Opetussuunnitelma
2013
Sosiaali-, terveys- ja liikunta-ala
Laurea Porvoo
Ammattikorkeakoulututkintoon johtava koulutus
Curriculum
2013
Social Services, Health and Sports
Laurea Porvoo
Bachelor's degree programmes
Opetussuunnitelma · Sairaanhoitajakoulutus (SHP), Laurea Porvoo · Ryhmä SHP14KA
Opetussuunnitelma 2013 – SHP14KA (englanniksi)
Curriculum · Degree Programme in Nursing (SHP), Laurea Porvoo · Group SHP14KA
Curriculum 2013 – SHP14KA (in English)
Curriculum 2013 – SHP14KA (in English)
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LAUREA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Degree Programme in Nursing (Laurea Porvoo, sote), SHP14KA
INTRODUCTION TO LAUREA
Laurea's Mission
The strategic intent of Laurea University of Applied Sciences is to be ”an international developer of well-being and
competitiveness of the Helsinki Metropolitan area in 2020.
Laurea is a student-centred, international, inspiring and innovative university of applied sciences whose mission is to
conduct education, research, development and innovation activities in international value networks following the
operating model of Learning by Developing (LbD).
The students will encounter authentic workplace actors and their competence will be challenged during their studies.
A student graduating from Laurea will be able to act in new situations, anticipate future trends, develop new
operating models and examine the world with open eyes. Laurea's mission is to be an internationally networked
university of applied sciences with an operating method that creates links between learning and the working life.
This way, new competence will be produced and service innovations generated.
Competence Development
At Laurea our focus is on the student, emphasising the student's freedom and responsibility. The students are
offered an opportunity to develop their competence as required by their professional goals. Freedom means that the
learning outcomes may be achieved through different modes of studying. Responsibility means an active approach
to studying, responsibility for your own choices and a constructive and motivated attitude towards doing things
together. Laurea's staff is responsible for supporting and guiding the student's professional growth.
Internationality at Laurea means numerous opportunities for being active in various multicultural settings, developing
your language skills, going on student exchanges and taking part in international research and development (R&D)
projects.
Focus areas refer to areas of strong expertise on which the education offered by Laurea and Laurea's R&D activities
are based. Laurea's focus areas are service business, expertise in nursing and coping at home as well as security,
safety and social responsibility. Student entrepreneurship is a cross-cutting focus area, which is visible in Laurea's
activities not only as an entrepreneurial attitude and cooperation with companies but also as concrete new
businesses that the students may set up even before completing their studies.
Laurea produces experts for the future who can develop their own work, are professionally committed and have
capabilities for serving in expert tasks in their own fields.
The education aims for an extensive and strong professional competence. Workplace driven projects also develop
management competence, communication skills, creativity and ethical competence. The graduates will have
capabilities for following and promoting the development of their professional fields and for continuous improvement
of their personal professional competence. The education imparts the students adequate communication and
linguistic skills for tasks in their fields as well as for international activities and cooperation.
Campuses
All of Laurea's campuses have their unique profiles, and they offer different learning environments:
The Hyvinkää campus specialises in the renewal of welfare services. The campus has a multi professional approach
to developing financial, legal, social and health-related competence. You can study for a Bachelor's degree in Health
Care (nurse), Social Services or Business Administration. Your studies will offer you opportunities to develop
services in workplace projects together with working life specialists. The campus makes use of such development
environments as a simulation hospital, simulation classrooms and a project learning environment in the provision of
education.
In Kerava you can choose a degree programme in Business Management or Business Information Technology. You
can specialise in the management of customer-oriented service business, study tourism management or develop
specialist competence in business information technology. The Kerava campus plays a pioneering role in both
blended learning and virtual education. Learning through projects and acting in an international network of partners
will be a standard part of your studies in Kerava.
Leppävaara SID focuses on service renewal. SID stands for Service Innovation and Design, which means user-
centered innovation, development and design of services. Laurea SID provides a setting for active learning and
turns out graduates who are innovative, internationally oriented and development-focused specialists of service
business. In Leppävaara, you can study for a degree in Hospitality Management, Business Management, Business
Information Technology or Security Management.
The Lohja campus is profiled as a developer of wellbeing and services. In the Bachelor of Health Care degree
programme, nursing of adults and mental health work are emphasised. In the degree programme in business
administration, you can focus on marketing, eBusiness, management and wellbeing business. Authentic workplace
projects are carried out, and private and public sector services are developed, in such learning environments as
Terveystori ('Health Market') and Yrityslabra ('Business Lab').
On the Otaniemi campus, students generate welfare and business competence together with working life actors.
The campus is a multicultural and multidisciplinary meeting point where you can build yourself a professional
network and study for a Bachelor's degree in Health Care (physiotherapist, nurse, public health nurse), Social
Services, or Business Administration. The purpose of this network is to support the development of your
competence and to generate new services, products and business. You may also launch your own business as part
of your studies.
