Study Guide

Objective

The student:
• Knows the basics of the structure, functioning and regulation of the organ systems of the human body and the factors behind them

Content

Contents

• Cell functions, embryology, types of body tissue and skin structure
• Structure and functions of the musculoskeletal system
• Structure and functions of the heart and the circulatory system, blood, the immune system
• Structure and functions of the respiratory system
• Structure and functions of the urinary system, fluid balance
• Structure and functions of the digestive system
• Hormonal action, metabolism, structure and functions of the sexual organs
• Structure and functions of the nervous system

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The aim of the course is to activate and develop the students’ field-relevant English language and communication skills. The students will gain professional skills in various spoken and written communicative situations encountered in working life and society. In addition, they will learn to utilize tools and techniques to further develop their skills in authentic, field-specific contexts. More specifically, students will focus on developing their language and communication skills in.
Upon completing the course, the students should have acquired skills to communicate at level B2 according to European Framework of Reference for Languages, which states that at B2-level students should be able to produce clear, coherent and well-structured texts, present detailed descriptions related to one’s field of interest, express and exchange opinions using fluent language, follow complex arguments, and read longer articles and reports.

Content

- writing professional, field-specific texts
- presenting and discussing field-specific topics in a professional manner
- reading field-specific texts and utilizing the information in professional contexts
- learning and using key terminology of their field
- becoming professional, autonomous language users in working life

Materials

- Materials shared by the teacher.
- Materials searched from the web by the students.
- Materials produced by the students themselves.
- All materials will be available in the Itslearning learning environment.
- No material costs for the student.

Teaching methods

Contact teaching (online teaching only when needed), tasks done in class, independent work, pair/group work

International connections

- Work-life-oriented learning objectives and material
- Digital learning
- Independent work
- Group work and team learning
- Flipped learning
- Self-reflection
- Peer review

Completion alternatives

There are no optional completion methods.

Student workload

3cr = 81h

Content scheduling

The aim of this course is to activate and develop the students’ field-relevant English language and communication skills. The students gain professional skills in various spoken and written communicative situations encountered in working life and society. In addition, they learn to utilize tools and techniques to further develop their skills in authentic, field-specific contexts.


Upon completing the course, the students have acquired sufficient skills to communicate at level B2 of the European Framework of Reference for Languages, which states that at level B2, students should be able to produce clear, coherent, and well-structured texts, present detailed descriptions related to their field of interest, express and exchange opinions using fluent language, follow complex argumentation, and read longer articles and reports.

- Writing professional, field-specific texts
- Presenting and discussing field-specific topics in a professional manner
- Reading field-specific texts and utilizing the information in professional contexts
- Learning and using key terminology of the field
- Becoming professional, autonomous language users in working life

Course topics:
• Personal learning goals and needs, language level, and professional profile
• Field-related topics such as the Finnish Health care system
• Reading and summarizing field-related material
• Professional vocabulary
• Self-reflection

Further information

- Itslearning
- email: kim.vo@turkuamk.fi

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The course is graded on a scale of 0-5:

Course performances are scored, which will form the overall course grade. Both oral and written performances affect the grade. Some evaluated tasks are performed on campus, and some as independent work alone or in a group; see Itslearning for more detailed criteria.

Evaluation and feedback: Teacher’s feedback, task-specific points, self-reflection, peer feedback.

The course grade comprises as follows:
Compulsory attendance 75% No substitute tasks.
Learning report: 40% - grading 0 to 5
Recording: 40% - grading 0 to 5
Presentation: PASS/FAIL
The remaining 20% are active in class participation and completing the assignments.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

- The student does not pass the course or has not completed the course tasks according to the instructions (e.g., use of artificial intelligence against the instructions).
- Course tasks are unreturned, or the course performance is incomplete.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

- Handling different topics in English in various professional situations is relatively narrow and one-sided.
- The produced text responds to the task inadequately and does not have a logical flow to it.
- The text contains some difficult-to-understand points.
- The language is satisfactory. Language use contains some structures and basic vocabulary; however, there are errors in their use.
- The student can speak moderately about the central topics of their field.
- The speech is not always easy to follow.
- There may be significant deficiencies in coherence and interaction.
- The language is quite simple and hesitant. However, the student can convey the message, even though errors in structure and pronunciation sometimes hinder understanding.
- There may be deficiencies in language positivity and course activity.
- The course tasks have been completed satisfactorily.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

- Handling the topic in English is versatile and, for the most part, corresponds to the given task in various professional situations.
- The language is structurally clear and logical. Oral and written output is fluent and clear.
- Structures and professional vocabulary are well-mastered. Some errors may occur.
- The student understands the English-language material of their field. Speech is logical and consistent.
- Interaction and reaction are mostly fluent and clear.
- The handling of the topic corresponds to the task and is suitable for different professional situations.
- The text proceeds moderately logically.
- Style errors may occur.
- Errors may occur in the most demanding structures and expressions.
- The student can speak well about various topics in their own field.
- The speech is easy to follow. The language is fluent, although some breaks and pronunciation errors may occur.
- In general, a language-positive attitude and active participation.
- There are no deficiencies in the course performance, and the tasks are done well.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- Handling the topic in English is versatile and skilled, fully responding to the task in various professional situations.
- The text is structurally very clear and logical.
- Transitions are cohesively smooth.
- The student can convey the message naturally with an appropriate style.
- The language is very fluent and versatile.
- Structures are varied, and the professional vocabulary is extensive.
- Occasional errors may occur in the most demanding structures and expressions.
- The student can speak excellently about various topics in their own field.
- Speech is purposeful, very consistent, on-point, and logical.
- Transitions from one topic to another are very smooth.
- Interaction is very skilled, and non-verbal communication effectively supports speech.
- Language (speech, pronunciation, and intonation) is fluent, clear, precise, and normally paced.
- The course performance shows activity and language positivity and the tasks have been performed excellently.

Objective

The student:

• Plan, implement and assess customer-oriented care and counselling in public and private care institutions (for example nursing care of persons with functional disabilities, home care, hospital at home, palliative care)
• Help and support people dealing with acute and long-term health changes and become aware of their own limits of competence
• Gain more in-depth knowledge on counselling health promotion
• Be able to establish a good nurse-patient relationship in various nursing environments
• Be able to work in multiprofessional work groups
• Learn to apply evidence-based information and use it in the nursing care of patients/customers and its development
• Deepen their pharmacotherapy competence in different fields of nursing
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development in a care environment

Content

Contents

• Implementation of key nursing activities according to the learning environment and the needs of customers/patients
• Clinical examination of the patient
• Guiding patients in an empowering way, in cooperation with the customer/patient and their family
• Implementation of evidence-based nursing and guidance
• Deepening knowledge of the structure of the health and social services system and implementing service guidance for the customer/patient and their family member
• Deepening the basis of pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Plans, implements and assesses customer-oriented care and counselling in public and private care institutions (for example nursing care of persons with functional disabilities, home care, hospital at home, palliative care)
• Help and support people dealing with acute and long-term health changes and become aware of their own limits of competence
• Gain more in-depth knowledge on counselling health promotion
• Be able to establish a good nurse-patient relationship in various nursing environments
• Be able to work in multiprofessional work groups
• Learn to apply evidence-based information and use it in the nursing care of patients/customers and its development
• Deepen their pharmacotherapy competence in different fields of nursing
• Is able to operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development ina care environment

Content

Contents

• Implementation of key nursing activities according to the learning environment and the needs of customers/patients
• Clinical examination of the patient
• Guiding patients in an empowering way, in cooperation with the customer/patient and their family
• Implementation of evidence-based nursing and guidance
• Deepening knowledge of the structure of the health and social services system and implementing service guidance for the customer/patient and their family member
• Deepening the basis of pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Practises planning, implementation and evaluation of customer-centric care and guidance in various projects and/or different nursing environments
• Learns to help and support people dealing with acute and long-term health changes and becomes aware of their own resources and limits of competence
• Learn to work in multiprofessional work groups
• Commit themselves to entrepreneurial activities in various care environments
• Learn to apply evidence-based information and use it to nursing care of patients/customers and its development
• Learns project work skills in social and/or health care assignments
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development ina care environment

Content

Contents

• Project-like work
• Working in multisectoral teams
• Practising key nursing activities according to the learning environment and the needs of customers/patients
• Practising the basics of empowering guidance of the customer/patient and their family member
• Implementation of evidence-based nursing and guidance
• Knowing the structure of the health and social services system and practising service guidance for the customer/patient and their family member

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Can meet patients individually as experts and subjects in their own lives.
• Students will know how to work in compliance with the values, principles and key regulations of nursing
• Know the key sources of reliable data and how to apply these sources in providing patients with comprehensive care
• Students will be able to interact with patients and their family members in a professional manner
• Participate in professional cooperation
• Learn how to apply the aseptic technique and how to work ergonomically in compliance with the principles of occupational and patient safety
• Know how the pharmacotherapy plan is applied in the process of performing pharmacotherapy
• Be able to assess the resources and condition of patients
• Be able to define patients’ needs for care and to make individual treatment plans
• Be able to apply common nursing assistance methods appropriately
• Students will learn how to adopt a patient-driven approach and support their resources
• Students will be able to monitor the nutrition and diets of patients and to identify any risks related to their nutrition
• Students will be able to recognize, assess and treat the pain experienced by patients
• Know how to perform pharmacotherapy according to the physician’s instructions and have the required dosage calculation skills
• Learn various modes of performing and administering pharmacotherapy
• Learn the reporting and documentation practices required in the patient’s treatment process
• Students will know how to use the medication passport in assessing their own pharmacotherapy skills
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development in a care environment

Content

Contents

• Individual and respectful treatment of patients, assessing the needs for care, planning and performing treatment
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Student:

• Knows the key concepts of nursing
• Knows the values and principles guiding nursing
• Knows the principles of professional interaction and cooperation
• Uses the nursing process to make decisions and record nursing work
• Uses the national nursing work recording model to record nursing work
• Knows the key principles of patient safety
• Can ensure patient safety in their own operations and in the work community
• Can assess the patient’s resources and care needs, define the patient’s care needs and objectives, and plan and implement key methods of assistance innursing, promoting the customer’s/patient’s resources
• Students will know the ethical values and principles of nursing elderly people, and values old age as a stage in life
• Students will acknowledge and know how to identify any changes related to old age
• Students will acknowledge and know how to use the methods of nursing related to assessing and maintaining the health, functional capacity and resources of the elderly
• Students will become familiar with common memory disorders and the related treatment and service chains
• Students will know the importance of nutrition for elderly persons
• Students can plan, implement and evaluate safe and effective pharmacotherapy for the elderly
• Students will know how to support and guide family members in the treatment of elderly patients
• Knows the principles of aseptic work, ergonomics, pain and chronic wound care and can apply the information in nursing work
• Can systematically assess the need for immediate treatment and can act in situations requiring immediate first aid
• Knows the principles and can function as a nurse in connection with death
• Knows the key methods, prerequisites and implementation of examining a person
• Interacts with the customer and the work community
• Knows what treatment-related infections and management of infection risks mean: hand hygiene, use of protective equipment, safe care environment
• Knows microbiology and basics, and the meaning of immunity and defence system
• Knows the purpose and knowledge base of vaccination

Content

Content

• Key concepts of nursing
• Values, principles and key concepts that steer nursing
• Professional interaction and clear communications
• Nursing process, decision-making in nursing and documentation in nursing
• Starting points for patient safety and arranging a safe care environment
• Information security and data protection
• Ergonomic working and assisting in patient’s mobility
• Patient monitoring
• Assisting in daily activities
• Common methods of assisting and treatment methods required in nursing
• Tissue integrity, prevention of bedsores and treatment of chronic wounds
• Elderly care, gerontology, geriatrics and pharmacology
• Changes related to old age
• Risk factors that indicate declining functional capacity of elderly patients
• Assessment of the functional capacity and resources of the elderly and provision of support in different environments
• Nutrition of the elderly and how to ensure proper nutrition and provide related instructions in different circumstances
• Memory disorders and nursing of patients with memory disorders
• Legislation concerning the treatment of the elderly and the services required by the elderly: home care and other services provided at the homes of the elderly
• Safe and effective administration of pharmacotherapy for the elderly
• Supporting the involvement of family members in the treatment of elderly patients
• Pain assessment and unmedicated pain management methods
• First aid and basic resuscitation
• Interaction and communication competence
• Clinical examination of a patient following the ABCDE principles
• Key methods for examining people: interview, anamnesis, inspection, palpation, auscultation, percussion, observation and indicators
• Preconditions of good clinical examinations and their implementation: general condition, breathing, circulation, consciousness, excretion, musculoskeletal system, skin
• Aseptic techniques, infection prevention, hand hygiene, precautions and isolation arrangements
• Resistance and immunisation, infection risk management and hygiene recommendations
• The most common treatment-related infections and the microbes causing them

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

· Knows the obligations and rights of the employer and the employee
· Understands the importance of ethics as the basis of leadership
· Gains abilities to manage occupational well-being and competence
· Can assess and develop the quality of nursing work at all stages of the care process and feels professional responsibility for ensuring the quality of care
· Learns the principles of entrepreneurship

Content

Contents

· Obligations and rights of the employer and the employee
· Work community skills and occupational well-being management
· Directing competence
· Quality and quality assurance in health care
· Entrepreneurship skills

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Is trained to identify key development needs in their professional field of work
• Knows the health care development and health science research process, as well as the nature and course of project work
• Can use the most common research and development methods
• Can interpret and apply the results of development and research

Content

Contents

• Key concepts: development of health care and nursing, scientific research, applied research, project work
• Ethical and legal basis for research development
• Stages of the research and development project
• Research and development methods
• Collection, processing and analysis of material
• Interpretation and application of research results
• Reliable and ethical research
• Planning and reporting of development and research work

