeutics of nursing. The student will help and support with the aim of accomplishing the commitment, participation, rehabilitation and integrity of the patient. The student will learn to help and support the patient and his / her family by being present , comforting, touching and relieving pain. The student will represent the patient by supporting the patient’s right to decide for him/herself. The student can assess his / her own actions in using nursing therapeutics of helping and supporting from the patient’s point of view concerning health, safety and ethical and financial issues. The student applies the primary health care and specialized health care skills in action environment internalizing the continuity of the treatment.
SN2208 Guidance in Nursing 3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student internalizes guidance as interaction where the student listens and encourages the patient to express his / her thoughts and feelings and helps the patient to use resources and to CReate prerequisites for experiencing health. The student is able to consider the ethical questions related to guidance. The student is familiar with the life in different cultures and nationalities and its influence on health. He / she is able to guide individuals, families and communities in health questions using the other official language and one foreign language.
SN2209 Documentation in Nursing 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is aware of the instructions and regulations for compiling and keeping patient documents and of the meaning of the documents from both the patient’s and the health care staff’s legal right point of view. The student understands and is able to justify the meaning of documentation for guaranteeing patient oriented care, patient safety, continuity of care, quality of care and multi-professional teamwork. The student is able to accurately record the patient’s care process in the documents so that the documentation is justified and it evaluates and describes the essence of the care. The student will develop in taking advantage of information technology as a tool for documentation in nursing. He / she takes into consideration confidentiality questions both from the point of view of the patient and the nursing staff.
SN2210 Quality Management in Nursing 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands quality management as an opportunity for study and development of health care services and nursing action together with the client / patient. The student is able to provide quality nursing and maintain and develop his / her own professional skills. The student is able to take professional responsibility of nursing and is able to critically evaluate the quality of his / her own action and that of the work of community. He / she can describe the nursing process and understands that it is a necessity for systematic evaluation and measurement of nursing. Through quality management, the student gets practice in correcting his / her own and the work community’s nursing action.
SN2211 Consulting in Nursing 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student recognizes and understands the meaning of consulting in maintaining and developing the quality of nursing and his / her own professional skills. The student will develop in building and using different consulting networks both in his vicinity and internationally.
SN2212 Entrepreneurship in Nursing 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student familiarizes him/herself with entrepreneurship and its meaning in the nursing field. He / she will internalize the philosophical and ethical premises of entrepreneurship. The student internalizes the qualifications of a registered nurse / public health nurse working as an entrepreneur. He / she understands that the most important capital of the enterprise is the entrepreneur him/herself and to succeed as an entrepreneur an innovative and CReative attitude , positive attitude towards entrepreneurship, good grasp of reality and insights on good business ideas to establish one’s own company are required. By internalizing the different forms of entrepreneurship, the students lays a foundation for growing into entrepreneurship as a part of his / her professional growth and internalized service orientation.
Professional intensive studies in nursing
SN2213 The Philosophical and Scientific Foundation of Nursing Science
3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student will familiarize him/herself with the philosophical approaches of science and understands their meaning for nursing and scientific nursing research. The student deepens his/her knowledge on nursing theories so that he / she is able to analyse the application possibilities of different nursing theories.
SN2214 Nursing in Different Cultures 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student deepens his / her knowledge of the health concepts of different cultures and of theories of cultural nursing. He / she accepts the Finnish society as multicultural and aims to promote tolerance in society with his / her actions. The student is familiar with the EU social and health politics and with the laws, statutes, regulations and instructions regulating the clinical nursing care. The student wants to participate in the international development of nursing .
SN2215 Professional Decision-making in Nursing 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student deepens his / her decision-making skills in interaction with the patient/ client, his/ her family and the community. The student is able to assess and consider his / her own professional decision making. The student is capable of equal decision making as a nursing expert and as the patient’s representative together with other people participating in the care.
SN2216 Leadership and development in nursing 3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands the philosophical and ethical fundamentals of leadership in nursing as the basis of good leadership. He / she understands the connection of management process with the client’s / patient’s good care. The student is aware of the social political factors affecting health care planning and practice and participates in societal influencing. He / she will familiarize him/herself with the action plan of the work unit and will participate in its realization and evaluation. The student understands the meaning of human resource accounting as an instrument of nursing productivity and as a method of quality management. He / she is able to use knowledge of health economics and develops to be aware of the costs in his / her daily action. The student recognizes the elements of good leadership and management of one self and understands its meaning to the staff’s well-being. The student familiarizes him/herself with strategic planning, realization and follow-up using information and communication technology.
Institute Specific Intensive Studies 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student internalizes the philosophical, theoretical and methodological premises of health changes of individuals of different ages and different cultural backgrounds. Expertise requires knowledge of nursing and related disciplines, knowledge on people, health, the interaction between people and environment and functions of nursing.
