11.1 Degree Programmes in Nursing and Social Services – Joint Studies

DEGREE PROGRAMME IN NURSING

BACHELOR OF NURSING 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 (210 ECTS Credits) consists of basic studies (30 ECTS Credits), professional studies (150 ECTS Credits), thesis and maturity test (15 ECTS Credits) and elective studies (15 ECTS Credits). The basic studies are divided in the following way: Foundations of multi-professional skills (15 ECTS Credits), Fundamentals of health care and social welfare work (15 ECTS Credits).

POLYTECHNIC DEGREE STUDIES IN NURSING 210 ECTS Credits

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES 210 ECTS Credits

- MULTICULTURAL SOCIAL WORK

Mission Statement, Aims and Objectives of the programme:

Multicultural theory and practice is founded on the principle that cultural, linguistic and other differences can and should be used as a basis for learning and teaching. In Multicultural Social Work this principle serves as an important starting point for all client interactions while enriching individual experiences.

Multicultural Social Work means encouraging cultural competencies in order to increase student flexibility in responding to client needs. Multicultural Social Work seeks to recognize, acknowledge and utilize the unique contributions of individuals and other groups in a pluralistic society by building on their strengths and recognizing how factors such as race, class, gender, religion etc. affect their lives and the provision of holistic client care.

This demands the employment of both anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive social work methodologies in order to effect the empowerment of marginalized and socially excluded groups such as ethnic minorities, the elderly, the unemployed, the disabled, youths, and the mentally ill. An understanding of the altering nature of welfare provision, economics and political structures, a recognition of the effects of globalization, cultural pluralism and the importance of networking, multiprofessional, and multifaceted approaches to client care are other key areas of competence.

Multiculturalism demands that social workers give up mere cultural sensitivity as the endpoint and instead use it as a way of understanding the specific needs of individuals and cultural groups, the cultural contradictions, and the unique working methods these require.

STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME

JOINT STUDIES IN BOTH PROGRAMMES

SW1 BASIC STUDIES

HB10 FOUNDATIONS OF MULTI-PROFESSIONAL SKILLS-15 ECTS Credits
HB1000 Introduction to Polytechnic Studies-3 ECTS Credits
HB1001 Professional Skills, Information Technology-1.5 ECTS Credits
HB1002 Professional Skills, Introduction to Statistical Methods-1.5 ECTS Credits
HB1003 Professional Skills, Communication-1.5 ECTS Credits
HB1004 Professional Skills, Project Work-1.5 ECTS Credits
HB1005 Adapting to Change in the Professional World-4.5 ECTS Credits
HB1006 Professional Growth and Self-evaluation-1.5 ECTS Credits

SW11 FUNDAMENTALS OF HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL WELFARE WORK-15 ECTS Credits
SW1100 The Basis of Professional Action in Health Care and Social Welfare Work-4.5 ECTS Credits
SW1101 Research and Development of Health Care and Social Welfare Work-4.5 ECTS Credits
SW1102 Swedish-3 ECTS Credits
SW1103 English-3 ECTS Credits

11.1.1   HB10 FOUNDATIONS OF MULTI-PROFESSIONAL SKILLS (15 ECTS Credits)

11.1.1.1   HB1000 INTRODUCTION TO POLYTECHNIC STUDIES (3 ECTS Credits)

11.1.1.2   HB1001 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (1.5 ECTS Credits)

11.1.1.3   SW1002 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS - INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL METHODS (1.5 ECTS Credits)

11.1.1.4   HB1003 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS - COMMUNICATION (1.5 ECTS Credits)

11.1.1.5   HB1004 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS - PROJECT WORK (1.5 ECTS Credits)

11.1.1.6   HB1005 ADAPTING TO CHANGE IN THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD (4.5 ECTS Credits)

11.1.1.7   HB1006 Professional Growth and Self-Evaluation (1.5 ECTS Credits)

11.1.2   SW11 FUNDAMENTALS OF HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL WELFARE WORK (15 ECTS Credits)

11.1.2.1   SW1100 The Basis of Professional Action in Health Care and Social Welfare Work (4.5 ECTS Credits)

11.1.2.2   SW1101 Research and Development of Health Care and Social Welfare Work (4.5 ECTS Credits)

11.1.2.3   SW1002 Swedish (3 ECTS Credits)

11.1.2.4   SW1003 English / Foreign Language (3 ECTS Credits)

11.1.3   SW8 THESIS AND MATURITY TEST (15 ECTS Credits)

11.1.3.1   SW8000 Brainstorming the Thesis (1.5 ECTS Credits)

11.1.3.2   SW8001 Planning the Thesis (3 ECTS Credits)

11.1.3.3   SW8002 Publishing the Thesis (9 ECTS Credits)

11.1.3.4   SW8003 Maturity Test (1.5 ECTS Credits)