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Knows a surgical patient’s treatment path
• Knows the surgically treated patient’s treatment as a whole, its different starting points, specificities and ethical requirements for different patients
• Knows aseptic and systematic working methods
• Can promote and implement occupational and patient safety in the treatment of surgical patients
• Can plan, implement, monitor and evaluate safe and effective drug and fluid treatment of surgical patients
• Practises various methods of assisting surgical patients during nursing work
• Can plan, implement and evaluate surgical patient guidance and teaching based on the customer and team in cooperation with other experts
• Can support a surgical patient’s self-care in post-operation treatment in hospital and at home
• Can ensure an up-to-date flow of information at different stages of surgical patient care

Content

Contents

• Surgical patients’ treatment paths
• Most common illnesses requiring surgical treatment, their nursing and rehabilitation
• Assistance methods used in the treatment of surgical patients
• Pre-, intra- and post-operative nursing
• Aseptic techniques
• Assessment and treatment of acute pain
• Nursing of fistula patients
• Observation and care of surgical wounds
• Individual patient guidance and family guidance
• Documentation and reporting

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Can advise patients in preparing for examinations and after the examination
• Becomes familiar with the most common laboratory tests and know how to describe their significance
• Can take high-quality samples and interpret them.
• Become familiar with the most common clinical physiology examinations of internal medicine patients and the related role of nursing

Content

Contents

• The most common laboratory tests (blood and urine tests)
• Preparation of patients and the importance of it
• Patient guidance during specimen collection
• Standardisation and quality management of specimen collection
• Collection of venous and skin puncture specimens
• Collection of urine specimens and chemical screening of urine
• Complications in specimen collection
• Storage and transportation of specimens
• Point-of-care testing and the quality management of point-of-care instruments
• Guidance of patients and preparation for examinations
• The most common clinical physiology examinations (e.g. ECG registration)
• Nursing in the administration of examinations

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Goals

• Can plan, implement, record and evaluate the nursing care of a pregnant woman, a mother who has given birth, a healthy new-born, a new-born requiring intensive care or a gynaecological patient as a member of a multi-professional team
• Can guide, advise and treat patients and relatives in sexual and reproductive health care problems, pharmacotherapy, nutrition, exercise and hygiene of midwifery work
• Can act ethically according to the ethics of midwifery work, and can follow the applicable guidelines and legislation
• Can support patient empowerment
• Can follow aseptic requirements
• Can use electronic recording software in the ward and to record key issues in the database
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development ina care environment

Content

Contents

• Traineeship units as study units in accordance with EU/2005 directives
• Supervised midwifery internship in units carrying out nursing work for pregnant women, mothers who have given birth, healthy new-borns, new-borns requiring intensive care or gynaecological patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Goals

• Can plan, implement, record and evaluate the nursing care of a pregnant woman, a mother who has given birth, a healthy new-born, a new-born requiring intensive care or a gynaecological patient as a member of a multi-professional team
• Can guide, advise and treat patients and relatives in sexual and reproductive health care problems, pharmacotherapy, nutrition, exercise and hygiene of midwifery work
• Can act ethically according to the ethics of midwifery work, and can follow the applicable guidelines and legislation
• Can support patient empowerment
• Can follow aseptic requirements
• Can use electronic recording software in the ward and to record key issues in the database
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development ina care environment

Content

Contents

• Traineeship units as study units in accordance with EU/2005 directives
• Supervised midwifery internship in units carrying out nursing work for pregnant women, mothers who have given birth, healthy new-borns, new-borns requiring intensive care or gynaecological patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

SPECIALISATION IN MIDWIFERY 2 7 cr KäER2
OBJECTIVES
- Students will know how to plan, provide, document and evaluate nursing as multiprofessional team members for pregnant and postpartum women, healthy newborns, newborns requiring intensive care and gynaecological patients.
- Students will learn to provide advice, guidance and treatment to patients and their family members in questions regarding care, pharmacotherapy, nutrition, exercise and hygiene in the field of sexual and reproductive health and midwifery.
- Students will comply with the ethics of midwifery and the applicable guidelines and legislation.
- Students will know how to support the patient’s empowerment.
- Students will master aseptic techniques.
- Students will learn to use the ward’s applications for electronic documentation and to document key issues in the database.

Content

Contents
- The study units are practical training units that meet the requirements of the EU/2005 directives.
- Midwifery training in units providing nursing for pregnant and postpartum women, healthy newborns, newborns requiring intensive care and gynaecological patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Is able to plan, implement, record and evaluate the nursing care of a pregnant woman, a mother who has given birth, a healthy newborn, a newborn requiring intensive care or a gynaecological patient as a member of a multi-professional team
• Can guide, advise and treat patients and relatives in sexual and reproductive health care problems, pharmacotherapy, nutrition, exercise and hygiene of midwifery work
• Can act ethically according to the ethics of midwifery work, and can follow the applicable guidelines and legislation
• Can support patient empowerment
• Can follow aseptic requirements
• Is able to use electronic recording software in the ward and to record key issues in the database
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development ina care environment

Content

Contents

• Traineeship units as study units in accordance with EU/2005 directives
• Supervised midwifery internship in units carrying out nursing work for pregnant women, mothers who have given birth, healthy new-borns, new-borns requiring intensive care or gynaecological patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Is able to plan, implement, record and evaluate the nursing care of a pregnant woman, a mother who has given birth, a healthy newborn, a newborn requiring intensive care or a gynaecological patient as a member of a multi-professional team
• Can guide, advise and treat patients and relatives in sexual and reproductive health care problems, pharmacotherapy, nutrition, exercise and hygiene of midwifery work
• Can act ethically according to the ethics of midwifery work, and can follow the applicable guidelines and legislation
• Can support patient empowerment
• Can follow aseptic requirements
• Is able to use electronic recording software in the ward and to record key issues in the database
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development ina care environment

Content

Contents

• Traineeship units as study units in accordance with EU/2005 directives
• Supervised midwifery internship in units carrying out nursing work for pregnant women, mothers who have given birth, healthy new-borns, new-borns requiring intensive care or gynaecological patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Deepens their professional skills and knowledge of nursing, nursing management and their own professional growth
• Can independently plan a patient’s overall treatment, and implement and evaluate it on the basis of the plan
• Can take overall responsibility for patient care in their working group
• Can develop care and its prerequisites in their work unit as a nursing expert
• Deepens their pharmacotherapy competence in different subfields of nursing
• Knows the specificities of clinical nursing and related recording of information, and understands the importance of recording information for nursing development
• Is able to operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development ina care environment

Content

Contents

• Traineeship units as study units in accordance with EU/2005 directives
• Supervised midwifery internship in units carrying out nursing work for pregnant women, mothers who have given birth, healthy new-borns, new-borns requiring intensive care or gynaecological patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Can work independently and as a member of a multi-professional team in midwifery
• Develops and deepens their expertise in the planning, implementation, recording and evaluation of midwifery in different operating environments
• Acts in accordance with the code of ethics for midwifery and complies with the applicable legislation
• Can follow aseptic requirements
• Knows the key contents and methods of pharmacotherapy related to midwifery and implements pharmacotherapy safely
• Students will deepen their guidance skills in sexual and reproductive health questions regarding the woman and her family.
• Masters the treatment and guidance in connection with a normal pregnancy
• Can identify high-risk pregnancies and refer a woman to further treatment if necessary
• Can monitor and treat pregnant women and foetuses in high-risk pregnancies
• Develops independently in treating low-risk childbirths at different stages of the childbirth process
• Can work as a midwifery expert in a high-risk childbirth care team
• Can immediately monitor and treat the new-born and, if necessary, initiate CPR
• Students will master the monitoring, guidance and care of women after childbirth.
• Students will master the care of healthy newborn babies.
• Can support a woman and her family in the development of early interaction and breastfeeding
• Can carry out intensive care of a new-born as part of a multi-professional care team
• Can carry out the treatment process for a gynaecological patient
• Masters the guidance of a gynaecological patient and family members
• Can support a woman and her family in managing a life cycle crisis
• Can document a woman’s and family’s nursing care reliably in different information systems
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development in a care environment

Content

• Traineeship units as study units in accordance with EU/2005 directives
• Supervised midwifery internship in units carrying out nursing work for pregnant women, mothers giving/who have given birth, healthy new-borns, new-borns requiring intensive care or gynaecological patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Can work independently and as a member of a multi-professional team in midwifery
• Develops and deepens their expertise in the planning, implementation, recording and evaluation of midwifery in different operating environments
• Acts in accordance with the code of ethics for midwifery and complies with the applicable legislation
• Can follow aseptic requirements
• Knows the key contents and methods of pharmacotherapy related to midwifery and implements pharmacotherapy safely
• Students will deepen their guidance skills in sexual and reproductive health questions regarding the woman and her family.
• Masters the treatment and guidance in connection with a normal pregnancy
• Can identify high-risk pregnancies and refer a woman to further treatment if necessary
• Can monitor and treat pregnant women and foetuses in high-risk pregnancies
• Develops independently in treating low-risk childbirths at different stages of the childbirth process
• Can work as a midwifery expert in a high-risk childbirth care team
• Can immediately monitor and treat the new-born and, if necessary, initiate CPR
• Students will master the monitoring, guidance and care of women after childbirth.
• Students will master the care of healthy newborn babies.
• Can support a woman and her family in the development of early interaction and breastfeeding
• Can carry out intensive care of a new-born as part of a multi-professional care team
• Can carry out the treatment process for a gynaecological patient
• Masters the guidance of a gynaecological patient and family members
• Can support a woman and her family in managing a life cycle crisis
• Can document a woman’s and family’s nursing care reliably in different information systems
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development in a care environment

Content

Contents

• Traineeship units as study units in accordance with EU/2005 directives
• Supervised midwifery internship in units carrying out nursing work for pregnant women, mothers giving/who have given birth, healthy new-borns, new-borns requiring intensive care or gynaecological patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Can work independently and as a member of a multi-professional team in midwifery
• Develops and deepens their expertise in the planning, implementation, recording and evaluation of midwifery in different operating environments
• Acts in accordance with the code of ethics for midwifery and complies with the applicable legislation
• Can follow aseptic requirements
• Knows the key contents and methods of pharmacotherapy related to midwifery and implements pharmacotherapy safely
• Students will deepen their guidance skills in sexual and reproductive health questions regarding the woman and her family.
• Masters the treatment and guidance in connection with a normal pregnancy
• Can identify high-risk pregnancies and refer a woman to further treatment if necessary
• Can monitor and treat pregnant women and foetuses in high-risk pregnancies
• Develops independently in treating low-risk childbirths at different stages of the childbirth process
• Can work as a midwifery expert in a high-risk childbirth care team
• Can immediately monitor and treat the new-born and, if necessary, initiate CPR
• Students will master the monitoring, guidance and care of women after childbirth.
• Students will master the care of healthy newborn babies.
• Can support a woman and her family in the development of early interaction and breastfeeding
• Can carry out intensive care of a new-born as part of a multi-professional care team
• Can carry out the treatment process for a gynaecological patient
• Masters the guidance of a gynaecological patient and family members
• Can support a woman and her family in managing a life cycle crisis
• Can document a woman’s and family’s nursing care reliably in different information systems
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development in a care environment

Content

• Traineeship units as study units in accordance with EU/2005 directives
• Supervised midwifery internship in units carrying out nursing work for pregnant women, mothers giving/who have given birth, healthy new-borns, new-borns requiring intensive care or gynaecological patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Knows the principles guiding the nursing of children, as well as the status and rights of a child
• Is familiar with the development of a healthy child
• Can monitor and promote growth and development, and identify deviations
• Can support parenting, and identify resources and risk factors
• Can guide children and families, as well as utilise health technology
• Can act in a manner that promotes patient safety
• Can search for and apply evidence-based information
• Can define and record the nursing needs of a child patient, plan and implement nursing work, and assess the effectiveness of treatment
• Become familiar with common diseases of children and adolescents, as well as their prevention, treatment and rehabilitation methods
• Knows the resuscitation and advanced life support of a child
• Knows the pharmacological grounds for the treatment of children, and can administer safe drug and fluid therapy for child patients

Content

Contents

• Laws on children, regulations, children’s rights and ethical principles of the nursing of children
• Meeting and guiding a child and family
• Forms and methods of family nursing work
• Monitoring the growth and development of healthy children and young people, and deviations in development
• Basic care of the child
• The most common children’s diseases, surgical problems, infectious diseases and long-term illnesses and their treatment, rehabilitation and recording of information
• Clinical examination of child patients and the use of various assessment methods to support clinical decision-making
• Preparing a child for a procedure
• The most common medical procedures for children and adolescents, patient observation, and pain management
• Use of nursing technology
• Resuscitation and advanced life support of children
• Pharmacology for children and adolescents, as well as planning, implementation and evaluation of pharmacotherapy
• Planning, administration and assessment of fluid therapy for children
• Medical bills

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Students will comprehend the importance of ethical perspectives, legislation and evidence-based knowledge in decision-making regarding pharmacotherapy
• Students will understand the role of occupational and patient safety in pharmacotherapy and know how to act in order to promote medication safety in different phases of pharmacotherapy according to the pharmacotherapy plan
• Students will know how to describe effective, safe, efficient, appropriate and economic pharmaceutical services and pharmacotherapy in the context of social welfare and health care
• Students will know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and medication users in the provision of pharmacotherapy
• Students will become familiar with the basics of pharmacology and pharmacy required in nursing
• Students will know the responsibilities and duties of nurses as medication administrators throughout the treatment process
• Students will know the reliable evidence-based sources of information in pharmacotherapy and how to apply them
• Students will know how to perform pharmacotherapy by using various routes of administration safely and applying the aseptic technique and how to use the required instruments correctly
• Students will know how to perform pharmacotherapy according to the physician’s instructions and have the mathematical skills and dosage calculation skills required in pharmacotherapy
• Students will understand the objectives of pharmacotherapy and the significance of personal guidance and commitment to pharmacotherapy in the patient’s overall treatment regimen
• Students can assess their own pharmacotherapy skills with the medication passport