Learning is based on the student’s individual learning plan, portfolio work and clinical studies. The studies include seminars and projects for the development of nursing. The assessment of learning is systematically and continuously taking advantage of self-evaluation and peer-evaluation.
Optional study paths of professional intensive studies:
SN2300 Critical Care Nursing 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is able to plan, implement and evaluate the nursing of people of different ages and of different cultural backgrounds in sudden health changes in different action environments. The student immediately recognizes the changes in the patient’s condition, evaluates their degree of urgency and takes responsibility for implementing the treatment according to the situation. The student is able to support the patient and his / her family in CRisis. The student is aware of the health care organization in disaster situations.
SN2301 Rehabilitative Nursing Care 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands the societal meaning of rehabilitative nursing and internalizes the philosophical and cultural premises promoting rehabilitation. The student is able to evaluate the clients resources and is also able to support him / her and his /her family individually in different life transitions and environments. The student develops into being an expert in rehabilitative nursing in order to be able to function in multi-professional teams.
SN2302 Family Nursing 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student examines the theoretical premises of the family concept and deepens his / her knowledge on factors affecting family’s health. The student applies therapeutics of family nursing in different environments and considers the knowledge based on experience, ethics and research which is needed in family nursing.
SN2303 Perioperative Nursing 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is able to plan, implement and evaluate nursing in the different stages of peri-operative process together with the patient, his/her family and other staff participating in the treatment. He / she is able to support the patient’s resources and to secure the patient’s right to decide on his / her own treatment. He / she acts strategically, controls work and subject units and is able to make responsible decisions regarding treatment so that he / she can ensure the patient’s safety. He / she researches and plans perioperative nursing in conjunction with work life.
SN2304 Nursing Care of the Mentally Ill and the Addicted Clients 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student deepens his knowledge on mental health and addiction work in individual, group and community care. The student is able to promote his / her client’s mental healing and survival. The student is constantly motivated to consider his / her own work in relation to him/herself, to his / her clients, to the work unit and the society. The student develops to become a conscientious expert in developing his / her own work unit and profession in the field of mental health care and addiction work.
Professional intensive studies in public health nursing
SB2413 The Philosophical and Scientific Foundations of Public Health Nursing
3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student will familiarize him/herself with the philosophical approaches of science and understands their meaning for nursing and scientific research in nursing. The student deepens his/ her knowledge on nursing theories so that he / she is able to analyse the application possibilities of different theories in nursing. The student internalizes ethical thinking as a foundation for public health nursing and deepens his / her knowledge in this by applying family, community and population responsible way of acting. The student is capable of analysing his / her professional growth as a public health nurse and to find developmental challenges.
SB2414 Public Health Nursing in Different Cultures 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student deepens his / her knowledge of the health concepts of different cultures and of theories of cultural nursing. He / she accepts the Finnish society as multicultural and aims to promote tolerance in society with his / her actions. The student is familiar with the EU social and health politics and with the laws, statutes, regulations and instructions regulating the clinical nursing care / public health nursing care. The student wants to participate in the international development of nursing.
SB2415 Professional Decision-making in Public Health Nursing 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student looks at public health nursing in an ethical way in the framework of professional decision-making. The student deepens his / her decision making skills in interaction with the health care client and supports and respects the client’s own decision making. The student is capable of critically and reflectively evaluating his / her own action. The student will be able to participate in multiprofessional teamwork.
SB2416 Leadership and Development in Public Health Nursing 3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands the philosophical and ethical fundamentals of leadership in nursing as the basis of good leadership. He / she understands the connection of management process with the client’s / patient’s good care. The student is aware of the social political factors affecting health care planning and practice and participates in societal influencing. He / she will familiarize him/herself with the action plan of the work unit and will participate in its realization and evaluation. The student understands the meaning of human resource accounting as an instrument of nursing productivity and as a method of quality management. He / she is able to use knowledge of health economics and develops to be aware of the costs in his / her daily action. The student recognizes the elements of good leadership and management of one self and understands its meaning to the staff’s well-being. The student familiarizes him/herself with strategic planning, realization and follow-up using information and communication technology.
Institute specific intensive studies of public health nursing 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
SB2417 Nursing in Public Health Services 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is able to plan, realize and evaluate health promotion and treatment of diseases in public health care’s different work environments. He / she understands the meaning of family orientation in community and population centered nursing. The student has a command of the central action processes and methods of health care workers. He / she gets practice in prevention of infectious diseases and in vaccination programs. The student understands the multi-professional nature of his / her work.