On the Porvoo campus, students of nursing take part in authentic workplace projects. You will build up strong basic
capabilities in wellbeing entrepreneurship and work together with companies of this field during your studies. You
will be offered opportunities for virtual study in the form of inspiring, up-to-date and versatile online implementations.
The aim of the Tikkurila campus is to promote future welfare. Its goal is to develop services in a participatory
process with customers and to boost welfare. In Tikkurila, you can study for a Bachelor's degree in Health Care
(nurse, public health nurse), Social Services (social welfare sector or correctional services), Business Administration
or Beauty Care. As a student you will have opportunities for building up your competence in various development
projects and learning environments together with working life specialists.
LEARNING BY DEVELOPING (LbD)
Laurea's inspiring and innovative learning environments are based on the model of Learning by Developing. The
idea of Learning by Developing is built around authentic encounters with the working life. The ensuing cooperation is
based on trust and creativity.
The students learn to identify targets for workplace and competence development, to create new solutions, products
and operating models and to develop their own action in observance of changing workplace requirements. The
typical characteristics of LbD include authenticity, partnership, experiential nature, creativity and a research-oriented
approach.
Learning by Developing combines learning that produces competence with creativity through various research and
development projects. Learning builds on new opportunities that open up as the project progresses. The required
competence is accumulated through practical activities in various workshops and labs.
DEGREE STRUCTURE IN EDUCATION LEADING TO A UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES DEGREE
Scope and Extent of the Degree
The scope of a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Hospitality Management, Beauty Care, and Health
Care (physiotherapist, nurse) is 210 credits, and it takes on average 3.5 years to complete. The scope of a
Bachelor's degree programme in Health Care (public health nurse) is 240 credits, and it takes on average 4 years to
complete.
In line with the international ECTS standard, one credit corresponds with 26.7 hours of work for an average student.
Degree Structure
The degree studies at Laurea consists of core competence and complementary competence modules. The modules
comprise competence areas that are part of the degree. Core competence modules impart competence that is part
of the degree's compulsory requirements. Complementary modules make it possible to deepen or extend your
knowledge.
Learning is made relevant to workplace development and the student's personal goals. The learning outcomes
specified for the modules build on future workplace needs and Laurea's focus areas.
In practice, credits are attained when the student complete study units that are part of the module or engage in
projects in which the corresponding competence area is develop (see picture 1). Credits can also be gained through
recognition of prior learning or demonstrations.
The modules have been designed so that they can mainly be completed in the course of one or two semesters.
Study units can be implemented either in Finnish or in English. The language of the implementation is decided for
each semester and is visible in the study unit offer.
Picture 1. Structure of the studies.
Core Competence and Complementary Competence Modules
Core competence modules lay the foundation for the competence required for a degree and are compulsory. The
scope of the core competence varies depending on the degree:
• 150 credits for a Bachelor of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Hospitality Management, a Bachelor of
Social Services, a Bachelor of Health Care (physiotherapist) and a Bachelor of Beauty Care degree
• 180 credits for a Bachelor of Health Care degree (nurse)
• 210 credits for a Bachelor of Health Care degree (public health nurse)
The scope of core competence modules is 30 credits. The modules contain the following types of studies: basic
studies, professional studies, practical studies and a Bachelor's thesis.
The remaining part of the degree consists of complementary competence modules. Depending on the degree,
the scope of the complementary competence thus is 30 or 60 credits. The scope of a module is either 15 or 30
credits. The modules can be freely selected. Complementary competence modules support individual study paths
and competence. You can include in your degree complementary competence modules that are compatible with
your professional goals. The compatibility of the elective studies with your degree will be subject to prior agreement
with your teacher tutor.
Complementary modules include the following types of studies: professional studies, practical studies and elective
studies.
Flexible Possibilities for Completing Attainments and Specialising
At Laurea, there are flexible possibilities of building up the competence specified in the modules' learning outcomes.
For example, the student can
• select core competence studies offered on Laurea's different campuses
• select complementary competence modules that support your professional goals in Laurea's various units
• select English study units from Laurea's offer of English education, even if you are studying in Finnish education,
• select Finnish study units from Laurea's offer of Finnish education, even if you are studying in an English
education.
• select study units taught in Finnish from Laurea's offer of Finnish education
• include in your degree studies selected from the offer of the FUAS Federation, or HAMK University of Applied
Sciences and Lahti university of Applied Sciences, without paying fees
• select online studies that give you more flexibility in your study schedules, and
• develop your competence by taking part in projects.
The study unit implementation plans specify the objectives, content and implementation form of the studies.
The development of a student's individual competence is also supported by campus modules, the contents of which
emphasise the special competence areas of the campuses. In addition, you can deepen or extend your competence
by your selections of complementary competence modules, placements and the theme of your thesis, and by
participating in various projects. Career guidance will be provided to support a student on his or her study path.
