Study Guide

Objective

Some of the studies in the study unit are arranged in English

Objectives
After the study unit the student will:
• Be familiar with the key concepts, knowledge base, values, ethical principles and guidelines in nursing
• Know how to apply the values and ethical principles of nursing, as well as to assess their realization
• Be familiar with the responsibilities/tasks of a nurse/public health nurse
• Understand evidence-based activities in nursing
• Know how to search for information using the most common health sciences databases
• Know the legal and ethical principles of patient and customer work
• Be able to interact professionally in a multiprofessional team

Content

The study unit contains courses in English and some modules that will be carried out in a multilingual setting (Finnish, Swedish and/or English).

• Basic concepts of ethics
• Professional ethics and multiprofessional interaction
• The rights and self-determination of patients
• Identification and handling of ethical problems
• Ethical decision-making and activities in nursing
• Nursing science as a discipline
• Taking advantage of treatment recommendations in nursing
• Evidence-based operations
• Information seeking

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Evaluation scale

H-5

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

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 costs for the student.

Teaching methods

Face-to-face teaching (online teaching 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

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

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.
Exam: 30% - grading 0 to 5
Presentation: 30% - grading 0 to 5
Recording: 20% - 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

Students will:

• 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

Content

Contents

• Key nursing activities according to the learning environment and the needs of the customers/patients
• Clinical examination of patients
• The implementation of empowering patient counselling with patients/customers and their family members
• Provision of evidence-based nursing and counselling services
• In-depth knowledge of the structure of the social and health service system, implementation of service guidance with customers/patients and their family members
• More profound skills in pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will:
• 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

Content

Contents

• Key nursing activities according to the learning environment and the needs of the customers/patients
• Clinical examination of patients
• The implementation of empowering patient counselling with patients/customers and their family members
• Provision of evidence-based nursing and counselling services
• In-depth knowledge of the structure of the social and health service system, implementation of service guidance with customers/patients and their family members
• More profound skills in pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Gain proficiency in planning, providing and evaluating customer-centred care and guidance in various projects and different types of care environments
• Learn to help and support people dealing with acute and long-term health changes and become 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 in the nursing care of patients/customers and its development
• Acquire skills in project work in commissions in the field of social services and health care

Content

Contents

• Project work methods
• Work in multidisciplinary teams
• Key nursing activities according to the learning environment and the needs of the customers/patients
• The fundamentals of empowering patient counselling with customers/patients and their family members
• Provision of evidence-based nursing and counselling services
• Structure of the social and health service system, service guidance with customers/patients and their family members

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Gain proficiency in planning, providing and evaluating customer-centred care and guidance in various projects and different types of care environments
• Learn to help and support people dealing with acute and long-term health changes and become 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 in the nursing care of patients/customers and its development
• Acquire skills in project work in commissions in the field of social services and health care

Content

Contents

• Project work methods
• Work in multidisciplinary teams
• Key nursing activities according to the learning environment and the needs of the customers/patients
• The fundamentals of empowering patient counselling with customers/patients and their family members
• Provision of evidence-based nursing and counselling services
• Structure of the social and health service system, service guidance with customers/patients and their family members

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Understand the key concepts of nursing
• Acknowledge the values, principles and key concepts that steer nursing
• Acknowledge the principles of professional interaction and cooperation
• Know how to apply the nursing process in decision-making and documentation
• Know how to apply the national documentation model of nursing in nursing documentation
• Acknowledge the key principles of patient safety
• Be able to ensure that patient safety is realized in their own operations and those of the work community
• Know how to determine patients’ resources and need for care and determine the needs and objectives of care, as well as to plan and provide key nursing assistance methods to promote the resources of customers/patients
• Understand the principles of aseptic techniques, ergonomics, pain and treatment of chronic wounds and be able to apply the acquired knowledge in nursing
• Know how to assess the need for urgent care in a systematic manner and be able to act in situations where emergency care is needed
• Understand the principles and have the ability to act as a nurse in the context of encountering death
• Know the meaning of care-related infections and the management of infection risks
• Understand the meaning of hand hygiene, use of protective devices, a safe care environment
• Know the basics of microbiology and the meaning of immunity and the defence system
• Be familiar with the knowledge base and purpose of vaccination

Content

Contents
• 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
• The basics of patient safety and arranging a safe treatment environment
• Information security and data protection
• Aseptic techniques, infection prevention, hand hygiene, precautions and isolation arrangements
• 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
• Pain assessment and unmedicated pain management methods
• First aid and basic resuscitation
• Key terminology
• Immunity and immunization, management of infection risks and hygiene recommendations
• The most common care-related infections and the microbes causing them

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Understand the ethical values and principles of gerontological nursing and respect old age as a stage of 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
• Understand the importance of nutrition in the treatment of the elderly and know how to plan, perform and assess the nutrition of the elderly in different circumstances in cooperation with a network of multidisciplinary experts
• Students will know how to plan, administer and assess safe and effective pharmacotherapy for the elderly
• Know how to support and guide family members in the treatment of elderly patients
• Acknowledge and be able to identify common changes caused by development disorders and disability and know the related key methods of nursing