SB24 PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING OF PEOPLE, COMMUNITY AND FAMILY
20 CR / 30 ECTS Credits (160 CR / 240 ECTS Credits)
SB2400 Public Health Nursing of Children 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SB2401 Public Health Nursing of Adolescents 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SB2402 Public Health Nursing of Families Planning to Have or Expecting a Child
1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SB2403 Public Health Nursing of Adults 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 3 CR /4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SB2404 Public Health Nursing of Elderly People 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SB2405 Development of Public Health Nursing 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits
SB24 PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING OF PEOPLE, COMMUNITY AND FAMILY
20 CR
30 ECTS Credits
(160cr / 240 ECTS Credits)
Public health nurses’ professional studies in public health nursing are based on nursing studies and chosen intensive professional studies.
Objective and content
The student will be able to function in family and community-oriented public health nursing,
promoting the family’s well-being and health in different phases of life. He / she is able to
help/support clients to find their resources to attain life control. The student is aware of the
influence of cultures, communities and living environments on people’s health and well-being and
is able to evaluate factors burdening health and preventing them. He / she is capable of multi-
professional teamwork with representatives from different fields of society. The student
understands the meaning of theoretically controlled work as the foundation for his
professionalism. He / she is able and willing to develop public health nursing from the premises
of societal change and the changing needs of the clients.
Public Health Nursing of Children and Adolescents:
SB2400 Public Health Nursing of Children 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student internalizes the principles of family orientation and health promotion and is familiar with the health care objectives, content and methods in caring for children’s health. He / she is able to perceive and support the health of children of different ages in different developmental phases. The student is able to recognize barriers in healthy development and to act in order to remove these and he / she is able to do different physical examinations using different methods and to evaluate and prioritize the clients’ health care needs. The student gets practice in supporting and advising parents in their upbringing task. He /she takes into consideration the needs of families from different cultures.
SB2401 Public Health Nursing of Adolescents 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student internalizes family-orientation and health promotion in the health care of school-age children. He / she is able, as a public health nurse, to plan, implement and evaluate school health care. The student is able to do physical examinations using different methods and to evaluate the health care needs of adolescents. He /she is able to support the youth’s resources on individual, group and community level. He / she is capable of perceiving and supporting the well-being of adolescents of different ages. He / she is capable of using the methods of multi-professional community.
SB2402 Public Health Nursing of Families Planning to Have or Expecting a Child
4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student recognizes current health care trends of families expecting a child both in Finland and internationally. He / she recognizes the health care problem areas of expecting families and mothers (and the newborn) and is able to act to prevent and diminish these problems in public health care. The student is willing to work in a multi-professional health care team for mothers and families. The student evaluates and, from his/her own part, develops the structures, methods and contents of mothers’ health care.
SB2403 Public Health Nursing of Adults 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is aware of the influence of work and living environment on people’s health and well-being and is capable of assessing the factors burdening the health of working age people and to prevent and eliminate them. He / she is aware that occupational health care is holistic and understands its health maintaining and promoting meaning in the well-being of an individual. The students can apply guidance and advice methods in different situations (individual, group, community) and expand his / her health education skills this way. He /she is able to act according to the professional practice of occupational health services and get competence for multi-professional teamwork. The student is able to assess the needs for developing occupational health services.
SB2404 Public Health Nursing of Elderly People 1 CR
1.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student recognizes current challenges in health care of the aging. The student is able to evaluate the functional changes associated with aging. The student is able to guide the client supporting his / her resources. He /she evaluates and, from his /her part, develops the structures, methods and contents of health care for the aging.
SB24305 Development of Public Health Nursing 3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content With the thesis, the student develops in public health nursing. In his / her thesis the student applies the results of the thesis done in nursing education to public health nursing.
THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME IN NURSING / IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
DEGREE PROGRAMME IN NURSING 140 CR / 210 ECTS Credits
IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 160 CR / 240 ECTS Credits
SN2 PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 100 CR / 150 ECTS Credits
SN20 NURSING CLIENT AND ENVIRONMENT 10 CR / 15 ECTS Credits
SN2000 The Person as a Holistic Being 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits
SN2001 The Person as an Organic Being 4 CR / 6 ECTS Credits
SN2002 The Person as a Conscious and Spiritual Being 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits
SN2003 The Person as a Situational Being 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits
SN2004 Nursing Environment 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits
SN20 NURSING CLIENT AND ENVIRONMENT 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective
The student will strengthen and clarify his / her values and attitudes and his / her moral
responsibility in relation to human nature and environmentand he / she will adopt a holistic
concept of people and environment. The student will meet in nursing the human as an organic,
conscious and spiritual being and in relation to that image of the world that the person has built
for him/herself. The student is capable of analysing environment as a phenomenon and
understands the meaning of environment in nursing and is willing to function and influence in
order to develop and preserve an environment promoting health.
The institute specific objective is that the student will understand the meaning of his / her culture as well as other cultures in his / her value system so that he will become culturally aware in his / her relation to the client and environment.
SN2000 The Person as a Holistic Being 1 CR
1.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student will familiarize him/herself with the holistic concept f a human being. The student will understand that a person is materialized as a conscious-spiritual, organic and situational being.