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING AND COMPETENCE
In the curriculum, the learning outcomes are described as the learner's actions, so that the development of
competence can be assessed with reference to the set goals. Competence is identified as knowledge, skills and
values related competence as well as experiential competence that includes the competence of an individual and a
community. The competence descriptions in the curriculum draw on Bloom's taxonomy, where the development of
competence is described at six different levels: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and
evaluation/creativity.
Following Laurea's LbD model, it is expected that the learner's competence will develop from the level of application
to the level of creativity in the course of the education. Laurea's description of shared general criteria for workplace
competence is based on the National Quality Framework. General workplace competence develops as the students
complete modules and study units and participate in projects.
Table 1. Shared criteria for generic working life competence at Laurea
Description of competence Learning outcome Examples
• is able to solve problems
associated with his/her role,
REFLECTION COMPETENCE operating methods and
competence in a goal-oriented
learning skills (EQF) manner to reach a target
• changes his/her operating
Assessment and development of the methods and role, and develops
learner's personal competence and his/her competence as the
that of others in order to achieve the development process progresses
learning outcomes in order to reach the objectives
and the goal set for the project.
• brings up the views put forward
by experts that he/she
appreciates as the project
progresses
• is able to analyse the • in a goal-oriented manner,
implemented operating methods compares different perspectives
and the actors' competence and, together with other project actors
based on this analysis, is able to
draw conclusions together with
other actors in order to achieve a
shared goal
• is able to compare and develop • models a development project as
the operating methods of various a whole from the perspective of
actors, the set objectives and impact
goal and the entire process, and
to create a new operating model
• is able to follow the principles of • follows the agreed operating
equality and fairness methods
ETHICAL COMPETENCE • is able to apply the underpinning • is considerate to others, gives
values and principles of space to other people's ideas
vocational ethics typical of his/ and listens
her field to his/her actions • complies with the rules (including
• is able to apply the principles of schedules), is committed to work,
sustainable development is careful, reliable and fair,
(environmental, social and respects the work of others,
financial responsibility) shows discretion and behaves
• acts as a responsible global appropriately in each situation
citizen • understands that local actions
may also have international
impacts and vice versa
• accepts responsibility for his/her • recognizes conflicts associated
own actions with choices
• accepts responsibility for the • compares and takes into
actions of the group consideration different
viewpoints, is able to let go of
selfish needs in order to achieve
a common good
• shows appreciation for the work
and outputs of others, for
example by citing the original
sources
• draws on his/her competence to • designs/develops customer-
have an impact in society (LbD oriented and sustainable
regional development) solutions including a financial,
social and environmental aspect
• observes the communication
requirements and capacities of
COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE the project
(IN WORK COMMUNITY) • is able to communicate • by his/her personal action,
appropriately in interactive promotes a constructive
The student is able to act situations of the work community atmosphere (appropriate,
appropriately in various work-related and communicate in inter-cultural constructive criticism)
communication and interactive situations • values, listens to and respects
situations: the student uses diverse different communicators and
communication channels in various cultures and linguistic diversity
situations, exchanges messages and • applies his/her communication
maintains interaction with others. competence to different people
• communicates in a foreign
language
• uses ICT in his/her tasks
• is able to communicate • communicates to promote well-
responsibly as part of a multi- being in the community
disciplinary work community / • acts as an active and goal-
network oriented partner in cooperation
• is able to organise and networks globally
communications in a work • shares information and takes
community initiative in disseminating
• is able to evaluate information on the project's
communication competence progress using various
needed in multicultural communication channels
cooperation • finds solutions to communication
• is able to evaluate the impacts challenges
and possibilities of • constructs and organises
internationalisation development network partnerships in
cooperation with project actors
• is able to renew communication • has the courage to challenge him/
modes herself and others to act
• is able to direct communications • tolerates uncertainty,
• is able to develop working life incompleteness and the
connections and networks possibility of failing in
• is able to have an impact in communication situations
society by communicating about • acts professionally, interprets
project outcomes and controls emotions in critical
interactive situations
• builds and develops online
partnerships independently
• uses renewing modes of
communication
• is able to identify elements • obtains and processes
needing change in working life / a knowledge in his/her field in
INNOVATION COMPETENCE project relation to the RDI project
• is able to use appropriate project • brings up practicable
and R&D methods development ideas emerging
• is able to apply a development- from the project
oriented work approach in an
RDI project
• is able to organise an RDI project • documents and reports:
• is able to analyse and interpret describes knowledge or
an innovation process applying operating methods that renew
existing international knowledge working life in line with the
project targets
• brings up international standards
and practices relevant to the field
and follows them
• has the courage for constructive
questioning
• is able to create new working • suggests and implements
methods by using creative solutions bravely and creatively,
problem-solving and finds justifies his/her point of view
customer-oriented, sustainable • has visions of future (foresight,
and cost-effective solutions ability to also see the past)
• is creative
• is able to draw on the • recognizes his/her role in order to manage his/her
basics of management own actions in the project
MANAGEMENT and entrepreneurial • identifies the goals of the project and sets goals for
COMPETENCE operation as part of him/herself
project work
Management • is able to lead a development project as a Project • draws up a project plan
Manager (legal and financial
comprises goal-oriented, • is able to promote a communal spirit among those aspects)
interactive social activity. participating in a development project by personal • communicates about
Management guides the example decisions and project
way people act. The aim of changes, solves
management is that a group communication and
of people will work better interaction problems
and more efficiently than • plans and implements
without management a budget
• organises project
activities and allocates
responsibilities and
tasks to actors
• supports the actors'
development as Project
Manager
• makes decisions in
unexpected situations
• identifies risks and
takes steps to find a
solution
• monitors and evaluates
the project in
comparison to the plan
• is capable of proactive management • has visions of future
• is able to generalise management competence • renews management
produced in a development project in working life culture
development
Study units are graded on a scale of 0 to 5, as follows:
5 (Excellent),
4 (Good),
3 (Good),
2 (Satisfactory),
1 (Satisfactory) and
0 (Fail).