Content

Contents

• Treatment of the elderly, 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
• Gerontechnology
• 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 geriatric care

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Gain proficiency in recognizing the key areas for development in their professional duties
• Understand the nature and process of health care development, health care research and working in a project
• Know how to use common research and development methods
• Know how to interpret and apply the results of research and development

Content

Contents

• Key concepts: development of health care and nursing, scientific research, applied research, working in a project
• The ethical and legal premises of researching development
• Stages of a research and development project
• Research and development methods
• Collection, processing and analysis of material
• Interpretation and application of results
• Reliable and ethical research
• Planning and reporting on research and development work

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Understand the treatment path for surgical patients
• Become familiar with the overall treatment of a surgical patient and its various foundations, special features and ethical requirements regarding patients representing different demographic groups
• Become proficient in aseptic techniques and systematic work
• Learn to promote and ensure occupational and patient safety in the treatment of surgical patients
• Learn to plan, administer, monitor and evaluate safe and effective medication and fluid therapy for surgical patients
• Practise various assistance methods used in surgical nursing
• Know how to plan, carry out and assess the guidance and training of surgical patients in cooperation with other experts by applying a customer or group-oriented approach
• Know how to support the self-care of a surgical patient in postoperative treatment in a hospital environment and at home
• Know how to ensure the exchange of updated information during the different treatment phases of surgical patients
• Understand the meaning of life-long learning in the nursing of surgical patients
• Develop their personal professional skills

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 management of acute pain
• Observation and care of surgical wounds
• Pre-, intra- and post-operative nursing
• Personal counselling for patients and family members
• Documentation and reporting

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Know how to advise patients in preparing for examinations and after the examination
• Become familiar with the most common laboratory tests and know how to describe their significance
• Know how to collect high-quality specimens and analyse 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 thereof
• Patient guidance during specimen collection
• Standardization 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 recording)
• The role of nursing in performing examinations and tests

Evaluation scale

H-5

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Students will
• Learn to apply their knowledge to monitor the growth and development of adolescents and to support adolescents as individuals, family members, members of the school community and representatives of their own culture
• Learn to guide adolescents in their sexual development and changes, as well as in mental health questions at different ages, and be able to guide the adolescent’s family in
problematic situations
• Learn to apply their knowledge in the health problems of adolescents and in the resulting changes in the lives of families, as well as treat, guide and support adolescents and their
families in these questions
• Learn to work multiprofessionally to maintain and promote the health of adolescents and their families

Content

Contents

• Principles governing school health care
• Growth and development of under-school-aged children, as well as regular follow-ups and screenings
• Risks/disturbances in the health and social development of school-aged children and adolescents and how to address them, e.g. bullying at school, school fatigue, obesity, depression
• Empowering support for children/adolescents and their families
• Health promotion in the school community and student welfare

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Learn to apply their knowledge to monitor the growth and development of children and to support children as individuals, family members and representatives of their own culture
• Learn to cooperate with families and various interest groups to maintain and promote a safe growth environment
• Learn to apply their knowledge to support parenthood throughout the family’s development
• Learn to prevent infectious diseases and to master vaccination
• Be able to carry out family education

Content

Contents
• Principles guiding operations in child health centres
• Support for parenthood based on the child’s and family’s resources throughout the child’s development
• Growth and development of under-school-aged children, as well as regular follow-ups
• Monitoring of the child’s sight and hearing
• Nutrition of babies and toddlers
• Special questions related to the nutrition of children (constipation, diarrhoea)
• Immunization programme and vaccination
• Special questions related to the child’s development (e.g. bed-wetting, delays in development, eating problems, disturbances in speech development)
• Levels of sexuality
• Multiprofessional cooperation

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Some of the studies in the study unit are arranged in English

Objectives

Students will
• Understand the principles of nursing children and the status and rights of children as patients and in society
• Understand the development of a healthy child
• Know how to promote the healthy growth and development of children and identify any deviations
• Know how to support parenthood and recognize resources and risk factors
• Know how to guide children and families and benefit from health care technology
• Know how to promote patient safety in nursing
• Know how to retrieve and apply evidence-based information
• Know how to determine and document the care needs of a child patient, plan and administer nursing and evaluate its effectiveness
• Become familiar with common diseases of children and adolescents, as well as their prevention, treatment and rehabilitation methods
• Understand resuscitation and advanced resuscitation of children
• Understand the pharmacological grounds of paediatric pharmacotherapy and learn to safely administer pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy to child patients

