14.1.1 DEGREE PROGRAMME IN NURSING

BACHELOR OF NURSING 140 CR / 210 ECTS Credits

The strength of the know-how is multiculturally oriented nursing.

The objective is that the nursing student’s professional know-how is constructed of evidence based knowledge, moral knowledge and knowledge found in skills and abilities. Professional know-how in relation to nursing as a multicultural phenomenon will be examined in the following manner: human being as a nursing client, nursing environment in different cultures, health as a cultural phenomenon, multiculturally oriented nursing as action and the development and management of nursing in different cultures.

The student will deepen his / her abilities and skills in meeting people with different cultural backgrounds. He / she is able to work as a registered nurse or a public health nurse, as a health promoter and as a nursing expert in a multi-professional team in order to develop and justify health care and social welfare services. The student will be able to develop nursing based on cultural and contextual critical way of thinking and on research-oriented way of working and also to understand the role of culture.

THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME IN NURSING

The polytechnic educational programme in nursing (140 CR / 210 ECTS Credits) consists of basic studies (20 CR / 30 ECTS Credits), professional studies (100 / 150 ECTS Credits), thesis and maturity test (10 CR / 15 ECTS Credits) and elective studies (10 CR / 15 ECTS Credits). The basic studies are divided in the following way: Foundations of multi-professional skills (10 CR / 15 ECTS Credits), Fundamentals of health care and social welfare work (10 CR / 15 ECTS Credits).

The Structure of Degree Programme in Nursing (pdf)