Some study units, study unit elements or parts can also be graded simply as Pass/Fail (H/0).
The students will be informed of the criteria for assessing competence at the beginning of each study unit/project. In
the planning of the assessment, shared assessment criteria applicable to initial stage and graduation stage students
are utilised, with shared descriptions for levels 1, 3 and 5.
Table 2. Shared assessment criteria for initial stage and graduation stage students
BACHELOR'S DEGREE INITIAL STAGE STUDENTS GRADUATION STAGE STUDENTS
• Apply professional concepts • Apply professional concepts
expertly. expertly and extensively, and
EXCELLENT • Comply with occupational safety manage the big picture.
instructions responsibly and • Develop occupational safety of
grade 5 independently. their operating environment.
• Justify activities using research • Develop operating methods by
Students are able to: knowledge. comparing, combining and
• Work independently and take selecting research knowledge.
initiatives in line with objectives. • Work independently and
Operations are often flexible, innovatively in line with
systematic, development- objectives. Activities are mostly
oriented, creative and active. creative, focused on developing
• Select the appropriate the workplace and distinctly
techniques and models for professional.
activities, and justify the choices. • Select, combine and develop
• Act in customer-oriented ways appropriate techniques and
and according to the situation. models for activities.
• Promote group activities. • Take initiatives and act
• Able to critically apply ethical responsibly in customer
principles in the subject field in relations, and understand the
one's conduct and tasks. meaning of customer
relationships for the big picture.
• Develop and renew activities of
multidisciplinary teams.
• Critically apply ethical principles
in the subject field in complex
and unanticipated situations.
• Apply professional concepts • Apply professional concepts
systematically. expertly.
GOOD • Apply occupational safety • Take care of occupational safety
instructions in their activities. for themselves and the work
grade 3 • Justify, compare and analyse community, and perceive
their activities using general development objects.
Students are able to: guidelines. • Select methods of operation in
• Able to cope independently in accordance with research
different tasks in each operating knowledge and guidelines.
environment. • Work systematically and critically
• Apply acquired techniques and in line with objectives in complex
models diversely. situations. Operations are often
• Act professionally in customer flexible, systematic, creative and
situations. active.
• Work in a group in line with • Select the appropriate
objectives. techniques and models for
• Justify their activities in activities, and justify the choices.
accordance with ethical • Prioritise and maintain customer
principles.. relationships.
• Promote group activities.
• Critically apply ethical principles
in the subject field in one's
conduct and tasks.
• Apply most important/individual • Apply professional concepts
and appropriate professional systematically.
SATISFACTORY, concepts, and indicate their • Comply with occupational safety
familiarity with the knowledge instructions responsibly and
grade 1 base. independently.
• Act safely, although activities are • Justify and analyse their
Students are able to: often schematic/ experimental/ activities using general
fumbling/ self-involved. guidelines and in accordance
• Comply with rules and with evidence-based information.
instructions, and justify their • Act professionally and
activities using provided responsibly in unanticipated
instructions. customer and problem situations.
• Act appropriately under guidance. • Work independently in different
• Use acquired techniques and tasks in each operating
models. environment.
• Take customers into account in • Apply acquired techniques and
their actions. models diversely.
• Act as group members. • Act in customer-oriented ways
• Act in accordance with ethical and according to the situation,
principles. and understand customer needs.
• Work in a group in line with
objectives.
• Act and justify their activities in
accordance with ethical
principles.