Content

Contents

• Legislation concerning children, children’s rights and the ethical principles of the nursing of children
• Encountering and counselling children and families
• Forms and methods of family nursing
• Monitoring of the growth and development of a healthy child and adolescent and deviations in the development of a healthy child
• Basic care of a child
• The most common paediatric diseases, surgical disorders, infectious diseases and long-term illnesses of children and adolescents and treatment, rehabilitation and documentation thereof
• Clinical examination of child patients and the use of various assessment methods to support clinical decision-making
• Preparation of children for procedures
• The most common medical treatment methods for children and adolescents, patient observation and pain treatment
• Use of health care technology
• Resuscitation and advanced resuscitation of children
• Planning, administration and assessment of pharmacotherapy for children and adolescents
• Planning, administration and assessment of fluid therapy for children
• Dosage calculation

Evaluation scale

H-5

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will:
• Understand the nature and process of health care development, health care research
• Gain proficiency in searching for information and critical evaluation of information
• Know how to create a working life-oriented research and development plan
• Know how to create releases and other documents required in research and development projects
• Know how to act as a nursing expert in various working life-oriented research and development projects
• Be able to recognize the need for counselling and know how to apply counselling in a manner that supports their thesis
• Know how to present their progress as well as to give and receive constructive feedback

Content

Contents

• Learning about the thesis process
• Selecting and defining a working life-oriented topic
• Establishing the theoretical background
• Defining the purpose and objective of the thesis and asking guiding questions
• Choosing a method of implementation
• Presenting a written plan and serving as an opponent to another student’s work as agreed

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Acknowledge how they personally view incurable conditions and death
• Students will know how to explain the key concepts of palliative care and end-of-life care, how they are related to each other and how to apply this information in their work
• Students will know how to plan, carry out, assess and document the treatment and management of the symptoms and pain of patients in palliative care and how to 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 will know how to face, support and see to the needs of patients and their family members in a comprehensive manner and how to apply physical presence as a mode of support
• Students will know how to perform end-of-life care and postmortem care in a dignified manner by taking the family members of the deceased into account

Content

Content

• 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
• Comprehensive support for the patient and their family members: family-oriented approach, mental 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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Healthcare work of a family growing into parenthood 3 cr VAKA
- apply his or her knowledge relating to health guidance in maternity and parenthood based on the family's needs and expectations
- apply his or her knowledge relating to special issues in pregnancy and parenthood concerning the client and his or her family
- work as a lactation consultant.
- apply his or her knowledge in matters concerning the family's sexual health
Healthcare work of child in school age and young family 2 cr KOTE
- apply his or her knowledge to monitoring the adolescent's growth and development and supporting him or her as an individual, family and school community member and representative of his or her own culture
- guide an adolescent in the development of and changes to his or her sexuality as well as mental health issues in different ages and guide the adolescent's family in problematic situations
- apply his or her knowledge to an adolescent's health problems and the changes resulting from them to the families' lives and treat, guide and support the adolescent and his or her family in such issues.
- work in a multiprofessional way in maintaining and promoting an adolescent's and his or her family's health

Content

Healthcare work of a family growing into parenthood 3 cr VAKA
Contents:
- supporting parenthood and early interaction
- monitoring, treatment and guidance of pregnancy and the puerperal period in maternity care
- special issues relating to pregnancy and the puerperal period
- family coaching
- breastfeeding guidance
- family planning guidance (the PLISSIT model and contraceptive advice)
- special issues relating to pregnancy and parenthood, such as mental health
- home visits
Healthcare work of child in school age and young family 2 cr KOTE
Contents:
- the principles guiding school healthcare
-the growth and development of a school-aged child/adolescent and regular health monitoring
- screenings
- risks/disturbances, such as bullying, school fatigue, overweight, depression, of the health and social development of a child in school age and an adolescent, and addressing them
- empowering support of a child/adolescent and his or her family
- health promotion in school and pupil welfare

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Healthcare work of a family with children 3 cr LATE
- apply his or her knowledge to monitoring the child's growth and development and supporting the child as an individual, family member and representative of his or her own culture
- work in co-operation with families and different stakeholder groups to maintain and promote a safe growth environment
- apply his or her knowledge in supporting parenthood in the different stages of the family's development
- carry out prevention of communicable diseases, and master inoculations
- carry out family education

Healthcare work of a client in working age 2 cr TYPE
- evaluate the significance of work, work environment and unemployment to a person and his or her well-being
- support the work and functional capacity of a person in working age as well as well-being at work, and work multiprofessionally with the person in working age and

Content

Healthcare work of a family with children 3 cr LATE
Contents:
- the principles guiding child health clinic operations
- resource-oriented parental support of the child and family in the child's different development stages
- the growth and development of a child under 7 years of age and regular health monitoring
- monitoring of the child's eyesight and hearing
- nutrition of suckling and preschool-aged child
- special issues relating to child nutrition (constipation, diarrhoea)
- vaccination programme and vaccinating
- special issued relating to children's development (such as bedwetting, retarded development, eating disorders, anomalies in speech development etc.)
- stages of sexuality
- multiprofessional co-operation