Content

Contents:

• Key regulations and basics of ethics
• Guidance and supervision of pharmacotherapy
• Safety of medicinal products and pharmacotherapy
• Key concepts and sources of information of pharmacotherapy
• Doses of medications and how they affect the body
• Pharmaceutical forms and administration methods
• Primary adverse reactions and interaction with other medicinal products
• Pharmacotherapy plan and the safety of the pharmacotherapy process
• Pharmacotherapy equipment and aseptic techniques
• Documentation
• Guidance and counselling
• Dosage calculation
• The role of the medication passport in assessing your competence

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

· Masters mental health promotion as the starting point for all mental health work
· Knows the mental health and substance abuser care service system and can work in multi-professional networks
· Can identify the needs of mental health and substance abuse patients, address problems and guide the patients to appropriate care, record the treatment needs, plan and implement treatment, assess its effects and draw the necessary conclusions.
· Identifies key mental disorders and knows the starting points for their treatment
· Identifies the treatment needs and starting points of patients of different ages
· Can operate in the nursing of mental health care and substance abuser patients by promoting occupational and patient safety
· Understands the importance of ethical guidelines, values, principles and laws as guiding factors in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
· Can use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods in accordance with the principles of recovery orientation
· Understands the importance of treatment relationships and work guidance, and can support and guide the patient and their family members
· Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
· Understands that a crisis is part of a person’s normal development, and can define the needs of trauma-focused care
· Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment

Content

Contents

Basics of mental health nursing
· Concept of positive mental health
· Mental health in society and components of mental health
· Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
· Service system expertise
· National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
· Process of involuntary treatment, seeking treatment voluntarily
· An empowering approach to work
· Facing a psychotic patient
· Crisis work
· Motivational interview and mini-intervention
· Referring patients to treatment
· Psychoactive medications
· Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
· Addictions
· The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
· Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage

Post-pregnancy and postpartum period
· Promoting mental health during maternity
· Mental health assessment during pregnancy and after childbirth
· Identifying and treating postpartum depression
· Building an attachment relationship between mother and child

Children, adolescents and their families
· Childhood development and mental health
· Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
· Family support

The elderly
· Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
· Substance abuse problems of the elderly

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Can define the nursing needs of mental health and substance abuse customers/patients, plan and implement treatment, assess its effectiveness
• Can meet and help customers/patients of different ages and their loved ones.
• Familiarise themselves with mental health and substance abuse treatment methods, care relationships and teamwork, and learn how to use work guidance to support their professional development
• Can examine the importance of one’s own values and attitudes in meeting customers/patients of different ages, and in professional interaction
• Has understood the ethics of nursing and bases their operations on up-to-date information
• Increases their medical treatment expertise in mental health and substance abuse treatment
• Can record information about the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients

Content

Contents

• Planning, implementation, evaluation and recording of evidence-based mental health and substance abuse treatment work and guidance
• Traineeships in key activities of mental health and substance abuse treatment in accordance with the learning environment and the needs of patients/customers
• Practising the clinical examination of patients and therapeutic, empowering interaction with a patient/customer
• Getting to know different methods of mental health and substance abuse treatment, nursing and teamwork, as well as work control
• Knowledge of the structure of the mental health and substance abuse service system
• Deepening the basics of pharmacotherapy and mental health care
• Is able to operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development in a care environment

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

· Identifies individual, cultural and environmental factors affecting the health of women of different ages
· Promotes a woman’s health and social well-being and understands the importance of women’s health for the health of the whole family
· Knows the treatment process for a gynaecological patient
· Can meet individuals and families with different cultural backgrounds and understands the diversity of cultural features in midwifery work
· Can anticipate and analyse changes in a woman’s health and can act in a multi-professional manner as required
· Can act according to the values and principles of midwifery work
· Students will learn to provide customer-driven family planning guidance to women and their partners.

Content

Contents

Sexual and Reproductive Health throughout a Woman’s Life Cycle
• Health risks, problems and midwifery in the life cycle of women
• Woman- and family-oriented approach
• Diversity of families
• Professional values, ethical guidelines and principles of midwifery and adherence to them
• Cultural factors related to the sexual and reproductive health of individuals, families and society
• Cultural resources and challenges in women’s care
• Ethical conflicts in midwifery

Gynaecological Midwifery
• Gynaecological care environments and paths
• Special features of the treatment process of gynaecological patients
• Gynaecological diseases and their treatment
• Childlessness and its treatment
• Miscarriage and abortion and related treatment
• Clinical competence in the care of gynaecological patients
• Gynaecology and endocrinology

Family planning
• Determination of the need for pregnancy prevention and contraceptive methods
• Prevention of venereal diseases

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The students:

• Students will learn the physiological basics of intravenous medication, fluid therapy and nutritional care
• Students will learn the responsibilities and roles of nurses as medication administrators at the different phases of intravenous fluid therapy, medication and nutritional care
• Students will be able to identify the need for fluid therapy and parenteral nutrition and plan, perform and evaluate their safe administration
• Students will be able to use reliable pharmacotherapy databases in the planning, provision and evaluation of intravenous pharmacotherapy, fluid therapy and nutritional care
• Students can prepare and dose intravenous medications and can make the required dose calculations according to the physician’s instructions
• Students will understand the indications for using venous catheters and the operating principle and maintenance of venous catheters and know how to perform intravenous pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy in an aseptic and safe manner
• Students will learn to monitor patients and evaluate the effects and effectiveness of intravenous pharmacotherapy
• Students will know the basics of blood transfusion and how to perform a blood transfusion

Content

Contents

• Physiology of fluid therapy
• Infusion fluids, intravenous medications and parenteral fluids
• Operating methods that promote patient and occupational safety and infection prevention in fluid therapy
• Pharmacotherapy plan and the pharmacotherapy process in intravenous pharmacotherapy
• Fluid therapy plan, fluid balance and documentation
• Indications for using various venous catheters and their operating principles and maintenance
• Preparing and administering intravenous medications
• Blood products and blood transfusion
• Pharmacotherapy technology
• Key sources of information in pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy
• Dosage calculation

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

· Knows the key values of nursing, ethical principles and professional ethics guidelines for nurses and midwives, as well as key legislation governing nursing
· Can act in accordance with the values and ethical principles of nursing and can assess their implementation
· Gets to know the responsibilities and tasks of nurses and midwives
· Knows what is meant by evidence-based operations in nursing
· Can search for evidence-based information in the most common health science databases
· Knows the decision-making process of customer-oriented nursing and its connection with evidence-based operations

Content

Contents

• Key concepts of nursing ethics
• Professional ethics of nurses and midwives
• Identifying and addressing ethical problems
• Ethical decision making and operation in nursing
• Nursing science as a discipline
• Evidence-based operations
• Data retrieval and management

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Gets training in independent work and teamwork
• Can act in accordance with the principles of research ethics
• Can manage partnerships responsibly
• Can develop and demonstrate the capacity to apply their knowledge and skills in expert tasks related to professional studies
• Recognises the need for guidance and can to utilise guidance in a way that promotes their thesis
• Can present the progress of their work, as well as provide and receive constructive feedback
• Demonstrates their familiarity with the field of their thesis and language skills
• Can implement a working life-oriented research and development project
• Can document their work and communicate the results
• Can report and produce a written thesis
• Publishes their thesis according to instructions

Content

Contents

• Progress, implementation and reporting of the thesis in a guided and planned manner
• Presenting and defending the thesis and opposing another thesis as agreed
• Maturity test
• Publication of the thesis

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Knows the nature and course of the health care development and health science research process
• Deepens competence in information retrieval and can critically evaluate information
• Can create a plan for a working life-oriented research and development project
• Can prepare the necessary factsheets and other documents for research and development projects
• Can work as a nursing expert in various working life-oriented development and research projects
• Recognises the need for guidance and can utilise guidance in a way that promotes their thesis
• Can present the progress of their work, as well as provide and receive constructive feedback

Content

Contents

• Getting to know the thesis process
• Selection and limitation of a working life-oriented topic
• Creating a theoretical background
• Definition of the purpose and objective, as well as coming up with guiding questions
• Selection of the implementation method
• Presentation of a written plan and opposing another thesis as agreed

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Recognises their own attitude towards incurable illness and death
• Can explain the key issues of palliative care and terminal care
• Students can plan, carry out, assess and document the treatment and management of the symptoms and pain of patients in palliative care and can counsel the patient and their family members by taking individual needs into account
• Students will know the principles and modes of administering pain medication and how to apply unmedicated pain management methods
• Students can perform end-of-life care and postmortem care in a dignified manner by taking the family members of the deceased into account

Content

Contents

• Basics of palliative care, treatment policies and restrictions, predictive treatment plan
• Pain and symptomatic treatment in palliative care: total pain, pain indicators, pain medication, unmedicated treatment, shortness of breath, oral symptoms, constipation, fatigue, anxiety
• Supporting patients and loved ones: family-centred approach, psychological support, existential support, grief and hope
• Interaction and meetings: meeting patients and their family members, active interaction and communications
• End-of-life care: acknowledging that death is near, supporting the patient and their family members, nursing and symptomatic treatment of a dying patient, postmortem nursing
• Multiprofessional teamwork and self-reflection

Materials

- Palliatiivinen hoito ja saattohoito. Käypä hoito -suositus. Suomalaisen Lääkäriseuran Duodecimin ja Suomen Palliatiivisen Lääketieteen yhdistyksen asettama työryhmä. Helsinki: Suomalainen Lääkäriseura Duodecim, 2019. Saatavilla: https://www.kaypahoito.fi/hoi50063#K1

- Saarto, T. & Lehto, J. 2019. Palliatiivisen hoidon ja saattohoidon järjestäminen Suomessa – kolmiportainen malli. Saatavilla: https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/314503/duo14834.pdf?sequence=1

- Lehto, J., Marjamäki, E. & Saarto, T. 2019. Elämän loppuvaiheen ennakoiva hoitosuunnitelma. Saatavilla: https://www.duodecimlehti.fi/duo14788

Video lecture, seminar presentations, teaching in lessons

Teaching methods

Contact and online teaching, assignments, seminar presentation, small group work, ITS exam

Exam schedules

ITS Exam
The retake test is in ITS and the date is agreed with the teacher separately.
The course must be completed in full within six months, calculated from the end date of the course.(University of Applied Sciences the degree regulation)

International connections

Simulation pedagogy: learning takes place in an authentic situation simulation learning environment, where the student gains a safe experience of the learning situation.

Online pedagogy: utilizing digital tools to support pedagogy so that the student can access impactful learning experiences and outcomes in a meaningful way.

Inclusive pedagogy: the purpose is to provide an opportunity and tools for developing a willingness to change, for example, challenging interaction and cooperation situations are limited to the subject of discussion and learning. Collaborative skills are practiced in groups utilising the diversity of the participants. Multi-voice dialogue is initiated through online discussions.

In sustainability pedagogy: students are encouraged to engage in critical thinking, creative problem solving, and collaborative activities in order to develop their capacity to make a positive impact on the environment and society.

Completion alternatives

No alternative course performance.

Student workload

The tasks, simulations, seminar, workshops, online courses mentioned below are mandatory. The student must do them before the end of the course. Other procedures should be agreed upon with the teacher.

Basics of palliative care, treatment guidelines and limits: a proactive treatment plan (independent care plan)

study time)

• Seminar Presentations:

1. Pain and symptom treatment in palliative care

2. Supporting the patient and nearby

3. Interaction and Confrontation

4. Hospice care (performances 2 h + independent study time)


Hospice: Duodecim online course Hospice (60 min)

Simulation of the encounter (2h)

Workshop, pain management (2h)

Content scheduling

Online discussion of videos
Nurse's medicine calculation
Seminar Presentations
Online course in hospice care
PAHO exam
Simulation of the encounter

Further information

Nursing studies of an internist or surgical patient must have been completed for approval before the course, as must clinical practice.ITS-tentti

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Palliative Care Seminar 0- K5

Hospice care online course accepted / rejected

Seminar opponation (accepted / rejected). The opponation must be returned after the performance in the same week. Assessment criteria are distributed to all students at the beginning of the course.

Nurse's medicine calculation100% correct (accepted / rejected)

Small group work (accepted / rejected). Assessment criteria are distributed to all students at the beginning of the course.

ITS exam (70% =1)

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Palliative Care Seminar Rejected: No participation or work performed does not meet the minimum criteria for acceptable performance.

Online course in hospice care Rejected: The student has not completed the required tasks of the online course or demonstrated an adequate understanding of hospice care. The tasks are incomplete or too superficial.


ITS exam (70%=1) Rejected: Less than 70% correct answers in the exam, indicating deficiencies in managing the subject area of the exam.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Palliative Care Seminar T1: Basic Performance The student demonstrates a rudimentary understanding of palliative care and related concepts, but deals with the topic narrowly or imprecisely.

Seminar on palliative care T2: Reasonable performance the student has a basic knowledge of the key principles of palliative care and is able to apply them partially correctly, but the presentation or analysis is superficial.

ITS exam (70%=1) Approved: At least 70% correct the student masters the basics of the content area of the ITS exam and demonstrates sufficient knowledge for further study or practical work.

Hospice Online Course Approved: The student has completed all course requirements and demonstrates basic knowledge of the key concepts and care principles of hospice care. The student is able to describe the stages of hospice care and their role in the implementation of care.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Seminar on palliative care H3: Good performance the student shows a broader understanding and ability to apply the principles of palliative care and is able to analyze different aspects of the topic at a satisfactory level.