The assessments draw on the students' self and peer assessments and the assessments of employer
representatives. The students can also avail themselves of recognition of prior learning (RPL). Assessment helps
the students to monitor the development of their competence and the achievement of their personal goals in relation
to the competence requirements set for the degree.
INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY OF THE DEGREE
Competence is at the centre of all activities at Laurea, and we recognize competence in a comprehensive sense.
General working life capabilities specified at the national level and defined in greater detail at Laurea have been
taken into account in the degree contents.
The level of the degree corresponds with level 6 of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and level 6 of the
European Qualifications Framework (EQF).
In the curriculum, the learning outcomes of a study unit are described for level 3, good skills, on the assessment
scale (1-5).
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
The curriculum is developed by using evaluation, monitoring and feedback data. Changes may occur in the study
units and implementation modes of the modules. The offering of the complementary modules is constantly under
development to match the requirements of the working life and thus the offering may change during the studies.
1. year 2. year 3. year 4. year
OP STUDIES 30 60 60 60
P001 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
P0033 Basics of development activities 5
P0034 Project competence 5
P0035 Research method competence 5
P002 COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION
COMPETENCE
P0036 Oral and written communication 5
P0037 Interaction and teamwork competence 5
P0038 Swedish 5
00634 Oral skills in Swedish 0
00635 Written skills in Swedish 0
P0039 English 5
P003 HEALTH CARE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
P0040 Health care service system 5
P0041 Health promotion 5
P0042 Ethics and values in health care 5
P004 NURSING INTERVENTIONS
P0043 Basic nursing interventions 10
P0044 Customer oriented systematic nursing 10
P0045 Encountering customers in transitions 10
P0046 Professional development in practice I 10
P0047 Professional development in practice II 10
P0048 Professional development in practice III 15
P005 MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC COMPETENCE
P0049 Scientific competence 5
P0050 Medical competence I 5
P0051 Medical competence II 5
P006 HEALTH CARE SERVICES AS PRIVATE
SERVICE PROVISION
P0052 Entrepreneurship and business competence 10
P0053 Developing service innovations 10
P0054 Thesis 15
P0055 Professional development in practice IV 10
P0056 Professional development in practice V 10
P0057 Professional development in practice VI 10
P007 DEVELOPING HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN
THE PUBLIC SECTOR
P0058 Services offered in the social services and health 10
care sector and management
P0059 Developing service Innovations 10
P0060 Thesis 15
P0061 Professional development in practice IV 10
P0062 Professional development in practice V 10
P0063 Professional development in practice VI 10
P008 ELECTIVE STUDIES
00202 Initial Test in English Skills 0
00203 Initial Test in Swedish Skills 0
00453 Initial Test in Finnish language 0
00397 Initial Test in Mathematics 0
00194 Preparatory Studies in English 3
00195 Preparatory Studies in Swedish 3
00522 Preparatory Studies in Finnish 3
00636 Written skills in Finnish 0
00637 Oral skills in Finnish 0
00189 Preparatory Studies in Mathematics 3
30 60 60 60
P001 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, 15 cr
Description:
Development activities are goal-oriented measures that develop the operations of the organisation. Development
activities are based on critical thinking and research-oriented way of working.
P0033 Basics of development activities, 5 cr
The student is able to:
Students are able to draw up a personal study plan.
Students are able to assess their own competence and to give and receive feedback and to develop their own
knowledge based on the feedback.
Students learn to understand the importance of professional growth in the process of growing into a nursing expert.
Contents of the study unit:
Learning by Developing (LbD)
Diverse learning environments
Professional growth process
Systematic tutoring
P0034 Project competence, 5 cr
The student is able to:
Students are able to act as responsible project team members.
Students are able to acquire information and plan a project.
Students are able to carry out the project and monitor its progress.
Contents of the study unit:
What does the project means?
How is the project designed, implemented and evaluated?
P0035 Research method competence, 5 cr
The student is able to:
Students understand the key elements of the process.
Students master the basics of qualitative and quantitative research.
Students are able to read and produce reports on researched information.
Contents of the study unit:
What is the research and development process?
What are the main research methods?
P002 COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION COMPETENCE, 20 cr
Description:
In the health care sector, communication and interaction mean encountering individuals and groups, and working
together in national and international settings for health promotion objectives.
P0036 Oral and written communication, 5 cr
The student is able to:
Students are able to deliver written, oral and visual presentations using different communication styles.
Students are able to make use of information and communication technologies in their own work.
Contents of the study unit:
Written communication in the workplace
Presentation skills
Using communication tools
P0037 Interaction and teamwork competence, 5 cr
The student is able to:
Students are able to interact professionally with clients, groups and communities.
Students are able to develop their skills in work community and health communication.
Students are able to analyse the interaction and cooperation skills.