Healthcare work of a client in working age 2 cr TYPE
Contents:
- working capacity and well-being at work
- occupational health legislation
- action plan and occupational healthcare agreement
- occupational workplace survey
- health checks
- work environment, risk and strain factors
- coping at work
- work-related and occupational diseases, accidents at work
- activities maintaining working capacity and promotion of well-being at work
- multiprofessionalism/networks/developing the quality of one's own activities

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Understand the treatment path for perioperative patients and know how to describe the perioperative
treatment process of a perioperative patient
• Learn the principles of asepsis and know how to apply the methods and principles of infection prevention in a surgical ward
• Be able to work as a part of a multiprofessional surgical and anaesthetic team at the different phases of perioperative nursing and know the essential factors that contribute to successful team work
• Become proficient in the basic principles and values of surgical and anaesthetic nursing and learn to base their actions on the latest research information
• Understand the special features of pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy for perioperative patients and know how to apply them in patient care
• Become familiar with the most common anaesthetic and analgesic methods
• Know how to prepare patients for anaesthesia and an operation
• Know how to use common patient testing, examination, monitoring and care instruments, analyse the resulting information and act accordingly
• The students will know how to report on and document the different phases of perioperative treatment
• Learn to identify the special features of counselling and support provided to perioperative patients
• Be aware of the safety risks in surgical and anaesthetic wards and know how to ensure the safety of activities
• Understand the tasks of anaesthetic nurses, circulating nurses and practise them
• Learn to perform nursing of surgical patients in a surgical ward
• Learn to observe and care for patients in the intraoperative and in the recovery room

Content

Contents

• Perioperative nursing (organization, tasks and areas of responsibility in team work, care environment)
• Ethical principles of surgical wards
• Patient and occupational safety in a surgical ward (including infection prevention, asepsis, levels of disinfection, instrument safety, reporting and documentation, use of checklists)
• Disinfection and sterilization methods in perioperative nursing
• Aseptic techniques of surgical wards
• Preoperative and intraoperative preparations in surgical and anaesthetic wards and transferring the patient to an operating room
• Care of a patient during a procedure: different roles and duties of a nurse and team work
• Maintaining the body temperature of a surgical patient
• Common treatment equipment, instruments and sutures and assisting in a surgery
• Roles and tasks of surgical teams and preparations of a surgical team before a procedure (instrument and supply collection, surgical hand disinfection, sterile clothing, preparing an operating position, disinfection of the area of operation and defining the area of operation)
• Common methods of anaesthesia , the medications used in them and the
effects and phases of these medications in the body
• Preparations for anaesthesia (collecting the medications, preparing the patient monitoring systems
and the anaesthesia workstation)
• Observation and care of patients under anaesthesia in the operating and recovery rooms
• Tasks related to ending a procedure (supply inventory and equipment maintenance)
• Pharmacotherapy and liquid therapy during anaesthesia and in the recovery room
• Transferring the patient to a recovery room, monitoring and treatment there and the criteria of transferring the patient to an inpatient ward

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Know how to come into contact with and interview the person to be examined
• Understand the functions of vital organs in the human body
• Be familiar with clinical examination methods and their principles

Content

Contents

• 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, indicators
• Preconditions of good clinical examinations and their implementation: general condition, breathing, circulation, consciousness, excretion, musculoskeletal system, skin
• Monitoring a healthy patient, recording an ECG and basics of interpretation

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Become familiar with common radiological examinations and the principles of radiotherapy
• Become familiar with the principles of radiation safety

Content

Contents

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

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

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 counselling for internal medicine and surgical patients and special diets most commonly associated with these diseases

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Students will
• Gain further proficiency in determining the need for, planning, administering and evaluating patient care
• Learn to support and provide guidance to patients and their family members
• Learn to make decisions requiring nursing expertise in cooperation with the patient and other professional groups, as well as to support the patient’s resources to promote the patient’s health
• Have understood the ethics and fundamental values of nursing and base their actions on current knowledge
• Deepen their pharmacotherapy competence in different fields of nursing
• Master the special features of clinical nursing and related documentation

Content

Contents

• Assessment of the need for care and planning, performing and evaluating the treatment of a patient
• Pharmacotherapy
• Ethical challenges of care
• Patient counselling and documentation

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will

• 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
• Know how to support female patients giving birth in an emergency childbirth if a physician or midwife is not available
• 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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients
• Know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

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
• Administering 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

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Know how to describe the underlying mechanisms, symptoms, examinations and medical treatment of common internal 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
• Know how to perform the methods required in the provision of guidance and instructions related to self-care
• Know how to perform pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy methods commonly applied in internal medicine and how to observe and control the related effects, side effects and adverse effects

Content

Contents

• Internal medicine patient counselling, self-care support and commitment to treatment
• The treatment paths, treatment methods and pharmacotherapy of internal medicine patients
(with cardiovascular diseases, pulmonary diseases, diabetes, thyroid disorders, rheumatism, kidney and liver disorders, neurology)
• Monitoring and supporting the functionality of the respiratory, circulation and endocrine systems
• Advanced resuscitation
• How to use the ABCDE, NEWS and ISBAR tools