Seminar on palliative care H4: Very good performance the student presents in-depth information and analysis on palliative care and shows competence to apply the knowledge in a diverse way.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Seminar on palliative care K5: Excellent performance the student has a broad and in-depth understanding of palliative care, and is able to apply and analyze information independently and innovatively. Students demonstrate an excellent ability to use theoretical and practical knowledge critically.

Objective

The student:

• Can support parenthood during pregnancy or after childbirth
• Know how to pay attention to the special characteristics of maternity nursing in public health nursing
• Practice monitoring and counselling methods during pregnancy and after childbirth
• Can promote the sexual health of people of different ages
• Can apply the knowledge base of nursing children, young people and families when caring for children of different ages in a family-oriented manner and promoting health
• Can pay attention to the special characteristics of nursing children and adolescents
• Practises their proficiency in determining the need for child or adolescent nursing and the related processes of planning, implementation and evaluation
• Know how to administer pharmacotherapy for people of different ages
• Practise supporting and counseling children, adolescents and families in different situations concerning health and illness
• Practise decision-making in nursing together with the child, adolescent or family and with various professional groups
• Can support the resources of children, young people and families to promote health
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development in a care environment

Content

Contents

• Development of parenthood and various modes of support
• Various monitoring and counselling situations and methods during pregnancy and the postpartum period
• Addressing sexuality
• Sexual education and the related methods
• Applying the knowledge base of public health nursing of children and adolescents in nursing by paying attention to children of different ages, adolescents and their families
• Practising the public health nursing methods of supporting the growth and development of children and adolescents
• Applying evidence-based information in the public health nursing activities of children and adolescents
• Pharmacotherapy and vaccinations of people of different ages

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Knows perioperative patients’ treatment path and can describe the patient’s perioperative
treatment process
• Knows the principles of asepsis, and masters the principles and methods of infection control in the surgery ward
• Can work in the multi-professional working group for surgery and anaesthesia treatment at different stages of perioperative nursing, and knows the key factors influencing successful teamwork
• Knows the values and basic principles of surgical and anaesthetic nursing and can justify their operations with up-to-date research data
• Knows the specific characteristics of the patient’s pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy and can utilise them in patient care
• Knows the most common methods of anaesthesia and pain management
• Can prepare the patient for anaesthesia and procedures
• Can use key examination, monitoring and treatment equipment used in anaesthetic and surgical treatment of surgery patients, and can interpret and act on the information obtained from them
• Can report and record information at different stages of perioperative treatment
• Recognises the specificities of perioperative patient guidance and support
• Recognises the safety risks of the surgery and anaesthesia ward, and can ensure operational safety
• Knows the duties of a nurse assisting in anaesthesia, supervision and surgery, and is practising them
• Can monitor and treat the patient during intraoperative treatment and in the recovery room

Content

Contents

• Perioperative nursing (organisation, tasks and areas of responsibility in team work, care environment)
• Ethical principles of surgical wards
• Patient and occupational safety in a surgery ward (e.g. infection control, asepsis, cleanliness categories, equipment safety, reporting and recording, use of checklists)
• Disinfection and sterilisation methods in perioperative nursing
• Aseptic techniques of surgical wards
• Nursing the patient before and during the procedure: different roles, tasks and teamwork of a nurse
• Common treatment equipment, instruments and sutures and assisting in a surgery
• Roles and tasks of the surgical team, as well as preparations before a procedure (booking instruments and medical supplies, surgical hand disinfection, dressing in sterile outfits, preparing the surgical position, disinfection of the surgical area and delimitation of the surgical area)
• Key anaesthetic methods and the pharmaceutical products used therein, as well as their
effects and stages in the body
• Preparing for anaesthesia (booking drugs, patient monitoring equipment
and preparation of the anaesthetic workstation)
• Monitoring and nursing of an anaesthetised patient in the operating room and recovery room
• Pharmacotherapy and liquid therapy during anaesthesia and in the recovery room
• Patient monitoring and nursing in the recovery room and criteria for transferring to an inpatient ward

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:
• Knows the most common radiological studies and principles of radiation therapy
• Knows the principles of radiation safety

Content

Contents

• Radiological examinations and radiotherapy
• Radiation safety: Patient and occupational safety

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

· Can advise, guide and care for a woman and family in planning a pregnancy and as it progresses
· Can monitor the well-being of the woman and the foetus during pregnancy
· Can prevent, anticipate and identify risk factors and complications of pregnancy
· Can monitor the well-being of the woman and the foetus during a risky pregnancy and participate in treatment as a member of a multi-professional team

Content

Contents

• Pregnancy planning
• Support for growing up into parenthood
• Family and childbirth education
• Prenatal Monitoring and Consultancy
• Pregnancy diagnosis and progress, prenatal changes
• Embryology
• Monitoring and care of low-risk pregnancies
• Screenings
• Foetal diagnostics
• Prenatal health advice
• Monitoring and treatment of high-risk pregnancies
• High-risk pregnancies
• Prenatal complications
• Monitoring and treatment of high-risk pregnancies
• Support for growing up into parenthood in high-risk pregnancies
• Fear of childbirth

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Students will be familiar with nutrients and understand the need and significance of nutrients
• Students will be able to assess the nutritional needs of people
• Students will know how to apply the Finnish nutrition recommendations in the prevention and treatment of national diseases

Content

Contents

• Nutritional needs and the roles of nutrients in the human organism
• Assessment of the nutritional status of customers and the importance of the assessment
• The importance of diets that comply with the dietary guidelines in promoting health and preventing endemic diseases

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:
• Students will be able to cooperate with a multidisciplinary expert network to integrate nutritional care and guidance into the nursing of internal medicine and surgical patients

Content

Contents

• Nutritional care and guidance of an internal medicine and surgical patient, and the most common special diets related to diseases

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Deepens their knowledge and skills in defining, planning, implementing and assessing a patient’s treatment needs.
• Can support and guide the patient and their family members
• Is trained to make decisions that require expertise in nursing with the patient and other professional groups, and can support the patient’s resources to promote their health.
• Has understood the ethics and value base of nursing, and bases their operations on up-to-date information
• Deepens their pharmacotherapy competence in different fields of nursing
• Knows the specificities of clinical nursing and related recording of information
• Is able to operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development ina care environment

Content

Contents

• Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of a patient’s treatment needs
• Patient pharmacotherapy
• Ethical challenges related to nursing
• Patient guidance and recording of information

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Understands the importance of promoting sexual and reproductive health from the perspective of the individual, community and society, as well as internationally
• Can act as a promoter of sexual and reproductive health and guide the client on sexual and reproductive health issues
• Students will become familiar with the service system related to the promotion, examination and treatment of sexual and reproductive health.

Content

Contents

• National and International Promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Health
• Concepts used in the promotion of sexual and reproductive health
• Sexual rights
• Social phenomena and visions related to the promotion of sexual and reproductive health
• National and international challenges in the promotion of sexual and reproductive health
• Sexual Education, Sexual Counselling and Methods
• Levels, models, processes and methods of health promotion as part of midwifery
• Models and levels of addressing sexuality
• Sexology
• Methods of promoting sexual and reproductive health
• Promotion of sexual and reproductive health at different stages of life
• Sexual and reproductive health services
• Promotion of sexual and reproductive health in different operating environments
• Multidisciplinary cooperation in the promotion of sexual and reproductive health

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Understand the importance of sexuality for people’s overall well-being and know how to address sexuality with patients of different ages and in the prevention of various diseases
• Become familiar with the most common gynaecological diseases and their prevention
• Understand the normal process of pregnancy and learn common methods of monitoring pregnancy
• Can help a woman giving birth in an urgent, first aid-like situation
• Know the process of a normal postpartum period
• Understand the health promoting capacity of breastfeeding
• Know how to use the key medication databases related to the field

Content

Contents

• Sexuality and how to address it
• Common gynaecological disorders
• Process and monitoring of a normal pregnancy
• Process of a normal childbirth
• Normal postpartum period and breastfeeding
• Medication databases for pregnancy and the breastfeeding period

Materials

Lecture Materials
• Botha E. & Ryttyläinen-Korhonen K. 2016 tai uudempi painos. Naisen hoitotyö. SanomaPro Oy.

Teaching methods

Learning Activities/Workshop Tasks

Independent work
Simulations and classroom exercises
Group exam + individual component (based on all materials) discussions
Tutorial

Exam schedules

Retake opportunity as an individual exam at a separately agreed time.
The exam can be retaken twice.

International connections

Flipped learning (students study the topics independently or in small groups first, then the topic is discussed in a face-to-face class to form a comprehensive understanding together with the teacher)
Problem-based learning
Simulation pedagogy

Completion alternatives

There are no optional completion methods.

Student workload

4 credits = 4 x 27 hours = 108 hours of student work

Information and learning discussions and tutorial work
Classroom practice conducted in two sessions of 4+4 hours
LAB 1 (4h) Gynecological nursing (e.g., contraceptive methods, gynecological examination, gynecological instruments, taking a Pap smear, breast self-examination)
LAB 2 (4h) Emergency childbirth and breastfeeding, as well as pregnancy-related examinations
Simulation (4h)
Independent work: Anatomy and physiology tests
Written assignments (tutorial work, workshop tasks, and preparatory tasks for classroom practice)
Group exam with an individual component

Content scheduling

Contents

Sexuality and discussing it
Common gynecological diseases
The course and monitoring of a normal pregnancy
The course of a normal delivery
Normal postpartum period and breastfeeding
Databases for medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding

Further information

- Participation in tutorials is mandatory.
- Work attire is required for classroom practice sessions and simulations.
- Attendance in practice sessions and simulations is mandatory (100%); absences must be made up by attending other groups' sessions! (Make-up with a written assignment is not possible).
- There are related preparatory tasks on the Itslearning platform for practice sessions, which must be completed before attending the session. If a student has not completed the preparatory task, they cannot participate in the session.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Anatomy and physiology tests on the Itslearning platform, graded on a pass/fail scale (pass if 50% of answers are correct).
Written preparatory tasks, tutorial work, and small group work, graded on a pass/fail scale.
Classroom practice sessions and simulations (mandatory), graded on a pass/fail scale.
The exam is graded numerically on a scale of 0-5.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Failed (0)

KNOWLEDGE:

Does not demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the basic concepts and objectives of the Sexual and Reproductive Health course.
Cannot justify or evaluate their own views and solutions. Does not utilize scientific information.
SKILLS:

Fails to complete assigned tasks.
Does not understand key practices or justify their choices.
Provides incorrect solutions to problems.
ATTITUDES:

Does not give or receive feedback.
Does not reflect on or recognize areas for improvement.
Does not recognize the values or ethical principles of the field.
Does not take responsibility for their part in group work.
Behaves unprofessionally.
Does not recognize the impact of their actions on sustainable development, economy, or the promotion of well-being.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Assessment Criteria - Satisfactory (1-2)

KNOWLEDGE:

Can identify, name, and define individual basic concepts related to the Sexual and Reproductive Health course.
Utilizes professional knowledge.
SKILLS:

Completes assigned tasks with guidance.
Understands various practices but cannot justify their actions or apply what they have learned according to the situation.
ATTITUDES:

Can selectively give and receive feedback.
Examines and evaluates matters from their own perspective.
Recognizes values and ethical principles important to their field.
Takes responsibility only for their part in group work.
Recognizes their interaction skills.
Recognizes what constitutes professional behavior.
Has limited recognition of the impact of their actions on sustainable development, economy, and well-being.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Assessment Criteria - Good (3-4)

KNOWLEDGE:

Can explain and compare the relationships between concepts related to the Sexual and Reproductive Health course.
Utilizes some scientific knowledge in addition to professional knowledge.
SKILLS:

Can independently choose the most appropriate course of action from different options and justify their choice.
Can apply, plan, and delimit tasks. Solves problems.
ATTITUDES:

Actively and constructively gives and receives feedback.
Examines and evaluates matters from both their own and the community’s perspective.
Has adopted the values and ethical principles of the field and acts according to guidelines.
Acts responsibly and participates in developing their interaction and teamwork skills.
Behaves professionally.
Can describe and evaluate the impact of their actions on sustainable development, economy, and well-being.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Assessment Criteria - Excellent (5)

KNOWLEDGE:

Understands the broad concepts of the Sexual and Reproductive Health course and their causal relationships.
Can analyze, apply, and integrate into a professional context.
Can justify actions using scientific knowledge.
SKILLS:

Can search for and evaluate different practices and solution options.
Can justify choices and experiment with new practices.
Can creatively combine solutions or excellently justify and apply practices.
ATTITUDES:

Uses feedback systematically as a tool for personal and community professional growth. Adjusts actions based on feedback.
Actively reflects on personal skills and community practices.
Can flexibly apply ethical principles of the field in various value conflict situations.
Works collaboratively, responsibly, committedly, and constructively. Develops personal and group interaction, considering community and field requirements and needs.
Behaves professionally and can guide others in professional behavior.
Understands the impact of actions on sustainable development, economy, and well-being promotion. Can also act proactively in these areas.