Contents of the study unit:
Professional interaction
Key communication and interaction methods, and teamwork skills
P0038 Swedish, 5 cr
The student is able to:
Students are able to communicate orally and in writing in Swedish in their workplaces.
Students are able to apply information gathered from Swedish-language sources.
Students attain at least skill level B1.2 as defined in the European Qualifications Framework. In addition, students
are graded as having Good or Satisfactory oral and written language skills in accordance with the language skill
requirements for civil servants.
00634 Oral skills in Swedish, 0 cr
Study unit description:
This study unit is for evaluating oral skills in Swedish.
00635 Written skills in Swedish, 0 cr
Study unit description:
This study unit is for evaluating written skills in Swedish.
P0039 English, 5 cr
The student is able to:
Students are able to communicate orally and in writing in English in their workplaces.
Students are able to apply information gathered from English–language sources.
Students attain at least skill level B-2 as defined in the European Qualifications Framework.
P003 HEALTH CARE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT, 15 cr
Description:
The health care operating environment is a combination of those services and functions which promote and
maintain the health and well-being of the population.
P0040 Health care service system, 5 cr
The student is able to:
Students know the service structure and system.
Students know the most important health care laws and regulations.
Students have entrepreneurial skills.
Contents of the study unit:
Service structure and system of public health care
Historical development of nursing
Entrepreneurial education and welfare entrepreneurship
P0041 Health promotion, 5 cr
The student is able to:
Students identify health promotion as an integral part of their own work.
Students identify the health promotion needs of target groups.
Students are able to apply health promotion methods in their own work.
Students are able to evaluate the significance of the surroundings in the promotion of well-being and health.
Contents of the study unit:
What does health promotion mean?
What are the target groups and targets of health promotion?
What methods are there for health promotion?
A social perspective to health promotion
National and international health programmes
P0042 Ethics and values in health care, 5 cr
The student is able to:
Students recognise their own ethical thinking and are able to analyse it.
Students recognise ethical issues and know how to find ethically sustainable solutions.
Students are able to examine ethical issues from the perspective of the organisation and society.
Contents of the study unit:
Ethical foundation of nursing
Ethical problem-solving and decision-making
Ethical issues in nursing
Cultural issues in nursing
P004 NURSING INTERVENTIONS, 65 cr
Description:
Customer-centric nursing interventions promote the customer’s health and help customers cope with the different
stages of illness.
P0043 Basic nursing interventions, 10 cr
The student is able to:
Students are able to plan, implement and evaluate nursing care in a customer-oriented manner.
Students are able to document nursing interventions.
Students are able to provide first aid and know the system of emergency health care.
Contents of the study unit:
Key concepts of nursing
Basics of medical therapy and medication mathematics
Systematic nursing
Ergonomics
Nursing interventions in different operating environments
First aid and health care in emergencies
P0044 Customer oriented systematic nursing, 10 cr
The student is able to:
Students are able to plan, implement and evaluate nursing in a customer-oriented manner.
Students are able to plan, implement and evaluate pharmaceutical care professionally.
Contents of the study unit:
Nursing of an acutely ill, chronically ill, and surgical patients
Diagnosis and monitoring
Medications
Pain relief
Customer-oriented rehabilitation
P0045 Encountering customers in transitions, 10 cr
The student is able to:
Students are able to plan, implement and evaluate customer-oriented family nursing, as well as mental health, crisis
and substance abuse nursing.
Students are able to encounter and support patients in terminal care and their families.
Contents of the study unit:
Promoting the health of pregnant and new mothers
Child growth and development
Nursing of the elderly
Mental health, crisis and substance abuse nursing
Terminal care
P0046 Professional development in practice I, 10 cr
The student is able to:
Student learns about the nursing environment.
Student is able to plan, implement and evaluate nursing.
Student masters the basic nursing interventions.
Contents of the study unit:
- Encountering the customer
- Working in a work community
- Nursing skills
P0047 Professional development in practice II, 10 cr
The student is able to:
Student is able to plan, implement and evaluate customer-oriented nursing.
Contents of the study unit:
In addition to the content of the previous clinical practice period:
- Ethics and values in nursing
- Nursing relationship work
- Medications
- Planning nursing
P0048 Professional development in practice III, 15 cr
The student is able to:
Student is able to plan, implement and evaluate customer-oriented nursing.
Student knows the role of culture in health promotion and nursing, and is able to work in international and
multicultural work communities.
Contents of the study unit:
In addition to the content of the previous clinical practice periods:
- Counselling
- Multicultural nursing
P005 MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC COMPETENCE, 15 cr
Description:
Medical and scientific competence comprise information about the structure and functioning of the human body, the
generation and symptoms of illnesses, the impact of illness on one’s ability to function as well as about the research
and treatment methods of illnesses.
P0049 Scientific competence, 5 cr
The student is able to:
Students are familiar with the basic structure of the organ systems in the human body, their basic functioning and
regulation.