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Learn to base their actions on facts in various public health nursing duties
• Provide breastfeeding counselling for women who are pregnant, at childbirth and after birth and their spouses and the families of children with babies in accordance with the baby-friendly programme
• Learn to apply the skills and knowledge necessary in the care environment to the nursing of patients/customers
• Learn to assess the patients’/customers’ need for care and answer the needs with nursing assistance methods both independently and as a member of a multiprofessional team
• Learn to support critically ill patients and their family members.
• Become familiar with the treatment path of customers/patients
• Be able to secure continuity of a customer’s/patient’s care
• Learn to assess their own competence and develop their nursing skills.
• Learn to use evidence-based information for decision-making and evaluate the customer’s treatment process
• Learn to plan, provide and evaluate safe pharmacotherapy as a multiprofessional team member
• Practice customer/patient care and professional operations in simulated cases

Content

Contents

• Simulation of activities related to the work of public health nurses
• Topics of breastfeeding counsellor training in compliance with the World Health Organization and breastfeeding situations and demonstration in practical training with a tutor
• Multiprofessional addressing of the needs of a customer/patient
• Health care of families growing into parenthood
• Health care of families with children
• Health care of families with school-aged and adolescent children
• Health care of families with working-age members

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Learn to base their actions on facts in various public health nursing duties
• Provide breastfeeding counselling for women who are pregnant, at childbirth and after birth and their spouses and the families of children with babies in accordance with the baby-friendly programme
• Learn to apply the skills and knowledge necessary in the care environment to the nursing of patients/customers
• Learn to assess the patients’/customers’ need for care and answer the needs with nursing assistance methods both independently and as a member of a multiprofessional team
• Learn to support critically ill patients and their family members.
• Become familiar with the treatment path of customers/patients
• Be able to secure continuity of a customer’s/patient’s care
• Learn to assess their own competence and develop their nursing skills.
• Learn to use evidence-based information for decision-making and evaluate the customer’s treatment process
• Learn to plan, provide and evaluate safe pharmacotherapy as a multiprofessional team member
• Practice customer/patient care and professional operations in simulated cases

Content

Contents

• Simulation of activities related to the work of public health nurses
• Topics of breastfeeding counsellor training in compliance with the World Health Organization and breastfeeding situations and demonstration in practical training with a tutor
• Multiprofessional addressing of the needs of a customer/patient
• Health care of families growing into parenthood
• Health care of families with children
• Health care of families with school-aged and adolescent children
• Health care of families with working-age members

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The study unit will be carried out in English.

Objectives

Students will
• Understand cancer as a disease and identify the factors related to early diagnosis and prevention of cancer
• Students will know different methods of treating and monitoring cancer how common types of cancer are diagnosed
• Students will know how to 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
• Cancer prevention and treatment
• Nutrition of cancer patients
• Symptomatic treatment of cancer patients (medicated and unmedicated)
• Cancer, partners and sexuality
• Lifestyles as a means of supporting recovery from cancer
• Rehabilitation and monitoring of cancer patients
• Psychosocial support of cancer patients
• Safe cytostatic therapy and occupational safety, infusion port
• Pain medication and the use of an automatic dosing pump

Materials

- Huovinen etc. 2023. Kliininen hoitotyö. SanomaPro Oy. Kappale 12 Syöpää sairastavan hoitotyö (or similar topics from the book Syöpäsairaudet, available in Oppiportti)
- ITS material, topics discussed in classes
- Individual assignments

Teaching methods

Contact and online teaching, assignments, prictoce in classroom, group work, exam

Student workload

2cr = 54h of student work (contact teaching as distance and contact teaching, classroom practice + individual assignment)

Further information

The theoretical studies in nursing of an internal medicine patient or surgical patient must have been successfully completed before the cancer nursing course, as well as clinical training.

The course must be completed in its entirety within one year.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Attendance at contact classes 100% (hyv/hyl)
Class training completed (hyv/hyl)
Individual assignment (0-5)
Exam (0-5)

Assessment criteria in ITS

Objective

Some of the studies in the study unit are arranged in English

Objectives

After the study unit the student will be able to:
• Describe how the health-oriented approach is used as a basis for public health nursing work
• Describe the current challenges related to the health and well-being of the population and the factors behind them
• Describe the indicators of the health and well-being of the population and the importance of data in identifying the need for services and the provision of services
• Describe the overall structure of social and health services and the legislation concerning social and health services
• Retrieve information and guide people in different life stages to seek social and health services
• Recognize the importance of multiprofessional activities from the perspective of service needs
• Understand the importance of occupational and patient safety in nursing
• Describe the meaning, benefits and general fields of application of health care technology in nursing
• Describe the principles of sustainable development taking into account ecological, financial and social and cultural sustainability and the capital they generate.