SN2001 The Person as an Organic Being 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student knows the structures and operation of organ systems and understands how different systems in the body form functional units. The student has a command of the central terminology of anatomy and physiology. The student will familiarize him/herself with the basics of nutritional science and microbiology and understands the role of nutrition and the most common infectious diseases in the human health.
SN2002 The Person as a Conscious and Spiritual Being 3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student knows the main features of the psychosocial development of humans and familiarizes him/herself with the central developmental psychological theories. The student is able to analyse the mental factors related to health and mental health and knows the different approaches of clinical psychology. The student understands people’s conscious dimension and spirituality as a part of it.
SN2003 The Person as a Situational Being 1 CR
1.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands how a person’s situation or life situation is related to the person’s body and conscience. The student understands that the situationality is the intertwining into the life situation’s structural factors such as other people, values, culture and societal situations. The student reflects on the influence of social and cultural environment on the development and functioning of people. He / she examines the relationship between individual, group and community in order to understand how a person fulfils him/herself in relation to other people.
SN2004 Nursing Environment 1 CR
1.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands nursing environment as physical, social and symbolic. The student is capable of developing a nursing environment promoting health and well-being.
SN21 HEALTH 30 CR / 45 ECTS Credits
SN2100 Health as a Value and a Subjective Experience 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits
SN2101 Children’s and Adolescents’ Health and its Promotion
2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits + 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2102 Adult’s Health and its Promotion
1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 6 CR / 9 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2103 Elderly People’s Health and its Promotion
1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits+ 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2104 Assessment of Changes in Health, the Basis of Examination and Therapeutic Methods
4 CR / 6 ECTS Credits
SN2105 Medical Examination and Therapeutic Methods in the Changes of Health
4 CR / 6 ECTS Credits
SN2106 Changes in Health during the Phases of Lifespan 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits
SN2107 Special Issues in the Changes of Health 2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits
SN21 HEALTH 30 CR
45 ECTS Credits
Objective
The student will perceive health as a value and a resource. The student is able to evaluate health
as a phenomenon and as a subjective experience. The student will recognize and is able to
evaluate changes in individual’s, family’s or community’s health and health transitions. The
student is able to take into consideration different political and financial factors affecting health in
different environments and cultures and knows how to influence them. The student has the
readiness to help an individual and/or a family to find resources to promote their health in different
life situations.
The institute specific objective is that the student will be able to apply his / her knowledge of different cultures in a way that he / she is aware of and understands the influence of cultural values in the client’s subjective experience of health.
SN2100 Health as a Value and a Subjective Experience 1 CR
1.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student will form an overall picture of the health concepts of nursing and other sciences. The student will see health as a value, a subjective experience and a resource.
SN2101 Children’s and Adolescents’ Health and its Promotion 5 CR
7.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student knows the health development of children and adolescents. The student will recognize health promoting resources and is able to support action promoting the health of children and adolescents. The student understands the meaning of parenthood, family and safe growing environment to health and well-being of a child or an adolescent.
SN2102 Adults’ Health and its Promotion 7 CR
10.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student recognizes and understands the meaning of health and well-being for adults. The student is able to help a client to find individual resources in order to control the change and to use service networks. The student gains the readiness to analyse the environmental resources and burdens affecting the work ability and to develop action promoting health and safety. The student is capable of supporting and guiding the client individually and in group in order to promote health. The student understands the meaning of pregnancy and parenthood and is able to participate in supporting family growth and development. The student is familiar with the maternity service system and is able to support the pregnant woman and the mother who has already given birth in maintaining capacity.
SN2103 Elderly People’s Health and its Promotion 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands the meaning of health and well-being for an elderly person. The student learns to appreciate the elderly person’s life history and experience and is able to support the elderly person to manage in his / her daily life and community.
Changes in Health 13 CR
19.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student will integrate researched knowledge of anatomy, physiology, medicine and other sciences in order to build his own professional knowledge foundation. He / she familiarizes him/herself with public health science, ways in which illnesses are born, diseases and examination and therapeutic methods so that he / she is able to take advantage of the knowledge in his / her work as a registered nurse / public health nurse.
SN2104 Assessment of Changes in Health, the Basis of Examination
and Therapeutic Methods 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is capable of taking advantage of his / her knowledge in nursing from public health science, doctrine of disease, clinical physiology, internal medicine, clinical pharmacology and bioanalytics.
SN2105 Medical Examination and Therapeutic Methods in
the Changes of Health 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is capable of taking advantage of his / her knowledge in surgery, anaesthesiology, radiology and radiation therapy and infectious diseases and deepen his / her knowledge in internal medicine.
SN2106 Changes in Health During the Phases of Lifespan 3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is capable of taking advantage of his / her knowledge in psychiatry, gynaecology and obstetrics, pediatrics, geriatrics and dietetics.