Students are able to apply their knowledge of microbiology in various work situations.
Students understand the onset of diseases and the body's reactions to diseases.
Contents of the study unit:
Anatomy and physiology
Microbiology
Pathology
P0050 Medical competence I, 5 cr
The student is able to:
Students obtain basic knowledge of different fields of medicine applicable in different contexts.
Contents of the study unit:
Internal medicine
Geriatrics
Surgery
Imaging techniques and the health care technology
Anaesthesiology
Psychiatry
P0051 Medical competence II, 5 cr
The student is able to:
Students obtain basic knowledge of different fields of medicine applicable in different contexts.
Contents of the study unit:
Pharmacology
Gynaecology
Paediatrics
Nutrition
P006 HEALTH CARE SERVICES AS PRIVATE SERVICE PROVISION, 65 cr
Description:
Development and productisation of health and welfare services based on entrepreneurial orientation.
P0052 Entrepreneurship and business competence, 10 cr
The student is able to:
Students recognise their own strengths as entrepreneurs in the welfare sector.
Students are able to anticipate opportunities opening up in the operating environment.
Students are able to create a realistic and customer-oriented business plan.
Students master the principles of modern human resources management and develop their own work.
Contents of the study unit:
Business environment analysis
Business idea
Business plan
Planning the start-up company's finances and funding
Standards and legislation governing business operations
Management
P0053 Developing service innovations, 10 cr
The student is able to:
Students are able to describe development objectives from the perspectives of the labour market and regional
development.
Students are able to participate in a partnership network.
Students are able to act as opinion leaders in a community of experts.
Students are able to define, plan, develop, describe, and provide the service offered to the customer.
Students know the basics of productisation and commercialisation.
Contents of the study unit:
Determining development needs
Development process
Productisation
P0054 Thesis, 15 cr
The student is able to:
Students are able to present well-justified work development proposals.
Students are able to conceptualise workplace phenomena with a basis in research data.
Students are able to use appropriate research and development methods for generating new data.
Students are able to evaluate their own work and solutions critically.
Students are able to manage the big picture, presenting their ideas logically and with justifications.
Contents of the study unit:
How to present justified workplace development proposals?
How can phenomena be conceptualised?
What is researched knowledge?
How to select suitable research and development methods?
How to work in a collaborative manner?
What does critical evaluation of one’s own actions mean?
How to communicate the results of development activities?
P0055 Professional development in practice IV, 10 cr
The student is able to:
The student acts responsibly in nursing.
Contents of the study unit:
In addition to the content of the previous clinical practice periods:
- Evidence based nursing
- Decision-making
P0056 Professional development in practice V, 10 cr
The student is able to:
Student is able to work as developers of activities in a community of experts.
Contents of the study unit:
In addition to the content of the previous clinical practice periods:
- Influencing in society
- Leadership
- Development of activities
P0057 Professional development in practice VI, 10 cr
The student is able to:
Student gains in-depth competence in a selected operating environment.
Contents of the study unit:
The content of the previous clinical practice periods: Encountering the customer, working in a work community,
nursing skills, ethics and values in nursing, nursing relationship work, medications, planning nursing, counselling,
multicultural nursing, evidence-based nursing, decision-making, influencing in society, leadership, development of
activities.
P007 DEVELOPING HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, 65 cr
Description:
Development of the public sector health care services, productisation of services and development of service types.
P0058 Services offered in the social services and health care sector and management, 10 cr
The student is able to:
Student knows the service and decision-making system of the public sector social services and health care.
Student masters the principles of modern HR management and develop their own work.
Contents of the study unit:
Service structures and system of social services and health care
Operating environment analysis
Decision-making system in the public sector health care
Legislation
Networking in the public sector
Public funding
Management
P0059 Developing service Innovations, 10 cr
The student is able to:
Students are able to describe development objectives from the perspectives of the labour market and regional
development.
Students are able to participate in a partnership network.
Students are able to act as opinion leaders in a community of experts.
Students are able to define, plan, develop, describe and provide the service offered to the customer.
Students master the basics of productisation.
Contents of the study unit:
Determining development needs
Development process
Productisation
P0060 Thesis, 15 cr
The student is able to:
Students are able to present well-justified work development proposals.
Students are able to conceptualise workplace phenomena with a basis in research data.
Students are able to use appropriate research and development methods for generating new data.
Students are able to evaluate their own work and solutions critically.
Students are able to manage the big picture, presenting their ideas logically and with justifications.
Contents of the study unit:
How to present justified workplace development proposals?
How can phenomena be conceptualised?
What is researched knowledge?
How to select suitable research and development methods?
How to work in a collaborative manner?
What does critical evaluation of one’s own actions mean?
How to communicate the results of development activities?
P0061 Professional development in practice IV, 10 cr
The student is able to:
The student acts responsibly in nursing.