Content

Contents

• Health-orientation in the work of a public health nurse
o The concepts of health and health-orientation
o Engagement, empowerment, resource-orientation
o A public health nurse as an expert of health promotion
• Customer-oriented social and health services
o Health and well-being of the population (current challenges and the factors behind them, register data and statistics)
o Promotion of health and functional capacity, prevention of illnesses and accidents
o Social and health care system and its development, funding, responsibilities and supervision and customer/patient rights
o Social and health care services
o Rehabilitation and rehabilitation services
o Referring a customer to social and health care services
• Health care technology
o Digitalization and the use of technology in health care
o Health care technology products and their usability in health promotion and self-care of customers
• Sustainable development
o Elements of sustainable development: ecological sustainability, financial sustainability, social sustainability, cultural sustainability
o Objectives and action programmes in sustainable development
o Sustainable development compliant activities in the work of a public health nurse

Content scheduling

Some of the studies in the study unit are arranged in English

Objectives

After the study unit the student will be able to:
• Describe how the health-oriented approach is used as a basis for public health nursing work
• Describe the current challenges related to the health and well-being of the population and the factors behind them
• Describe the indicators of the health and well-being of the population and the importance of data in identifying the need for services and the provision of services
• Describe the overall structure of social and health services and the legislation concerning social and health services
• Retrieve information and guide people in different life stages to seek social and health services
• Recognize the importance of multiprofessional activities from the perspective of service needs
• Understand the importance of occupational and patient safety in nursing
• Describe the meaning, benefits and general fields of application of health care technology in nursing
• Describe the principles of sustainable development taking into account ecological, financial and social and cultural sustainability and the capital they generate.
Englanniksi
Some of the studies in the study unit are arranged in English

Objectives

After the study unit the student will be able to:
• Describe how the health-oriented approach is used as a basis for public health nursing work
• Describe the current challenges related to the health and well-being of the population and the factors behind them
• Describe the indicators of the health and well-being of the population and the importance of data in identifying the need for services and the provision of services
• Describe the overall structure of social and health services and the legislation concerning social and health services
• Retrieve information and guide people in different life stages to seek social and health services
• Recognize the importance of multiprofessional activities from the perspective of service needs
• Understand the importance of occupational and patient safety in nursing
• Describe the meaning, benefits and general fields of application of health care technology in nursing
• Describe the principles of sustainable development taking into account ecological, financial and social and cultural sustainability and the capital they generate.
Sisältö
Suomeksi
Contents

• Health-orientation in the work of a public health nurse
o The concepts of health and health-orientation
o Engagement, empowerment, resource-orientation
o A public health nurse as an expert of health promotion
• Customer-oriented social and health services
o Health and well-being of the population (current challenges and the factors behind them, register data and statistics)
o Promotion of health and functional capacity, prevention of illnesses and accidents
o Social and health care system and its development, funding, responsibilities and supervision and customer/patient rights
o Social and health care services
o Rehabilitation and rehabilitation services
o Referring a customer to social and health care services
• Health care technology
o Digitalization and the use of technology in health care
o Health care technology products and their usability in health promotion and self-care of customers
• Sustainable development
o Elements of sustainable development: ecological sustainability, financial sustainability, social sustainability, cultural sustainability
o Objectives and action programmes in sustainable development
o Sustainable development compliant activities in the work of a public health nurse

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

After the study unit the student will:
• Know how to apply customer-driven and resource-oriented teaching and counselling methods in the promotion of health and well-being among individuals, groups and communities
• Know how to use health care technology to promote health and well-being
• Know how to plan, provide and assess health counselling and programmes of health promotion
• Be familiar with the national vaccination programme of adults and the vaccination of different demographic groups
• Know how to administer vaccines safely and correctly
• Understand the role and professional status of a public health nurse in a multiprofessional operational environment of maternity care
• Understand the principles of culturally sensitive care and the methods of the culturally sensitive approach in 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

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The purpose of the course is to support the student's growth into an expert of health promotion. An essential ability of an expert is to be able to evaluate his/her own activity, study its appropriateness and if necessary, change his/her actions in the constantly changing circumstances in studies and working life. The aim is to develop the student’s meta-thinking and self-reflection skills through the contents and operational methods of the course, because these are skills which require practice. The student provides the basic readiness to utilise information technology in his/her studies as well in his/her future work tasks.