SN2107 Special Issues in the Changes of Health 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is capable of taking advantage of his / her knowledge in eye diseases, ear, nose and throat diseases, skin diseases, neurology, addiction medicine, occupational medicine and preventive medicine.
SN22 NURSING IN ACTION 60 CR / 90 ECTS Credits
SN2200 The Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Nursing 2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits
SN2201 Interaction in Nursing 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2202 Nursing as a Process 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2203 Primary Nursing and Community Orientation in Nursing
1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits+ 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2204 Nursing Client in Transition 2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2205 Orientation to Expertise in Clinical Nursing 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits
SN2206 Diagnosis and Observations in Nursing
1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits+ 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2207 Help and Support in Nursing
3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits + 7 CR / 10.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2208 Guidance in Nursing 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2209 Documentation in Nursing 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2210 Quality Management in Nursing
1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2211 Consulting in Nursing 2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2212 Entrepreneurship in Nursing 2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits
Professional Intensive Studies (20 CR / 30 ECTS Credits)
SN2213 The Philosophical and Scientific Foundation of Nursing Science
2 CR / 3 ECTS Credits + 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2214 Nursing in Different Cultures 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 1 CR / 1 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2215 Professional Decision-making in Nursing 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SN2216 Leadership and Development in Nursing 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits
Institute specific intensive studies 10 CR / 15 ECTS Credits clinical studies
Optional study paths of professional intensive studies:
SN2300 Critical Care Nursing
SN2301 Rehabilitative Nursing Care
SN2302 Family Nursing
SN2303 Perioperative Nursing
SN2304 Nursing Care of the Mentally Ill and the Addicted Client
SB2417 Nursing in Public Health Care Services
SN22 NURSING IN ACTION 60 CR
90 ECTS Credits
Objective
The student will internalize the value and knowledge fundamentals directing nursing as a profession. He / she will develop in self-knowledge and professional growth being able to interact with different clients (individual, family, community) and co-operative partners. The student will recognize and is able to respond to the changes in patient’s health with different nursing therapeutics in different nursing environments. He / she is capable of independent decision-making in nursing together with the patient or the client and his / her family. The student will learn to make a nursing care plan together with the patient or the client and his / her family and other professionals. He / she is capable of multi-professional teamwork in planning and leading social and health care services. He / she will develop in qualitative, economical and efficient action and entrepreneurship. The student will adopt information technology as a tool of documentation.
The institute specific objective is that the student will continuously develop his / her cultural skills by interacting with clients with diverse backgrounds and applies his / her cultural knowledge in nursing without prejudice. The student will develop his / her expertise in order to internalize it as part of his / her professional identity.
SN2200 The Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Nursing 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is aware of the philosophical foundation of nursing and the historical development of health care and nursing and their influences on the development of nursing. The student will familiarize him/herself with the central concepts of nursing and with the fundamentals guiding professional growth so that he / she is able to direct and assess his / her professional growth from the point of view of nursing taking advantage of the types of knowledge needed in nursing. The student is able to describe the nursing theory and its central concepts chosen as the basis for the nursing plan. The student will develop his / her own action so that he takes into consideration the client holistically and the scientific knowledge in nursing directing the action.
SN2201 Interaction in Nursing 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands the meaning of interaction for the community. The student is capable of co-operating with different people in situations requiring professional skills and abilities. The student will deepen his / her self-knowledge and develop his / her skill to be genuinely present in nursing situations. He / she is able to recognize different groups and their meanings and is aware of group dynamics. He / she takes advantage of team- and group work skills in nursing situations.
SN2202 Nursing as a Process 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student knows how to look at nursing as a process from a theoretical framework. He / she is able to apply the chosen theoretical framework of nursing in the nursing care plan and in documentation using information technology.
The student is aware of the thinking process and decision making theories so that he / she understands the many forms and meanings of decision making in nursing. The student will develop in independent and communal decision making so that he / she knows how to gather information, how to plan and implement the nursing care based on the gathered data together with the patient, the family and the community. The student can evaluate the process and documentation of patient’s nursing care. He / she understands the legal regulations of patient documents.
SN2203 Primary Nursing and Community Orientation in Nursing 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student can create a collaborative relationship with his / her client and is able to describe the development of the relationship. The student is able to make an individual nursing care plan with the client. He / she is able to make independent decisions together with his / her client and the family. The student understands and is able to define the community as a nursing client and is able to recognize the resources and the health needs of the community. The student can plan, implement and evaluate community nursing taking into consideration the community’s ethical, cultural, social and financial factors. The student will develop in empowering work methods. The student is willing to promote the health of the community as a member of a multi-professional team.
SN2204 Nursing Client in Transition 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands transition as a basic phenomenon in development of an individual and family, in health and in lifespan. The student reflects and searches for knowledge of transitions to be able to help and support the individual and family in transition in different nursing environments.