Contents of the study unit:
In addition to the content of the previous clinical practice periods:
- Evidence-based nursing
- Decision-making
P0062 Professional development in practice V, 10 cr
The student is able to:
Students are able to work as developers of activities in a community of experts.
Contents of the study unit:
In addition to the content of the previous clinical practice periods:
- Influencing in society
- Leadership
- Development of activities
P0063 Professional development in practice VI, 10 cr
The student is able to:
Students gain in-depth competence in a selected operating environment.
Contents of the study unit:
The content of the previous clinical practice periods: Encountering the customer, working in a work community,
nursing skills, ethics and values in nursing, nursing relationship work, medications, planning nursing, counselling,
multicultural nursing, evidence-based nursing, decision-making, influencing in society, leadership, development of
activities.
P008 ELECTIVE STUDIES, 15 cr
Description:
Students use elective studies to deepen and broaden their competence in various themes and generic
competences. Students should choose study units to align the content of their studies with their own personal
interests and career objectives.
Content:
Each curriculum contains a theme consisting of elective studies. In the students’ personal study plans, the theme
should be made up of the study units chosen by the student from Laurea’s language studies, Laurea’s shared
studies or another degree programme’s curriculum. Any studies completed at another higher education institution
(university of applied sciences, university, Online University of Applied Sciences, foreign institution) that cannot be
recognised for the degree programme but that the student wishes to include in the degree should be classified
under this theme. The number of credits from elective studies can be set separately for each degree programme,
taking into account recommendations for the field of study. The aim is to have at least 15 cr of elective studies in
each degree programme.
00202 Initial Test in English Skills, 0 cr
Study unit description:
At the beginning of their studies, all students who have English and/or Swedish qualifications on prior certificates
required for studies at Laurea, or who have received previous instruction in English and/or Swedish take initial tests
in these languages. The initial tests are the same for all fields of study and may only be taken once. Students who
transfer between degrees within Laurea do not have to retake the test. The test is used to check the students’
starting level before language studies begin. Students who fail the test must take preparatory studies in the
language at the start of their studies. Having passed the preparatory studies, students obtain credits for inclusion in
elective studies.
00203 Initial Test in Swedish Skills, 0 cr
Study unit description:
At the beginning of their studies, all students who have English and/or Swedish qualifications on prior certificates
required for studies at Laurea, or who have received previous instruction in English and/or Swedish take initial tests
in these languages. The initial tests are the same for all fields of study and may only be taken once. Students who
transfer between degrees within Laurea do not have to retake the test. The test is used to check the students’
starting level before language studies begin. Students who fail the test must take preparatory studies in the
language at the start of their studies. Having passed the preparatory studies, students obtain credits for inclusion in
elective studies.
00453 Initial Test in Finnish language, 0 cr
00397 Initial Test in Mathematics, 0 cr
Study unit description:
Opintojen alkaessa kaikki opiskelijat osallistuvat matematiikan lähtötasotestiin. Lähtötasotestin voi suorittaa vain
kerran. Testin avulla varmennetaan opiskelijan valmiudet koulutusalansa matemaattisten sovellutusten
aloittamiseksi. Ellei opiskelija selviydy lähtötasotestistä, hän osallistuu matematiikan valmentavalle opintojaksolle
opintojen alkuvaiheessa. Suoritettuaan valmentavat opinnot hyväksyttävästi opiskelija saa opintopisteitä luettavaksi
vapaasti valittaviin opintoihin.
00194 Preparatory Studies in English, 3 cr
The student is able to:
• master basic English vocabulary and grammar
• use various methods for improving their language skills
Contents of the study unit:
• main structures of the English language
• basic English vocabulary
Study unit description:
Students improve their skills in communicating in English as preparation for completing actual studies in the
language.
00195 Preparatory Studies in Swedish, 3 cr
The student is able to:
• master basic Swedish vocabulary and grammar
• use various methods for improving their language skills
Contents of the study unit:
• main structures of the Swedish language
• basic Swedish vocabulary
Study unit description:
Students improve their skills in communicating in Swedish as preparation for completing actual studies in the
language.
00522 Preparatory Studies in Finnish, 3 cr
Study unit description:
Students who fail an initial test must take
preparatory studies in the language at the
start of their studies. The preparatory studies
count as credits for elective studies, if the student’s language skills are not sufficient and s/he has been guided to
complete these studies.
00636 Written skills in Finnish, 0 cr
00637 Oral skills in Finnish, 0 cr
00189 Preparatory Studies in Mathematics, 3 cr
The student is able to:
• demonstrate the basic skills of mathematical applications required by his / her field of study
Contents of the study unit:
• recapitulation of upper secondary school mathematics
Study unit description:
Student practices his / her mathematic skills and develops preparedness to complete studies in
mathematical applications within the main courses.