Content

Contents:
- familiarisation with the learning environment
- structure and contents of a University of Applied Sciences degree (Public Health Nurse)
- expertise in health promotion
- practical training
- use of learning technology and applications

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

SPECIAL ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 5 cr TERI
Objectives:The student shall be able to
-assess and support the resources of people and families of different ages and prevent risks and disturbances to health, safety and social development
- analyse various client-oriented methods in public health nursing
- improve his or her knowledge in addressing issues and early intervention as well as in evaluating the need for guidance and treatment
- improve his or her knowledge of different group work methods and guide peer groups
- work with the management of special issues at community and individual level in co-operation with a multidisciplinary expert group, and use his or her knowledge about the influence of the environment on the health of the community
- improve his or her knowledge in public health nursing of special needs groups
- improve his or her competences in medicinal treatment

Content

Contents:
- special issues relating to different age groups
- special issues relating to families with children and adolescents, such as early interaction, LGBT families, disturbances in child's speech development, child abuse, early intervention and addressing issues, eating disorders
- special issues relating to people of working age, such as unemployment
- special issues relating to the elderly, such as abuse, drugs and alcohol, loneliness, nutrition, mental health, medicinal treatment

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Students will
• Deepen their skills and knowledge in supporting individuals of different ages and their families
• Learn to set goals, as well as to plan, provide, document and evaluate health care and health advice offered to people of different ages and to their families
• Learn to apply their knowledge to carry out group activities promoting health
• Develop their own value and knowledge base related to public health nursing
• Learn to assess and develop their public health nursing activities

Content

Contents

• Using evidence-based information in the public health nursing care of customers of different ages, their families and various demographic groups
• Planning, implementation, documentation and assessment of the public health nursing care of customers of different ages, their families and various demographic groups
• Ethics in public health nursing
• Pharmacotherapy and vaccinations of people of different ages

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student shall be able to
- improve his or her skills in working in public health nursing
- develop his or her actions in independent planning, implementation and evaluation of the client's overall care
- take overall responsibility for the care of clients in his or her work group
- work as an expert in nursing in developing public health nursing and its prerequisites in his or her work unit
- deepen his or her medicinal treatment competence in the different areas of public health nursing (Medication Passport)
- improve his or her knowledge of and skills in the characteristics of public health nursing and the related documenting and understand the role of documenting in developing nursing.

Content

- The contents will be published in the implementation plan
- Study material: The study material will be published in the implementation plan

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Students will

• Develop their competence in the public health nursing of special groups
• Develop their competence in planning, providing, documenting and evaluating public health nursing
• Develop their competence in the promotion, monitoring, treatment and guidance regarding the health of different groups
• Develop their ability to function in a multiprofessional work community
• Deepen their competence in developing and assessing the quality of public health nursing
• Deepen their ability to participate in the development of a healthy environment for the community
• Deepen their competence in promotion of the environment and the health of the population

Content

Contents

• Utilization of evidence-based information in the public health nursing care of special needs groups
• Planning, implementation, documentation and assessment of the public health nursing care of customers of different ages, their families and various demographic groups
• Multiprofessional work as a part of public health nursing
• Quality of health care services and its development
• Health promotion at environmental and population level with special attention to topical challenges

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student shall be able to
- act justifiably in various duties in public health nursing

Content

Contents:
- simulation of different activities relating to the work of a public health nurse

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Know how to support the functional capacity and involvement of the developmentally handicapped and the disabled
• Become familiar with the main causes of developmental disability and related disorders
• Understand the special features of the nursing of the developmentally disabled and disabled at different stages of life
• Become acquainted with key legislation and the service system related to the nursing of the developmentally disabled
• Know how to help the families of disabled children cope and deal with everyday life
• Understand the status and rights of the developmentally disabled as health care customers and patients

Content

Contents

• Provision of support for the functional capacity and involvement of the developmentally handicapped and the disabled, as well as rehabilitation
• Special features of the nursing of the disabled
• The legislation and service system of the nursing of the developmentally handicapped and the disabled

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will

• Deepen their competence in public health nursing
• Develop their ability to independently plan, administer and evaluate the comprehensive care of customers

• Learn to assume overall responsibility for customer care in their working group
• Learn to work in the role of a nursing professional for the development of public health nursing and its preconditions
in their unit
• Deepen their pharmacotherapy competence in different fields of public health nursing
• Deepen their skills and knowledge in the special features of public health nursing and related documentation, as well as understand the role of documentation in the development of nursing

Content

Contents

• Using evidence-based information in the public health nursing care of customers of different ages, their families and various demographic groups
• Planning, implementation, documentation and assessment of the public health nursing care of customers of different ages, their families and various demographic groups
• Expertise in public health nursing
• Pharmacotherapy and vaccinations of people of different ages

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
- Learn to apply their skills and knowledge in a practical expert assignment related to their professional studies as part of public health nursing (development) projects
- Learn to apply health and well-being strategies in the planning, implementation, assessment and development of public health nursing.
- Learn to participate in multiprofessional cooperation with experts and service users to develop products and services making use of networks and working groups
- Learn to develop their work community skills in public health nursing and its leadership and development
- Learn to recognise entrepreneurial opportunities and know how to apply entrepreneurial skills in public health nursing
- Maintain their knowledge about the latest research results and development ideas and know how to apply them in their work to promote health in their customers’ best interests
- Recognise their research, development and innovation competence and strengthen it in their expert duties related to health promotion, as well as apply their RDI competence at work
- Learn to recognise social challenges and act accordingly and to actively and innovatively develop public health nursing based on the needs of society and working life
- Learn to apply the principles of sustainable development in public health nursing