SN2205 Orientation to Expertise in Clinical Nursing 1 CR
1.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student will familiarize him/herself with the expertise in nursing so that he / she is aware of the primary task and responsibility of a nurse. He / she forms a whole picture of the nursing therapeutics of the client / patient which are diagnosing and observation, helping and supporting, guiding, documenting and consulting, leading and developing nursing.
SN2206 Diagnosis and Observations in Nursing 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is familiar with the methods of gathering information. He / she is able to make observations on the patient’s situation and interview the patient and his / her family. He /she can observe and measure the patient’s physiological functions. The student is able to record the information without mistakes into the patient documents. He / she can make conclusions and anticipate changes in the health status. He /she can use the gathered information safely and reliably together with the patient and other people participating in the care. The student is able to assess the patient’s resources and anticipate the kind of help and support the patient needs.
SN2207 Help and Support in Nursing 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student will consider helping and supporting as concepts and therapeutics of nursing. The student will help and support with the aim of accomplishing the commitment, participation, rehabilitation and integrity of the patient. The student will learn to help and support the patient and his / her family by being present , comforting, touching and relieving pain. The student will represent the patient by supporting the patient’s right to decide for him/herself. The student can assess his / her own actions in using nursing therapeutics of helping and supporting from the patient’s point of view concerning health, safety and ethical and financial issues. The student applies the primary health care and specialized health care skills in action environment internalizing the continuity of the treatment.
SN2208 Guidance in Nursing 3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student internalizes guidance as interaction where the student listens and encourages the patient to express his / her thoughts and feelings and helps the patient to use resources and to CReate prerequisites for experiencing health. The student is able to consider the ethical questions related to guidance. The student is familiar with the life in different cultures and nationalities and its influence on health. He / she is able to guide individuals, families and communities in health questions using the other official language and one foreign language.
SN2209 Documentation in Nursing 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is aware of the instructions and regulations for compiling and keeping patient documents and of the meaning of the documents from both the patient’s and the health care staff’s legal right point of view. The student understands and is able to justify the meaning of documentation for guaranteeing patient oriented care, patient safety, continuity of care, quality of care and multi-professional teamwork. The student is able to accurately record the patient’s care process in the documents so that the documentation is justified and it evaluates and describes the essence of the care. The student will develop in taking advantage of information technology as a tool for documentation in nursing. He / she takes into consideration confidentiality questions both from the point of view of the patient and the nursing staff.
SN2210 Quality Management in Nursing 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands quality management as an opportunity for study and development of health care services and nursing action together with the client / patient. The student is able to provide quality nursing and maintain and develop his / her own professional skills. The student is able to take professional responsibility of nursing and is able to critically evaluate the quality of his / her own action and that of the work of community. He / she can describe the nursing process and understands that it is a necessity for systematic evaluation and measurement of nursing. Through quality management, the student gets practice in correcting his / her own and the work community’s nursing action.
SN2211 Consulting in Nursing 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student recognizes and understands the meaning of consulting in maintaining and developing the quality of nursing and his / her own professional skills. The student will develop in building and using different consulting networks both in his vicinity and internationally.
SN2212 Entrepreneurship in Nursing 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student familiarizes him/herself with entrepreneurship and its meaning in the nursing field. He / she will internalize the philosophical and ethical premises of entrepreneurship. The student internalizes the qualifications of a registered nurse / public health nurse working as an entrepreneur. He / she understands that the most important capital of the enterprise is the entrepreneur him/herself and to succeed as an entrepreneur an innovative and CReative attitude , positive attitude towards entrepreneurship, good grasp of reality and insights on good business ideas to establish one’s own company are required. By internalizing the different forms of entrepreneurship, the students lays a foundation for growing into entrepreneurship as a part of his / her professional growth and internalized service orientation.
Professional intensive studies in nursing
SN2213 The Philosophical and Scientific Foundation of Nursing Science
3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student will familiarize him/herself with the philosophical approaches of science and understands their meaning for nursing and scientific nursing research. The student deepens his/her knowledge on nursing theories so that he / she is able to analyse the application possibilities of different nursing theories.
SN2214 Nursing in Different Cultures 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student deepens his / her knowledge of the health concepts of different cultures and of theories of cultural nursing. He / she accepts the Finnish society as multicultural and aims to promote tolerance in society with his / her actions. The student is familiar with the EU social and health politics and with the laws, statutes, regulations and instructions regulating the clinical nursing care. The student wants to participate in the international development of nursing .
SN2215 Professional Decision-making in Nursing 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student deepens his / her decision-making skills in interaction with the patient/ client, his/ her family and the community. The student is able to assess and consider his / her own professional decision making. The student is capable of equal decision making as a nursing expert and as the patient’s representative together with other people participating in the care.