Objective

The student:

• Can determine and record the treatment needs of an internal medicine and surgical patient, plan and implement treatment, assess the effects of treatment
• Can identify changes caused to the patient and their loved ones by diseases and injuries that are treated via internal medicine and surgery
• Can apply internal medicine and surgery treatment methods on a patient-by-patient basis
• Gains proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients
• Can guide and support patients and loved ones in managing the health problem, as well as common internal medicine and surgery patient care in lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required
• Can use appropriate customer-oriented teaching and guidance methods, such as individual and group guidance, to help patients to commit to treatment and perform self-care
• Knows the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and the importance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of an internal medicine and surgical patient in a multi-professional team
• Works ethically in different nursing situations and the work community
• Students will learn to promote occupational and patient safety.
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development ina care environment

Content

Contents

• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Can determine and record the treatment needs of an internal medicine and surgical patient, plan and implement treatment, assess the effects of treatment
• Can identify changes caused to the patient and their loved ones by diseases and injuries that are treated via internal medicine and surgery
• Can apply internal medicine and surgery treatment methods on a patient-by-patient basis
• Gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients
• Can guide and support patients and loved ones in managing the health problem, as well as common internal medicine and surgery patient care in lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required
• Can use appropriate customer-oriented teaching and guidance methods, such as individual and group guidance, to help patients to commit to treatment and perform self-care
• Knows the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and the importance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of an internal medicine and surgical patient in a multi-professional team
• Works ethically in different nursing situations and the work community
• Students will learn to promote occupational and patient safety.
• Is able to operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development ina care environment

Content

Contents

• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Can describe the mechanisms, symptoms, studies and medical treatments of key internal medicine diseases
• Students will know the most common internal diseases and the treatment path of internal medicine patients
• Students will be able to identify internal medicine patients’ needs for treatment, to plan, perform and assess the treatment and to make the required evidence-based conclusions
• Students will know how to perform the common treatment and nursing methods applied in the care of an internal medicine patient by observing patient safety
• Students will understand the importance and role of a nurse in the provision of guidance and support related to self-care
• Students can perform the methods required in the provision of guidance and instructions related to self-care
• Can monitor, implement and control the effects, side effects and adverse effects of the most common drug and fluid therapies used in internal medicine

Content

Contents

• Internal medicine patient counselling, self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Internal medicine patients’ (cardiovascular diseases, lung diseases, diabetes, thyroid dysfunction, rheumatism, kidney and liver diseases, neurology)
treatment paths, treatment methods and pharmacotherapy
• Monitoring and supporting the functionality of the respiratory, circulation and endocrine systems
• Advanced resuscitation
• Using ABCDE, NEWS, and ISBAR tools

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student can communicate orally in different work-life situations.

Content

The student
- can describe the content and structure of his/her studies, training and work experience
- can describe his/her working environment and operations of a company, products and processes
- can communicate in various business life situations appropriately
- is able to use appropriate vocabulary and phrases when presenting tasks of his/her own field

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student can communicate in writing in different work-life situations.

Content

The student
- can describe the content and structure of his/her studies, training and work experience
- can describe his/her working environment and operations of a company, products and processes
- can communicate in various business life situations appropriately
- is able to use appropriate vocabulary and phrases when presenting tasks of his/her own field

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

· Can plan, implement, record and evaluate the basic and obstetric care of the woman giving birth at all stages of childbirth
· Understands the course of childbirth and the changes in it from the point of view of the woman giving birth and the foetus
· Can guide, advise and care for women giving birth and their families
· Can independently plan and implement pain relief during childbirth using nursing methods
· Can administer medical pain relief during childbirth in cooperation with a doctor
· Can independently handle low-risk childbirths
· Can anticipate and identify low-risk childbirths that turn into high-risk births
· Can act as a member of a multi-professional team in high-risk childbirths
· Can prevent, identify and intervene in time in connection with changes in a new-born’s health
· Can care for a new-born
· Learns about the causes, symptoms and care of pathological pregnancies and deliveries and know how to act appropriately.
· Knows the most important and up-to-date pharmacology in the field
· Can interpret cardiotochography
· Students will learn to assist the parturient woman in cases of shoulder dystocia.
· Can stitch tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy

Content

Contents

• Midwifery at Different Stages of Parturition
• Planning, implementation and evaluation of normal childbirth care in various operating environments
• Assessment of the condition of the foetus and monitoring methods
• Pain relief during childbirth
• Clinical skills of midwifery during childbirth
• Stitching of tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy
• Assessment and monitoring of the new-born’s health after childbirth and during intensified observation
• Emergency care of new-borns
• Support for early interaction and first-time breastfeeding
• Midwifery in high-risk deliveries
• Changes in the condition of the foetus and the parturient woman
• Problems in childbirth
• Clinical skills in high-risk deliveries
• The areas of responsibility and operation of different professional groups in a complicated delivery
• Obstetrics and Pharmacology
• Pathological pregnancy
• Interpretation of cardiotochography
• Shoulder dystocia

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

· Can independently care for the mother who gave birth and her family
· Can anticipate and identify changes in the well-being of the woman who gave birth, the new-born and their family
· Can guide the mother and family in a health-promoting and family-oriented manner
· Can care for a new-born
· Can prevent, identify and intervene in time in connection with changes in a new-born’s health
· Understands the importance of early interaction and supporting it as part of the puerperium period
· Can act in a way that supports parenting and early interaction
· Can observe the problems of early interaction
· Can perform a normal postpartum check
· Students will become familiar with the most common perinatal and neonatal disorders and problems.
· Students will know how to observe and care for a newborn as a multiprofessional team member in situations that threaten the health and life of the newborn.

Content

Contents

• Monitoring, counselling and evaluation of postpartum woman, new-born and family
• Methods for monitoring, caring for and assessing the condition of the mother and family after childbirth
• Care of a mother who has given birth normally or by caesarean section, and her family
• Postpartum complications
• Monitoring of mental wellbeing after childbirth
• Multiprofessional operations and referral for further treatment
• Breastfeeding counselling
• Content of health advice after childbirth
• Recovery after childbirth
• Childbirth discussion
• Family planning and contraception after childbirth
• Methods for monitoring the condition of a newborn

Support for Early Intervention and Parenthood
• Theoretical foundation for early interaction
• Observation in early intervention
• Methods for supporting early intervention and parenthood in midwifery

Postpartum Examination
• Recovery from childbirth and gynaecological status
• Childbirth discussion
• Family planning
• Parental benefits in postpartum examination
• Success of breastfeeding and problems in breastfeeding

Nursing of new-borns in need of intensive care
• The most common perinatal and neonatal disorders and problems
• Actions to take if the condition of the newborn changes
• Resuscitation of newborns

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Understands cancer as a disease and identifies factors affecting cancer prevention and early detection
• Can diagnose the most common cancers, and knows the most common forms of treatment and follow-up methods for cancer
• Students can provide cancer patients with symptomatic and humane nursing services
• Students will know how to perform safe pharmacotherapy and how to pay attention to their personal occupational safety
• Students will know how to support and guide the functional capacity, well-being and quality of life of cancer patients and how to work with customers and their family members as a member of a multiprofessional team

Content

Contents

• Factors affecting the pathogenesis of cancer and the epidemiology of cancer
• Development of cancer
• Common types of cancer and how to diagnose them
• Nutrition of cancer patients
• Symptomatic treatment of cancer patients (medicated and unmedicated)
• Cancer, partners and sexuality
• Rehabilitation and monitoring of cancer patients
• Psychosocial support of cancer patients
• Safe cytostatic therapy and occupational safety, infusion port
• Pain medication and how to use an automatic dosing pump

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The students will be able to:

· Describe a health-based approach as the basis for nursing and midwifery
· Describe current challenges related to the health and well-being of the population
· Outline the whole set of health and social services and the meaning of legislation that guides services
· Search for information and guide clients in different life situations to social and health care services
· Recognise the importance of multi-professionalism from the perspective of service needs
· Describe the principles of sustainable development, taking into account ecological, economic, social and cultural sustainability, and the capital they generate

Content

Contents

• Health orientation in midwife work, health and health orientation as concepts, inclusion, empowerment, resource orientation and midwives as health promoters
• Customer-oriented social and health services, health and well-being of the population (current challenges and factors affecting them)
• Promoting health and functional capacity, and preventing illnesses and accidents
• The social and health care system and itsdevelopment, financing, responsibilities, supervision and customer/patient rights
• Social and health care services and directing customers to them
• Sustainable activities in midwifery work, subareas of sustainable development: ecological sustainability, economic sustainability, social sustainability, cultural sustainability

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Can use customer and resource-oriented teaching and guidance methods appropriately to promote the health and well-being of individuals, different groups and communities
• Can utilise the potential of health technology to promote health and well-being
• Can plan, implement and evaluate health advice and health promotion programmes
• Is familiar with the national vaccination programme for adults and the vaccination of different groups
• Can administer vaccines safely and correctly
• Knows the role and expertise of a public health nurse as part of a multi-professional maternity care environment
• Knows the principles and methods of culturally sensitive nursing

Content

Contents

• Resource-based, motivational interviewing
• Identification of resources, resource forms
• Addressing topics
• The principles and societal significance of vaccination
• Diseases that are controlled by vaccination
• Establishing immunity
• Different types of vaccination and their composition
• National vaccination programme and legislation
• Benefits and disadvantages of vaccination
• Counselling patients according to latest evidence-based data
• The concept of cultural sensitivity and applying cultural sensitivity in customer contacts in nursing care

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Can determine and record the treatment needs of an internal medicine and surgical patient, plan and implement treatment, assess the effects of treatment
• Can identify changes caused to the patient and their loved ones by diseases and injuries that are treated via internal medicine and surgery
• Can apply internal medicine and surgery treatment methods on a patient-by-patient basis
• Gains proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients
• Can guide and support patients and loved ones in managing the health problem, as well as common internal medicine and surgery patient care in lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required
• Can use appropriate customer-oriented teaching and guidance methods, such as individual and group guidance, to help patients to commit to treatment and perform self-care
• Knows the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and the importance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of an internal medicine and surgical patient in a multi-professional team
• Works ethically in different nursing situations and the work community
• Students will learn to promote occupational and patient safety.
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development ina care environment

Content

Contents

• Treatment paths of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Examination and test methods applied in the treatment of surgical and internal medicine patients
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Goals

• Can plan, implement, record and evaluate the nursing care of a pregnant woman, a mother who has given birth, a healthy new-born, a new-born requiring intensive care or a gynaecological patient as a member of a multi-professional team
• Can guide, advise and treat patients and relatives in sexual and reproductive health care problems, pharmacotherapy, nutrition, exercise and hygiene of midwifery work
• Can act ethically according to the ethics of midwifery work, and can follow the applicable guidelines and legislation
• Can support patient empowerment
• Can follow aseptic requirements
• Can use electronic recording software in the ward and to record key issues in the database
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development ina care environment

Content

Contents

• Traineeship units as study units in accordance with EU/2005 directives
• Supervised midwifery internship in units carrying out nursing work for pregnant women, mothers who have given birth, healthy new-borns, new-borns requiring intensive care or gynaecological patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:
• Knows the most common radiological studies and principles of radiation therapy
• Knows the principles of radiation safety

Content

Contents

• Radiological examinations and radiotherapy
• Radiation safety: Patient and occupational safety

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

· Knows the key values of nursing, ethical principles and professional ethics guidelines for nurses and midwives, as well as key legislation governing nursing
· Can act in accordance with the values and ethical principles of nursing and can assess their implementation
· Gets to know the responsibilities and tasks of nurses and midwives
· Knows what is meant by evidence-based operations in nursing
· Can search for evidence-based information in the most common health science databases
· Knows the decision-making process of customer-oriented nursing and its connection with evidence-based operations

Content

Contents

• Key concepts of nursing ethics
• Professional ethics of nurses and midwives
• Identifying and addressing ethical problems
• Ethical decision making and operation in nursing
• Nursing science as a discipline
• Evidence-based operations
• Data retrieval and management

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

· Knows the obligations and rights of the employer and the employee
· Understands the importance of ethics as the basis of leadership
· Gains abilities to manage occupational well-being and competence
· Can assess and develop the quality of nursing work at all stages of the care process and feels professional responsibility for ensuring the quality of care
· Learns the principles of entrepreneurship

Content

Contents

· Obligations and rights of the employer and the employee
· Work community skills and occupational well-being management
· Directing competence
· Quality and quality assurance in health care
· Entrepreneurship skills

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The aim of the course is to activate and develop the students’ field-relevant English language and communication skills. The students will gain professional skills in various spoken and written communicative situations encountered in working life and society. In addition, they will learn to utilize tools and techniques to further develop their skills in authentic, field-specific contexts. More specifically, students will focus on developing their language and communication skills in.
Upon completing the course, the students should have acquired skills to communicate at level B2 according to European Framework of Reference for Languages, which states that at B2-level students should be able to produce clear, coherent and well-structured texts, present detailed descriptions related to one’s field of interest, express and exchange opinions using fluent language, follow complex arguments, and read longer articles and reports.

Content

- writing professional, field-specific texts
- presenting and discussing field-specific topics in a professional manner
- reading field-specific texts and utilizing the information in professional contexts
- learning and using key terminology of their field
- becoming professional, autonomous language users in working life

Materials

- Materials shared by the teacher.
- Materials searched from the web by the students.
- Materials produced by the students themselves.
- All materials will be available in the Itslearning learning environment.
- No material costs for the student.

Teaching methods

Contact teaching (online teaching only when needed), tasks done in class, independent work, pair/group work

International connections

- Work-life-oriented learning objectives and material
- Digital learning
- Independent work
- Group work and team learning
- Flipped learning
- Self-reflection
- Peer review

Completion alternatives

There are no optional completion methods.

Student workload

3cr = 81h

Content scheduling

The aim of this course is to activate and develop the students’ field-relevant English language and communication skills. The students gain professional skills in various spoken and written communicative situations encountered in working life and society. In addition, they learn to utilize tools and techniques to further develop their skills in authentic, field-specific contexts.


Upon completing the course, the students have acquired sufficient skills to communicate at level B2 of the European Framework of Reference for Languages, which states that at level B2, students should be able to produce clear, coherent, and well-structured texts, present detailed descriptions related to their field of interest, express and exchange opinions using fluent language, follow complex argumentation, and read longer articles and reports.