SN2216 Leadership and development in nursing 3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands the philosophical and ethical fundamentals of leadership in nursing as the basis of good leadership. He / she understands the connection of management process with the client’s / patient’s good care. The student is aware of the social political factors affecting health care planning and practice and participates in societal influencing. He / she will familiarize him/herself with the action plan of the work unit and will participate in its realization and evaluation. The student understands the meaning of human resource accounting as an instrument of nursing productivity and as a method of quality management. He / she is able to use knowledge of health economics and develops to be aware of the costs in his / her daily action. The student recognizes the elements of good leadership and management of one self and understands its meaning to the staff’s well-being. The student familiarizes him/herself with strategic planning, realization and follow-up using information and communication technology.
Institute Specific Intensive Studies 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student internalizes the philosophical, theoretical and methodological premises of health changes of individuals of different ages and different cultural backgrounds. Expertise requires knowledge of nursing and related disciplines, knowledge on people, health, the interaction between people and environment and functions of nursing.
Learning is based on the student’s individual learning plan, portfolio work and clinical studies. The studies include seminars and projects for the development of nursing. The assessment of learning is systematically and continuously taking advantage of self-evaluation and peer-evaluation.
Optional study paths of professional intensive studies:
SN2300 Critical Care Nursing 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is able to plan, implement and evaluate the nursing of people of different ages and of different cultural backgrounds in sudden health changes in different action environments. The student immediately recognizes the changes in the patient’s condition, evaluates their degree of urgency and takes responsibility for implementing the treatment according to the situation. The student is able to support the patient and his / her family in CRisis. The student is aware of the health care organization in disaster situations.
SN2301 Rehabilitative Nursing Care 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands the societal meaning of rehabilitative nursing and internalizes the philosophical and cultural premises promoting rehabilitation. The student is able to evaluate the clients resources and is also able to support him / her and his /her family individually in different life transitions and environments. The student develops into being an expert in rehabilitative nursing in order to be able to function in multi-professional teams.
SN2302 Family Nursing 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student examines the theoretical premises of the family concept and deepens his / her knowledge on factors affecting family’s health. The student applies therapeutics of family nursing in different environments and considers the knowledge based on experience, ethics and research which is needed in family nursing.
SN2303 Perioperative Nursing 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is able to plan, implement and evaluate nursing in the different stages of peri-operative process together with the patient, his/her family and other staff participating in the treatment. He / she is able to support the patient’s resources and to secure the patient’s right to decide on his / her own treatment. He / she acts strategically, controls work and subject units and is able to make responsible decisions regarding treatment so that he / she can ensure the patient’s safety. He / she researches and plans perioperative nursing in conjunction with work life.
SN2304 Nursing Care of the Mentally Ill and the Addicted Clients 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student deepens his knowledge on mental health and addiction work in individual, group and community care. The student is able to promote his / her client’s mental healing and survival. The student is constantly motivated to consider his / her own work in relation to him/herself, to his / her clients, to the work unit and the society. The student develops to become a conscientious expert in developing his / her own work unit and profession in the field of mental health care and addiction work.
Professional intensive studies in public health nursing
SB2413 The Philosophical and Scientific Foundations of Public Health Nursing
3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student will familiarize him/herself with the philosophical approaches of science and understands their meaning for nursing and scientific research in nursing. The student deepens his/ her knowledge on nursing theories so that he / she is able to analyse the application possibilities of different theories in nursing. The student internalizes ethical thinking as a foundation for public health nursing and deepens his / her knowledge in this by applying family, community and population responsible way of acting. The student is capable of analysing his / her professional growth as a public health nurse and to find developmental challenges.
SB2414 Public Health Nursing in Different Cultures 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student deepens his / her knowledge of the health concepts of different cultures and of theories of cultural nursing. He / she accepts the Finnish society as multicultural and aims to promote tolerance in society with his / her actions. The student is familiar with the EU social and health politics and with the laws, statutes, regulations and instructions regulating the clinical nursing care / public health nursing care. The student wants to participate in the international development of nursing.
SB2415 Professional Decision-making in Public Health Nursing 2 CR
3 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student looks at public health nursing in an ethical way in the framework of professional decision-making. The student deepens his / her decision making skills in interaction with the health care client and supports and respects the client’s own decision making. The student is capable of critically and reflectively evaluating his / her own action. The student will be able to participate in multiprofessional teamwork.
SB2416 Leadership and Development in Public Health Nursing 3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student understands the philosophical and ethical fundamentals of leadership in nursing as the basis of good leadership. He / she understands the connection of management process with the client’s / patient’s good care. The student is aware of the social political factors affecting health care planning and practice and participates in societal influencing. He / she will familiarize him/herself with the action plan of the work unit and will participate in its realization and evaluation. The student understands the meaning of human resource accounting as an instrument of nursing productivity and as a method of quality management. He / she is able to use knowledge of health economics and develops to be aware of the costs in his / her daily action. The student recognizes the elements of good leadership and management of one self and understands its meaning to the staff’s well-being. The student familiarizes him/herself with strategic planning, realization and follow-up using information and communication technology.
Institute specific intensive studies of public health nursing 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
SB2417 Nursing in Public Health Services 10 CR
15 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is able to plan, realize and evaluate health promotion and treatment of diseases in public health care’s different work environments. He / she understands the meaning of family orientation in community and population centered nursing. The student has a command of the central action processes and methods of health care workers. He / she gets practice in prevention of infectious diseases and in vaccination programs. The student understands the multi-professional nature of his / her work.
SB24 PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING OF PEOPLE, COMMUNITY AND FAMILY
20 CR / 30 ECTS Credits (160 CR / 240 ECTS Credits)
SB2400 Public Health Nursing of Children 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SB2401 Public Health Nursing of Adolescents 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SB2402 Public Health Nursing of Families Planning to Have or Expecting a Child
1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SB2403 Public Health Nursing of Adults 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits + 3 CR /4.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SB2404 Public Health Nursing of Elderly People 1 CR / 1.5 ECTS Credits clinical studies
SB2405 Development of Public Health Nursing 3 CR / 4.5 ECTS Credits
SB24 PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING OF PEOPLE, COMMUNITY AND FAMILY
20 CR
30 ECTS Credits
(160cr / 240 ECTS Credits)
Public health nurses’ professional studies in public health nursing are based on nursing studies and chosen intensive professional studies.
Objective and content
The student will be able to function in family and community-oriented public health nursing,
promoting the family’s well-being and health in different phases of life. He / she is able to
help/support clients to find their resources to attain life control. The student is aware of the
influence of cultures, communities and living environments on people’s health and well-being and
is able to evaluate factors burdening health and preventing them. He / she is capable of multi-
professional teamwork with representatives from different fields of society. The student
understands the meaning of theoretically controlled work as the foundation for his
professionalism. He / she is able and willing to develop public health nursing from the premises
of societal change and the changing needs of the clients.
Public Health Nursing of Children and Adolescents:
SB2400 Public Health Nursing of Children 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student internalizes the principles of family orientation and health promotion and is familiar with the health care objectives, content and methods in caring for children’s health. He / she is able to perceive and support the health of children of different ages in different developmental phases. The student is able to recognize barriers in healthy development and to act in order to remove these and he / she is able to do different physical examinations using different methods and to evaluate and prioritize the clients’ health care needs. The student gets practice in supporting and advising parents in their upbringing task. He /she takes into consideration the needs of families from different cultures.
SB2401 Public Health Nursing of Adolescents 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student internalizes family-orientation and health promotion in the health care of school-age children. He / she is able, as a public health nurse, to plan, implement and evaluate school health care. The student is able to do physical examinations using different methods and to evaluate the health care needs of adolescents. He /she is able to support the youth’s resources on individual, group and community level. He / she is capable of perceiving and supporting the well-being of adolescents of different ages. He / she is capable of using the methods of multi-professional community.
SB2402 Public Health Nursing of Families Planning to Have or Expecting a Child
4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student recognizes current health care trends of families expecting a child both in Finland and internationally. He / she recognizes the health care problem areas of expecting families and mothers (and the newborn) and is able to act to prevent and diminish these problems in public health care. The student is willing to work in a multi-professional health care team for mothers and families. The student evaluates and, from his/her own part, develops the structures, methods and contents of mothers’ health care.
SB2403 Public Health Nursing of Adults 4 CR
6 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student is aware of the influence of work and living environment on people’s health and well-being and is capable of assessing the factors burdening the health of working age people and to prevent and eliminate them. He / she is aware that occupational health care is holistic and understands its health maintaining and promoting meaning in the well-being of an individual. The students can apply guidance and advice methods in different situations (individual, group, community) and expand his / her health education skills this way. He /she is able to act according to the professional practice of occupational health services and get competence for multi-professional teamwork. The student is able to assess the needs for developing occupational health services.
SB2404 Public Health Nursing of Elderly People 1 CR
1.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content The student recognizes current challenges in health care of the aging. The student is able to evaluate the functional changes associated with aging. The student is able to guide the client supporting his / her resources. He /she evaluates and, from his /her part, develops the structures, methods and contents of health care for the aging.
SB24305 Development of Public Health Nursing 3 CR
4.5 ECTS Credits
Objective and content With the thesis, the student develops in public health nursing. In his / her thesis the student applies the results of the thesis done in nursing education to public health nursing.
THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME IN NURSING / IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
DEGREE PROGRAMME IN NURSING 140 CR / 210 ECTS Credits
IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 160 CR / 240 ECTS Credits