- Writing professional, field-specific texts
- Presenting and discussing field-specific topics in a professional manner
- Reading field-specific texts and utilizing the information in professional contexts
- Learning and using key terminology of the field
- Becoming professional, autonomous language users in working life

Course topics:
• Personal learning goals and needs, language level, and professional profile
• Field-related topics such as the Finnish Health care system
• Reading and summarizing field-related material
• Professional vocabulary
• Self-reflection

Further information

- Itslearning
- email: kim.vo@turkuamk.fi

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The course is graded on a scale of 0-5:

Course performances are scored, which will form the overall course grade. Both oral and written performances affect the grade. Some evaluated tasks are performed on campus, and some as independent work alone or in a group; see Itslearning for more detailed criteria.

Evaluation and feedback: Teacher’s feedback, task-specific points, self-reflection, peer feedback.

The course grade comprises as follows:
Compulsory attendance 75% No substitute tasks.
Learning report: 40% - grading 0 to 5
Recording: 40% - grading 0 to 5
Presentation: PASS/FAIL
The remaining 20% are active in class participation and completing the assignments.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

- The student does not pass the course or has not completed the course tasks according to the instructions (e.g., use of artificial intelligence against the instructions).
- Course tasks are unreturned, or the course performance is incomplete.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

- Handling different topics in English in various professional situations is relatively narrow and one-sided.
- The produced text responds to the task inadequately and does not have a logical flow to it.
- The text contains some difficult-to-understand points.
- The language is satisfactory. Language use contains some structures and basic vocabulary; however, there are errors in their use.
- The student can speak moderately about the central topics of their field.
- The speech is not always easy to follow.
- There may be significant deficiencies in coherence and interaction.
- The language is quite simple and hesitant. However, the student can convey the message, even though errors in structure and pronunciation sometimes hinder understanding.
- There may be deficiencies in language positivity and course activity.
- The course tasks have been completed satisfactorily.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

- Handling the topic in English is versatile and, for the most part, corresponds to the given task in various professional situations.
- The language is structurally clear and logical. Oral and written output is fluent and clear.
- Structures and professional vocabulary are well-mastered. Some errors may occur.
- The student understands the English-language material of their field. Speech is logical and consistent.
- Interaction and reaction are mostly fluent and clear.
- The handling of the topic corresponds to the task and is suitable for different professional situations.
- The text proceeds moderately logically.
- Style errors may occur.
- Errors may occur in the most demanding structures and expressions.
- The student can speak well about various topics in their own field.
- The speech is easy to follow. The language is fluent, although some breaks and pronunciation errors may occur.
- In general, a language-positive attitude and active participation.
- There are no deficiencies in the course performance, and the tasks are done well.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- Handling the topic in English is versatile and skilled, fully responding to the task in various professional situations.
- The text is structurally very clear and logical.
- Transitions are cohesively smooth.
- The student can convey the message naturally with an appropriate style.
- The language is very fluent and versatile.
- Structures are varied, and the professional vocabulary is extensive.
- Occasional errors may occur in the most demanding structures and expressions.
- The student can speak excellently about various topics in their own field.
- Speech is purposeful, very consistent, on-point, and logical.
- Transitions from one topic to another are very smooth.
- Interaction is very skilled, and non-verbal communication effectively supports speech.
- Language (speech, pronunciation, and intonation) is fluent, clear, precise, and normally paced.
- The course performance shows activity and language positivity and the tasks have been performed excellently.

Objective

The student:

• Understands cancer as a disease and identifies factors affecting cancer prevention and early detection
• Can diagnose the most common cancers, and knows the most common forms of treatment and follow-up methods for cancer
• Students can provide cancer patients with symptomatic and humane nursing services
• Students will know how to perform safe pharmacotherapy and how to pay attention to their personal occupational safety
• Students will know how to support and guide the functional capacity, well-being and quality of life of cancer patients and how to work with customers and their family members as a member of a multiprofessional team

Content

Contents

• Factors affecting the pathogenesis of cancer and the epidemiology of cancer
• Development of cancer
• Common types of cancer and how to diagnose them
• Nutrition of cancer patients
• Symptomatic treatment of cancer patients (medicated and unmedicated)
• Cancer, partners and sexuality
• Rehabilitation and monitoring of cancer patients
• Psychosocial support of cancer patients
• Safe cytostatic therapy and occupational safety, infusion port
• Pain medication and how to use an automatic dosing pump

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Practises planning, implementation and evaluation of customer-centric care and guidance in various projects and/or different nursing environments
• Learns to help and support people dealing with acute and long-term health changes and becomes aware of their own resources and limits of competence
• Learn to work in multiprofessional work groups
• Commit themselves to entrepreneurial activities in various care environments
• Learn to apply evidence-based information and use it to nursing care of patients/customers and its development
• Learns project work skills in social and/or health care assignments
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development ina care environment

Content

Contents

• Project-like work
• Working in multisectoral teams
• Practising key nursing activities according to the learning environment and the needs of customers/patients
• Practising the basics of empowering guidance of the customer/patient and their family member
• Implementation of evidence-based nursing and guidance
• Knowing the structure of the health and social services system and practising service guidance for the customer/patient and their family member

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

· Can plan, implement, record and evaluate the basic and obstetric care of the woman giving birth at all stages of childbirth
· Understands the course of childbirth and the changes in it from the point of view of the woman giving birth and the foetus
· Can guide, advise and care for women giving birth and their families
· Can independently plan and implement pain relief during childbirth using nursing methods
· Can administer medical pain relief during childbirth in cooperation with a doctor
· Can independently handle low-risk childbirths
· Can anticipate and identify low-risk childbirths that turn into high-risk births
· Can act as a member of a multi-professional team in high-risk childbirths
· Can prevent, identify and intervene in time in connection with changes in a new-born’s health
· Can care for a new-born
· Learns about the causes, symptoms and care of pathological pregnancies and deliveries and know how to act appropriately.
· Knows the most important and up-to-date pharmacology in the field
· Can interpret cardiotochography
· Students will learn to assist the parturient woman in cases of shoulder dystocia.
· Can stitch tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy

Content

Contents

• Midwifery at Different Stages of Parturition
• Planning, implementation and evaluation of normal childbirth care in various operating environments
• Assessment of the condition of the foetus and monitoring methods
• Pain relief during childbirth
• Clinical skills of midwifery during childbirth
• Stitching of tears caused by childbirth and episiotomy
• Assessment and monitoring of the new-born’s health after childbirth and during intensified observation
• Emergency care of new-borns
• Support for early interaction and first-time breastfeeding
• Midwifery in high-risk deliveries
• Changes in the condition of the foetus and the parturient woman
• Problems in childbirth
• Clinical skills in high-risk deliveries
• The areas of responsibility and operation of different professional groups in a complicated delivery
• Obstetrics and Pharmacology
• Pathological pregnancy
• Interpretation of cardiotochography
• Shoulder dystocia

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Knows a surgical patient’s treatment path
• Knows the surgically treated patient’s treatment as a whole, its different starting points, specificities and ethical requirements for different patients
• Knows aseptic and systematic working methods
• Can promote and implement occupational and patient safety in the treatment of surgical patients
• Can plan, implement, monitor and evaluate safe and effective drug and fluid treatment of surgical patients
• Practises various methods of assisting surgical patients during nursing work
• Can plan, implement and evaluate surgical patient guidance and teaching based on the customer and team in cooperation with other experts
• Can support a surgical patient’s self-care in post-operation treatment in hospital and at home
• Can ensure an up-to-date flow of information at different stages of surgical patient care

Content

Contents

• Surgical patients’ treatment paths
• Most common illnesses requiring surgical treatment, their nursing and rehabilitation
• Assistance methods used in the treatment of surgical patients
• Pre-, intra- and post-operative nursing
• Aseptic techniques
• Assessment and treatment of acute pain
• Nursing of fistula patients
• Observation and care of surgical wounds
• Individual patient guidance and family guidance
• Documentation and reporting

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Understand the importance of sexuality for people’s overall well-being and know how to address sexuality with patients of different ages and in the prevention of various diseases
• Become familiar with the most common gynaecological diseases and their prevention
• Understand the normal process of pregnancy and learn common methods of monitoring pregnancy
• Can help a woman giving birth in an urgent, first aid-like situation
• Know the process of a normal postpartum period
• Understand the health promoting capacity of breastfeeding
• Know how to use the key medication databases related to the field

Content

Contents

• Sexuality and how to address it
• Common gynaecological disorders
• Process and monitoring of a normal pregnancy
• Process of a normal childbirth
• Normal postpartum period and breastfeeding
• Medication databases for pregnancy and the breastfeeding period

Materials

Lecture Materials
• Botha E. & Ryttyläinen-Korhonen K. 2016 tai uudempi painos. Naisen hoitotyö. SanomaPro Oy.

Teaching methods

Learning Activities/Workshop Tasks

Independent work
Simulations and classroom exercises
Group exam + individual component (based on all materials) discussions
Tutorial

Exam schedules

Retake opportunity as an individual exam at a separately agreed time.
The exam can be retaken twice.

International connections

Flipped learning (students study the topics independently or in small groups first, then the topic is discussed in a face-to-face class to form a comprehensive understanding together with the teacher)
Problem-based learning
Simulation pedagogy

Completion alternatives

There are no optional completion methods.

Student workload

4 credits = 4 x 27 hours = 108 hours of student work

Information and learning discussions and tutorial work
Classroom practice conducted in two sessions of 4+4 hours
LAB 1 (4h) Gynecological nursing (e.g., contraceptive methods, gynecological examination, gynecological instruments, taking a Pap smear, breast self-examination)
LAB 2 (4h) Emergency childbirth and breastfeeding, as well as pregnancy-related examinations
Simulation (4h)
Independent work: Anatomy and physiology tests
Written assignments (tutorial work, workshop tasks, and preparatory tasks for classroom practice)
Group exam with an individual component

Content scheduling

Contents

Sexuality and discussing it
Common gynecological diseases
The course and monitoring of a normal pregnancy
The course of a normal delivery
Normal postpartum period and breastfeeding
Databases for medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding

Further information

- Participation in tutorials is mandatory.
- Work attire is required for classroom practice sessions and simulations.
- Attendance in practice sessions and simulations is mandatory (100%); absences must be made up by attending other groups' sessions! (Make-up with a written assignment is not possible).
- There are related preparatory tasks on the Itslearning platform for practice sessions, which must be completed before attending the session. If a student has not completed the preparatory task, they cannot participate in the session.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Anatomy and physiology tests on the Itslearning platform, graded on a pass/fail scale (pass if 50% of answers are correct).
Written preparatory tasks, tutorial work, and small group work, graded on a pass/fail scale.
Classroom practice sessions and simulations (mandatory), graded on a pass/fail scale.
The exam is graded numerically on a scale of 0-5.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Failed (0)

KNOWLEDGE:

Does not demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the basic concepts and objectives of the Sexual and Reproductive Health course.
Cannot justify or evaluate their own views and solutions. Does not utilize scientific information.
SKILLS:

Fails to complete assigned tasks.
Does not understand key practices or justify their choices.
Provides incorrect solutions to problems.
ATTITUDES:

Does not give or receive feedback.
Does not reflect on or recognize areas for improvement.
Does not recognize the values or ethical principles of the field.
Does not take responsibility for their part in group work.
Behaves unprofessionally.
Does not recognize the impact of their actions on sustainable development, economy, or the promotion of well-being.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Assessment Criteria - Satisfactory (1-2)

KNOWLEDGE:

Can identify, name, and define individual basic concepts related to the Sexual and Reproductive Health course.
Utilizes professional knowledge.
SKILLS:

Completes assigned tasks with guidance.
Understands various practices but cannot justify their actions or apply what they have learned according to the situation.
ATTITUDES:

Can selectively give and receive feedback.
Examines and evaluates matters from their own perspective.
Recognizes values and ethical principles important to their field.
Takes responsibility only for their part in group work.
Recognizes their interaction skills.
Recognizes what constitutes professional behavior.
Has limited recognition of the impact of their actions on sustainable development, economy, and well-being.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Assessment Criteria - Good (3-4)

KNOWLEDGE:

Can explain and compare the relationships between concepts related to the Sexual and Reproductive Health course.
Utilizes some scientific knowledge in addition to professional knowledge.
SKILLS:

Can independently choose the most appropriate course of action from different options and justify their choice.
Can apply, plan, and delimit tasks. Solves problems.
ATTITUDES:

Actively and constructively gives and receives feedback.
Examines and evaluates matters from both their own and the community’s perspective.
Has adopted the values and ethical principles of the field and acts according to guidelines.
Acts responsibly and participates in developing their interaction and teamwork skills.
Behaves professionally.
Can describe and evaluate the impact of their actions on sustainable development, economy, and well-being.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Assessment Criteria - Excellent (5)

KNOWLEDGE:

Understands the broad concepts of the Sexual and Reproductive Health course and their causal relationships.
Can analyze, apply, and integrate into a professional context.
Can justify actions using scientific knowledge.
SKILLS:

Can search for and evaluate different practices and solution options.
Can justify choices and experiment with new practices.
Can creatively combine solutions or excellently justify and apply practices.
ATTITUDES:

Uses feedback systematically as a tool for personal and community professional growth. Adjusts actions based on feedback.
Actively reflects on personal skills and community practices.
Can flexibly apply ethical principles of the field in various value conflict situations.
Works collaboratively, responsibly, committedly, and constructively. Develops personal and group interaction, considering community and field requirements and needs.
Behaves professionally and can guide others in professional behavior.
Understands the impact of actions on sustainable development, economy, and well-being promotion. Can also act proactively in these areas.

Objective

The student:

· Can advise, guide and care for a woman and family in planning a pregnancy and as it progresses
· Can monitor the well-being of the woman and the foetus during pregnancy
· Can prevent, anticipate and identify risk factors and complications of pregnancy
· Can monitor the well-being of the woman and the foetus during a risky pregnancy and participate in treatment as a member of a multi-professional team

Content

Contents

• Pregnancy planning
• Support for growing up into parenthood
• Family and childbirth education
• Prenatal Monitoring and Consultancy
• Pregnancy diagnosis and progress, prenatal changes
• Embryology
• Monitoring and care of low-risk pregnancies
• Screenings
• Foetal diagnostics
• Prenatal health advice
• Monitoring and treatment of high-risk pregnancies
• High-risk pregnancies
• Prenatal complications
• Monitoring and treatment of high-risk pregnancies
• Support for growing up into parenthood in high-risk pregnancies
• Fear of childbirth

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Can use customer and resource-oriented teaching and guidance methods appropriately to promote the health and well-being of individuals, different groups and communities
• Can utilise the potential of health technology to promote health and well-being
• Can plan, implement and evaluate health advice and health promotion programmes
• Is familiar with the national vaccination programme for adults and the vaccination of different groups
• Can administer vaccines safely and correctly
• Knows the role and expertise of a public health nurse as part of a multi-professional maternity care environment
• Knows the principles and methods of culturally sensitive nursing

Content

Contents

• Resource-based, motivational interviewing
• Identification of resources, resource forms
• Addressing topics
• The principles and societal significance of vaccination
• Diseases that are controlled by vaccination
• Establishing immunity
• Different types of vaccination and their composition
• National vaccination programme and legislation
• Benefits and disadvantages of vaccination
• Counselling patients according to latest evidence-based data
• The concept of cultural sensitivity and applying cultural sensitivity in customer contacts in nursing care

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student can communicate in writing in different work-life situations.

Content

The student
- can describe the content and structure of his/her studies, training and work experience
- can describe his/her working environment and operations of a company, products and processes
- can communicate in various business life situations appropriately
- is able to use appropriate vocabulary and phrases when presenting tasks of his/her own field

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student can communicate orally in different work-life situations.

Content

The student
- can describe the content and structure of his/her studies, training and work experience
- can describe his/her working environment and operations of a company, products and processes
- can communicate in various business life situations appropriately
- is able to use appropriate vocabulary and phrases when presenting tasks of his/her own field

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The students:

• Students will learn the physiological basics of intravenous medication, fluid therapy and nutritional care
• Students will learn the responsibilities and roles of nurses as medication administrators at the different phases of intravenous fluid therapy, medication and nutritional care
• Students will be able to identify the need for fluid therapy and parenteral nutrition and plan, perform and evaluate their safe administration
• Students will be able to use reliable pharmacotherapy databases in the planning, provision and evaluation of intravenous pharmacotherapy, fluid therapy and nutritional care
• Students can prepare and dose intravenous medications and can make the required dose calculations according to the physician’s instructions
• Students will understand the indications for using venous catheters and the operating principle and maintenance of venous catheters and know how to perform intravenous pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy in an aseptic and safe manner
• Students will learn to monitor patients and evaluate the effects and effectiveness of intravenous pharmacotherapy
• Students will know the basics of blood transfusion and how to perform a blood transfusion

Content

Contents

• Physiology of fluid therapy
• Infusion fluids, intravenous medications and parenteral fluids
• Operating methods that promote patient and occupational safety and infection prevention in fluid therapy
• Pharmacotherapy plan and the pharmacotherapy process in intravenous pharmacotherapy
• Fluid therapy plan, fluid balance and documentation
• Indications for using various venous catheters and their operating principles and maintenance
• Preparing and administering intravenous medications
• Blood products and blood transfusion
• Pharmacotherapy technology
• Key sources of information in pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy
• Dosage calculation

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Is trained to identify key development needs in their professional field of work
• Knows the health care development and health science research process, as well as the nature and course of project work
• Can use the most common research and development methods
• Can interpret and apply the results of development and research

Content

Contents

• Key concepts: development of health care and nursing, scientific research, applied research, project work
• Ethical and legal basis for research development
• Stages of the research and development project
• Research and development methods
• Collection, processing and analysis of material
• Interpretation and application of research results
• Reliable and ethical research
• Planning and reporting of development and research work

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Knows the nature and course of the health care development and health science research process
• Deepens competence in information retrieval and can critically evaluate information
• Can create a plan for a working life-oriented research and development project
• Can prepare the necessary factsheets and other documents for research and development projects
• Can work as a nursing expert in various working life-oriented development and research projects
• Recognises the need for guidance and can utilise guidance in a way that promotes their thesis
• Can present the progress of their work, as well as provide and receive constructive feedback

Content

Contents

• Getting to know the thesis process
• Selection and limitation of a working life-oriented topic
• Creating a theoretical background
• Definition of the purpose and objective, as well as coming up with guiding questions
• Selection of the implementation method
• Presentation of a written plan and opposing another thesis as agreed

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Can work independently and as a member of a multi-professional team in midwifery
• Develops and deepens their expertise in the planning, implementation, recording and evaluation of midwifery in different operating environments
• Acts in accordance with the code of ethics for midwifery and complies with the applicable legislation
• Can follow aseptic requirements
• Knows the key contents and methods of pharmacotherapy related to midwifery and implements pharmacotherapy safely
• Students will deepen their guidance skills in sexual and reproductive health questions regarding the woman and her family.
• Masters the treatment and guidance in connection with a normal pregnancy
• Can identify high-risk pregnancies and refer a woman to further treatment if necessary
• Can monitor and treat pregnant women and foetuses in high-risk pregnancies
• Develops independently in treating low-risk childbirths at different stages of the childbirth process
• Can work as a midwifery expert in a high-risk childbirth care team
• Can immediately monitor and treat the new-born and, if necessary, initiate CPR
• Students will master the monitoring, guidance and care of women after childbirth.
• Students will master the care of healthy newborn babies.
• Can support a woman and her family in the development of early interaction and breastfeeding
• Can carry out intensive care of a new-born as part of a multi-professional care team
• Can carry out the treatment process for a gynaecological patient
• Masters the guidance of a gynaecological patient and family members
• Can support a woman and her family in managing a life cycle crisis
• Can document a woman’s and family’s nursing care reliably in different information systems
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development in a care environment

Content

• Traineeship units as study units in accordance with EU/2005 directives
• Supervised midwifery internship in units carrying out nursing work for pregnant women, mothers giving/who have given birth, healthy new-borns, new-borns requiring intensive care or gynaecological patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Can describe the mechanisms, symptoms, studies and medical treatments of key internal medicine diseases
• Students will know the most common internal diseases and the treatment path of internal medicine patients
• Students will be able to identify internal medicine patients’ needs for treatment, to plan, perform and assess the treatment and to make the required evidence-based conclusions
• Students will know how to perform the common treatment and nursing methods applied in the care of an internal medicine patient by observing patient safety
• Students will understand the importance and role of a nurse in the provision of guidance and support related to self-care
• Students can perform the methods required in the provision of guidance and instructions related to self-care
• Can monitor, implement and control the effects, side effects and adverse effects of the most common drug and fluid therapies used in internal medicine

Content

Contents

• Internal medicine patient counselling, self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Internal medicine patients’ (cardiovascular diseases, lung diseases, diabetes, thyroid dysfunction, rheumatism, kidney and liver diseases, neurology)
treatment paths, treatment methods and pharmacotherapy
• Monitoring and supporting the functionality of the respiratory, circulation and endocrine systems
• Advanced resuscitation
• Using ABCDE, NEWS, and ISBAR tools

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Recognises their own attitude towards incurable illness and death
• Can explain the key issues of palliative care and terminal care
• Students can plan, carry out, assess and document the treatment and management of the symptoms and pain of patients in palliative care and can counsel the patient and their family members by taking individual needs into account
• Students will know the principles and modes of administering pain medication and how to apply unmedicated pain management methods
• Students can perform end-of-life care and postmortem care in a dignified manner by taking the family members of the deceased into account

Content

Contents

• Basics of palliative care, treatment policies and restrictions, predictive treatment plan
• Pain and symptomatic treatment in palliative care: total pain, pain indicators, pain medication, unmedicated treatment, shortness of breath, oral symptoms, constipation, fatigue, anxiety
• Supporting patients and loved ones: family-centred approach, psychological support, existential support, grief and hope
• Interaction and meetings: meeting patients and their family members, active interaction and communications
• End-of-life care: acknowledging that death is near, supporting the patient and their family members, nursing and symptomatic treatment of a dying patient, postmortem nursing
• Multiprofessional teamwork and self-reflection

Materials

- Palliatiivinen hoito ja saattohoito. Käypä hoito -suositus. Suomalaisen Lääkäriseuran Duodecimin ja Suomen Palliatiivisen Lääketieteen yhdistyksen asettama työryhmä. Helsinki: Suomalainen Lääkäriseura Duodecim, 2019. Saatavilla: https://www.kaypahoito.fi/hoi50063#K1

- Saarto, T. & Lehto, J. 2019. Palliatiivisen hoidon ja saattohoidon järjestäminen Suomessa – kolmiportainen malli. Saatavilla: https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/314503/duo14834.pdf?sequence=1

- Lehto, J., Marjamäki, E. & Saarto, T. 2019. Elämän loppuvaiheen ennakoiva hoitosuunnitelma. Saatavilla: https://www.duodecimlehti.fi/duo14788

Video lecture, seminar presentations, teaching in lessons

Teaching methods

Contact and online teaching, assignments, seminar presentation, small group work, ITS exam

Exam schedules

ITS Exam
The retake test is in ITS and the date is agreed with the teacher separately.
The course must be completed in full within six months, calculated from the end date of the course.(University of Applied Sciences the degree regulation)

International connections

Simulation pedagogy: learning takes place in an authentic situation simulation learning environment, where the student gains a safe experience of the learning situation.

Online pedagogy: utilizing digital tools to support pedagogy so that the student can access impactful learning experiences and outcomes in a meaningful way.

Inclusive pedagogy: the purpose is to provide an opportunity and tools for developing a willingness to change, for example, challenging interaction and cooperation situations are limited to the subject of discussion and learning. Collaborative skills are practiced in groups utilising the diversity of the participants. Multi-voice dialogue is initiated through online discussions.

In sustainability pedagogy: students are encouraged to engage in critical thinking, creative problem solving, and collaborative activities in order to develop their capacity to make a positive impact on the environment and society.

Completion alternatives

No alternative course performance.

Student workload

The tasks, simulations, seminar, workshops, online courses mentioned below are mandatory. The student must do them before the end of the course. Other procedures should be agreed upon with the teacher.

Basics of palliative care, treatment guidelines and limits: a proactive treatment plan (independent care plan)

study time)

• Seminar Presentations:

1. Pain and symptom treatment in palliative care

2. Supporting the patient and nearby

3. Interaction and Confrontation

4. Hospice care (performances 2 h + independent study time)


Hospice: Duodecim online course Hospice (60 min)

Simulation of the encounter (2h)

Workshop, pain management (2h)

Content scheduling

Online discussion of videos
Nurse's medicine calculation
Seminar Presentations
Online course in hospice care
PAHO exam
Simulation of the encounter

Further information

Nursing studies of an internist or surgical patient must have been completed for approval before the course, as must clinical practice.ITS-tentti

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Palliative Care Seminar 0- K5

Hospice care online course accepted / rejected

Seminar opponation (accepted / rejected). The opponation must be returned after the performance in the same week. Assessment criteria are distributed to all students at the beginning of the course.

Nurse's medicine calculation100% correct (accepted / rejected)

Small group work (accepted / rejected). Assessment criteria are distributed to all students at the beginning of the course.

ITS exam (70% =1)

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Palliative Care Seminar Rejected: No participation or work performed does not meet the minimum criteria for acceptable performance.

Online course in hospice care Rejected: The student has not completed the required tasks of the online course or demonstrated an adequate understanding of hospice care. The tasks are incomplete or too superficial.


ITS exam (70%=1) Rejected: Less than 70% correct answers in the exam, indicating deficiencies in managing the subject area of the exam.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Palliative Care Seminar T1: Basic Performance The student demonstrates a rudimentary understanding of palliative care and related concepts, but deals with the topic narrowly or imprecisely.

Seminar on palliative care T2: Reasonable performance the student has a basic knowledge of the key principles of palliative care and is able to apply them partially correctly, but the presentation or analysis is superficial.

ITS exam (70%=1) Approved: At least 70% correct the student masters the basics of the content area of the ITS exam and demonstrates sufficient knowledge for further study or practical work.

Hospice Online Course Approved: The student has completed all course requirements and demonstrates basic knowledge of the key concepts and care principles of hospice care. The student is able to describe the stages of hospice care and their role in the implementation of care.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Seminar on palliative care H3: Good performance the student shows a broader understanding and ability to apply the principles of palliative care and is able to analyze different aspects of the topic at a satisfactory level.

Seminar on palliative care H4: Very good performance the student presents in-depth information and analysis on palliative care and shows competence to apply the knowledge in a diverse way.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Seminar on palliative care K5: Excellent performance the student has a broad and in-depth understanding of palliative care, and is able to apply and analyze information independently and innovatively. Students demonstrate an excellent ability to use theoretical and practical knowledge critically.

Objective

The student:

• Knows perioperative patients’ treatment path and can describe the patient’s perioperative
treatment process
• Knows the principles of asepsis, and masters the principles and methods of infection control in the surgery ward
• Can work in the multi-professional working group for surgery and anaesthesia treatment at different stages of perioperative nursing, and knows the key factors influencing successful teamwork
• Knows the values and basic principles of surgical and anaesthetic nursing and can justify their operations with up-to-date research data
• Knows the specific characteristics of the patient’s pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy and can utilise them in patient care
• Knows the most common methods of anaesthesia and pain management
• Can prepare the patient for anaesthesia and procedures
• Can use key examination, monitoring and treatment equipment used in anaesthetic and surgical treatment of surgery patients, and can interpret and act on the information obtained from them
• Can report and record information at different stages of perioperative treatment
• Recognises the specificities of perioperative patient guidance and support
• Recognises the safety risks of the surgery and anaesthesia ward, and can ensure operational safety
• Knows the duties of a nurse assisting in anaesthesia, supervision and surgery, and is practising them
• Can monitor and treat the patient during intraoperative treatment and in the recovery room

Content

Contents

• Perioperative nursing (organisation, tasks and areas of responsibility in team work, care environment)
• Ethical principles of surgical wards
• Patient and occupational safety in a surgery ward (e.g. infection control, asepsis, cleanliness categories, equipment safety, reporting and recording, use of checklists)
• Disinfection and sterilisation methods in perioperative nursing
• Aseptic techniques of surgical wards
• Nursing the patient before and during the procedure: different roles, tasks and teamwork of a nurse
• Common treatment equipment, instruments and sutures and assisting in a surgery
• Roles and tasks of the surgical team, as well as preparations before a procedure (booking instruments and medical supplies, surgical hand disinfection, dressing in sterile outfits, preparing the surgical position, disinfection of the surgical area and delimitation of the surgical area)
• Key anaesthetic methods and the pharmaceutical products used therein, as well as their
effects and stages in the body
• Preparing for anaesthesia (booking drugs, patient monitoring equipment
and preparation of the anaesthetic workstation)
• Monitoring and nursing of an anaesthetised patient in the operating room and recovery room
• Pharmacotherapy and liquid therapy during anaesthesia and in the recovery room
• Patient monitoring and nursing in the recovery room and criteria for transferring to an inpatient ward

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Knows the principles guiding the nursing of children, as well as the status and rights of a child
• Is familiar with the development of a healthy child
• Can monitor and promote growth and development, and identify deviations
• Can support parenting, and identify resources and risk factors
• Can guide children and families, as well as utilise health technology
• Can act in a manner that promotes patient safety
• Can search for and apply evidence-based information
• Can define and record the nursing needs of a child patient, plan and implement nursing work, and assess the effectiveness of treatment
• Become familiar with common diseases of children and adolescents, as well as their prevention, treatment and rehabilitation methods
• Knows the resuscitation and advanced life support of a child
• Knows the pharmacological grounds for the treatment of children, and can administer safe drug and fluid therapy for child patients

Content

Contents

• Laws on children, regulations, children’s rights and ethical principles of the nursing of children
• Meeting and guiding a child and family
• Forms and methods of family nursing work
• Monitoring the growth and development of healthy children and young people, and deviations in development
• Basic care of the child
• The most common children’s diseases, surgical problems, infectious diseases and long-term illnesses and their treatment, rehabilitation and recording of information
• Clinical examination of child patients and the use of various assessment methods to support clinical decision-making
• Preparing a child for a procedure
• The most common medical procedures for children and adolescents, patient observation, and pain management
• Use of nursing technology
• Resuscitation and advanced life support of children
• Pharmacology for children and adolescents, as well as planning, implementation and evaluation of pharmacotherapy
• Planning, administration and assessment of fluid therapy for children
• Medical bills

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Plan, implement and assess customer-oriented care and counselling in public and private care institutions (for example nursing care of persons with functional disabilities, home care, hospital at home, palliative care)
• Help and support people dealing with acute and long-term health changes and become aware of their own limits of competence
• Gain more in-depth knowledge on counselling health promotion
• Be able to establish a good nurse-patient relationship in various nursing environments
• Be able to work in multiprofessional work groups
• Learn to apply evidence-based information and use it in the nursing care of patients/customers and its development
• Deepen their pharmacotherapy competence in different fields of nursing
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development in a care environment

Content

Contents

• Implementation of key nursing activities according to the learning environment and the needs of customers/patients
• Clinical examination of the patient
• Guiding patients in an empowering way, in cooperation with the customer/patient and their family
• Implementation of evidence-based nursing and guidance
• Deepening knowledge of the structure of the health and social services system and implementing service guidance for the customer/patient and their family member
• Deepening the basis of pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Can support parenthood during pregnancy or after childbirth
• Know how to pay attention to the special characteristics of maternity nursing in public health nursing
• Practice monitoring and counselling methods during pregnancy and after childbirth
• Can promote the sexual health of people of different ages
• Can apply the knowledge base of nursing children, young people and families when caring for children of different ages in a family-oriented manner and promoting health
• Can pay attention to the special characteristics of nursing children and adolescents
• Practises their proficiency in determining the need for child or adolescent nursing and the related processes of planning, implementation and evaluation
• Know how to administer pharmacotherapy for people of different ages
• Practise supporting and counseling children, adolescents and families in different situations concerning health and illness
• Practise decision-making in nursing together with the child, adolescent or family and with various professional groups
• Can support the resources of children, young people and families to promote health
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development in a care environment

Content

Contents

• Development of parenthood and various modes of support
• Various monitoring and counselling situations and methods during pregnancy and the postpartum period
• Addressing sexuality
• Sexual education and the related methods
• Applying the knowledge base of public health nursing of children and adolescents in nursing by paying attention to children of different ages, adolescents and their families
• Practising the public health nursing methods of supporting the growth and development of children and adolescents
• Applying evidence-based information in the public health nursing activities of children and adolescents
• Pharmacotherapy and vaccinations of people of different ages

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

• Deepens their professional skills and knowledge of nursing, nursing management and their own professional growth
• Can independently plan a patient’s overall treatment, and implement and evaluate it on the basis of the plan
• Can take overall responsibility for patient care in their working group
• Can develop care and its prerequisites in their work unit as a nursing expert
• Deepens their pharmacotherapy competence in different subfields of nursing
• Knows the specificities of clinical nursing and related recording of information, and understands the importance of recording information for nursing development
• Is able to operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development ina care environment

Content

Contents

• Traineeship units as study units in accordance with EU/2005 directives
• Supervised midwifery internship in units carrying out nursing work for pregnant women, mothers who have given birth, healthy new-borns, new-borns requiring intensive care or gynaecological patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Can work independently and as a member of a multi-professional team in midwifery
• Develops and deepens their expertise in the planning, implementation, recording and evaluation of midwifery in different operating environments
• Acts in accordance with the code of ethics for midwifery and complies with the applicable legislation
• Can follow aseptic requirements
• Knows the key contents and methods of pharmacotherapy related to midwifery and implements pharmacotherapy safely
• Students will deepen their guidance skills in sexual and reproductive health questions regarding the woman and her family.
• Masters the treatment and guidance in connection with a normal pregnancy
• Can identify high-risk pregnancies and refer a woman to further treatment if necessary
• Can monitor and treat pregnant women and foetuses in high-risk pregnancies
• Develops independently in treating low-risk childbirths at different stages of the childbirth process
• Can work as a midwifery expert in a high-risk childbirth care team
• Can immediately monitor and treat the new-born and, if necessary, initiate CPR
• Students will master the monitoring, guidance and care of women after childbirth.
• Students will master the care of healthy newborn babies.
• Can support a woman and her family in the development of early interaction and breastfeeding
• Can carry out intensive care of a new-born as part of a multi-professional care team
• Can carry out the treatment process for a gynaecological patient
• Masters the guidance of a gynaecological patient and family members
• Can support a woman and her family in managing a life cycle crisis
• Can document a woman’s and family’s nursing care reliably in different information systems
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development in a care environment

Content

Contents

• Traineeship units as study units in accordance with EU/2005 directives
• Supervised midwifery internship in units carrying out nursing work for pregnant women, mothers giving/who have given birth, healthy new-borns, new-borns requiring intensive care or gynaecological patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Can advise patients in preparing for examinations and after the examination
• Becomes familiar with the most common laboratory tests and know how to describe their significance
• Can take high-quality samples and interpret them.
• Become familiar with the most common clinical physiology examinations of internal medicine patients and the related role of nursing

Content

Contents

• The most common laboratory tests (blood and urine tests)
• Preparation of patients and the importance of it
• Patient guidance during specimen collection
• Standardisation and quality management of specimen collection
• Collection of venous and skin puncture specimens
• Collection of urine specimens and chemical screening of urine
• Complications in specimen collection
• Storage and transportation of specimens
• Point-of-care testing and the quality management of point-of-care instruments
• Guidance of patients and preparation for examinations
• The most common clinical physiology examinations (e.g. ECG registration)
• Nursing in the administration of examinations

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:
• Students will be able to cooperate with a multidisciplinary expert network to integrate nutritional care and guidance into the nursing of internal medicine and surgical patients

Content

Contents

• Nutritional care and guidance of an internal medicine and surgical patient, and the most common special diets related to diseases

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Can meet patients individually as experts and subjects in their own lives.
• Students will know how to work in compliance with the values, principles and key regulations of nursing
• Know the key sources of reliable data and how to apply these sources in providing patients with comprehensive care
• Students will be able to interact with patients and their family members in a professional manner
• Participate in professional cooperation
• Learn how to apply the aseptic technique and how to work ergonomically in compliance with the principles of occupational and patient safety
• Know how the pharmacotherapy plan is applied in the process of performing pharmacotherapy
• Be able to assess the resources and condition of patients
• Be able to define patients’ needs for care and to make individual treatment plans
• Be able to apply common nursing assistance methods appropriately
• Students will learn how to adopt a patient-driven approach and support their resources
• Students will be able to monitor the nutrition and diets of patients and to identify any risks related to their nutrition
• Students will be able to recognize, assess and treat the pain experienced by patients
• Know how to perform pharmacotherapy according to the physician’s instructions and have the required dosage calculation skills
• Learn various modes of performing and administering pharmacotherapy
• Learn the reporting and documentation practices required in the patient’s treatment process
• Students will know how to use the medication passport in assessing their own pharmacotherapy skills
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development in a care environment

Content

Contents

• Individual and respectful treatment of patients, assessing the needs for care, planning and performing treatment
• Working in a multiprofessional working group
• Performing pharmacotherapy
• Determining the patient’s level of nutrition and related care
• Patient counselling and training methods
• Self-care support and commitment to treatment
• Nursing process and structural documentation
• Rehabilitation and follow-up care
• Occupational and patient safety
• Ethical and responsible activities

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student:

• Is able to plan, implement, record and evaluate the nursing care of a pregnant woman, a mother who has given birth, a healthy newborn, a newborn requiring intensive care or a gynaecological patient as a member of a multi-professional team
• Can guide, advise and treat patients and relatives in sexual and reproductive health care problems, pharmacotherapy, nutrition, exercise and hygiene of midwifery work
• Can act ethically according to the ethics of midwifery work, and can follow the applicable guidelines and legislation
• Can support patient empowerment
• Can follow aseptic requirements
• Is able to use electronic recording software in the ward and to record key issues in the database
• Can operate in accordance with the principles of sustainable development ina care environment

Content

Contents

• Traineeship units as study units in accordance with EU/2005 directives
• Supervised midwifery internship in units carrying out nursing work for pregnant women, mothers who have given birth, healthy new-borns, new-borns requiring intensive care or gynaecological patients

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The students will be able to:

· Describe a health-based approach as the basis for nursing and midwifery
· Describe current challenges related to the health and well-being of the population
· Outline the whole set of health and social services and the meaning of legislation that guides services
· Search for information and guide clients in different life situations to social and health care services
· Recognise the importance of multi-professionalism from the perspective of service needs
· Describe the principles of sustainable development, taking into account ecological, economic, social and cultural sustainability, and the capital they generate

Content

Contents

• Health orientation in midwife work, health and health orientation as concepts, inclusion, empowerment, resource orientation and midwives as health promoters
• Customer-oriented social and health services, health and well-being of the population (current challenges and factors affecting them)
• Promoting health and functional capacity, and preventing illnesses and accidents
• The social and health care system and itsdevelopment, financing, responsibilities, supervision and customer/patient rights
• Social and health care services and directing customers to them
• Sustainable activities in midwifery work, subareas of sustainable development: ecological sustainability, economic sustainability, social sustainability, cultural sustainability

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student:

· Masters mental health promotion as the starting point for all mental health work
· Knows the mental health and substance abuser care service system and can work in multi-professional networks
· Can identify the needs of mental health and substance abuse patients, address problems and guide the patients to appropriate care, record the treatment needs, plan and implement treatment, assess its effects and draw the necessary conclusions.
· Identifies key mental disorders and knows the starting points for their treatment
· Identifies the treatment needs and starting points of patients of different ages
· Can operate in the nursing of mental health care and substance abuser patients by promoting occupational and patient safety
· Understands the importance of ethical guidelines, values, principles and laws as guiding factors in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
· Can use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods in accordance with the principles of recovery orientation
· Understands the importance of treatment relationships and work guidance, and can support and guide the patient and their family members
· Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
· Understands that a crisis is part of a person’s normal development, and can define the needs of trauma-focused care
· Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment

Content

Contents

Basics of mental health nursing
· Concept of positive mental health
· Mental health in society and components of mental health
· Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
· Service system expertise
· National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
· Process of involuntary treatment, seeking treatment voluntarily
· An empowering approach to work
· Facing a psychotic patient
· Crisis work
· Motivational interview and mini-intervention
· Referring patients to treatment
· Psychoactive medications
· Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
· Addictions
· The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
· Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage

Post-pregnancy and postpartum period
· Promoting mental health during maternity
· Mental health assessment during pregnancy and after childbirth
· Identifying and treating postpartum depression
· Building an attachment relationship between mother and child

Children, adolescents and their families
· Childhood development and mental health
· Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
· Family support

The elderly
· Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
· Substance abuse problems of the elderly

Evaluation scale

H-5