Content

Contents
- Projects and project subtasks and handling them
- Cross-sectoral and multidisciplinary networked activities, partnership with public health nursing interest groups
- Current challenges in society and their significance in the work of public health nurses
- Tools for health promotion and management of well-being
- Service systems and products and the principles of their development
- Significance of changes in working life to individuals, families and communities
- Internal and external entrepreneurship in public health nursing
- Evidence-based public health nursing
- Investigative and constructive approach

Evaluation scale

H-5

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Learn to apply their knowledge in health advice regarding motherhood and parenthood based on the needs and expectations of families
• Learn to apply their knowledge to answer the customer’s and her family’s special questions regarding pregnancy and parenthood
• Learn to work as a breastfeeding counsellor
• Learn to apply their knowledge in matters regarding the family’s sexual health

Content

Contents

• Support for parenthood and early interaction
• Monitoring, care and guidance of the pregnancy and postpartum period in prenatal care
• Special questions regarding pregnancy and the postpartum period
• Family planning guidance, breastfeeding counselling (plissit model and contraceptive advice)
• Special questions related to pregnancy and parenthood, e.g. mental health
• House call

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Learn to base their actions on facts in various public health nursing duties
• Provide breastfeeding counselling for women who are pregnant, at childbirth and after birth and their spouses and the families of children with babies in accordance with the baby-friendly programme
• Learn to apply the skills and knowledge necessary in the care environment to the nursing of patients/customers
• Learn to assess the patients’/customers’ need for care and answer the needs with nursing assistance methods both independently and as a member of a multiprofessional team
• Learn to support critically ill patients and their family members.
• Become familiar with the treatment path of customers/patients
• Be able to secure continuity of a customer’s/patient’s care
• Learn to assess their own competence and develop their nursing skills.
• Learn to use evidence-based information for decision-making and evaluate the customer’s treatment process
• Learn to plan, provide and evaluate safe pharmacotherapy as a multiprofessional team member
• Practice customer/patient care and professional operations in simulated cases

Content

Contents

• Simulation of activities related to the work of public health nurses
• Topics of breastfeeding counsellor training in compliance with the World Health Organization and breastfeeding situations and demonstration in practical training with a tutor
• Multiprofessional addressing of the needs of a customer/patient
• Health care of families growing into parenthood
• Health care of families with children
• Health care of families with school-aged and adolescent children
• Health care of families with working-age members

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Some of the studies in the study unit are arranged in English

Objectives

After the study unit the student will be able to:
• Describe how the health-oriented approach is used as a basis for public health nursing work
• Describe the current challenges related to the health and well-being of the population and the factors behind them
• Describe the indicators of the health and well-being of the population and the importance of data in identifying the need for services and the provision of services
• Describe the overall structure of social and health services and the legislation concerning social and health services
• Retrieve information and guide people in different life stages to seek social and health services
• Recognize the importance of multiprofessional activities from the perspective of service needs
• Understand the importance of occupational and patient safety in nursing
• Describe the meaning, benefits and general fields of application of health care technology in nursing
• Describe the principles of sustainable development taking into account ecological, financial and social and cultural sustainability and the capital they generate.

Content

Contents

• Health-orientation in the work of a public health nurse
o The concepts of health and health-orientation
o Engagement, empowerment, resource-orientation
o A public health nurse as an expert of health promotion
• Customer-oriented social and health services
o Health and well-being of the population (current challenges and the factors behind them, register data and statistics)
o Promotion of health and functional capacity, prevention of illnesses and accidents
o Social and health care system and its development, funding, responsibilities and supervision and customer/patient rights
o Social and health care services
o Rehabilitation and rehabilitation services
o Referring a customer to social and health care services
• Health care technology
o Digitalization and the use of technology in health care
o Health care technology products and their usability in health promotion and self-care of customers
• Sustainable development
o Elements of sustainable development: ecological sustainability, financial sustainability, social sustainability, cultural sustainability
o Objectives and action programmes in sustainable development
o Sustainable development compliant activities in the work of a public health nurse

Content scheduling

Some of the studies in the study unit are arranged in English

Objectives

After the study unit the student will be able to:
• Describe how the health-oriented approach is used as a basis for public health nursing work
• Describe the current challenges related to the health and well-being of the population and the factors behind them
• Describe the indicators of the health and well-being of the population and the importance of data in identifying the need for services and the provision of services
• Describe the overall structure of social and health services and the legislation concerning social and health services
• Retrieve information and guide people in different life stages to seek social and health services
• Recognize the importance of multiprofessional activities from the perspective of service needs
• Understand the importance of occupational and patient safety in nursing
• Describe the meaning, benefits and general fields of application of health care technology in nursing
• Describe the principles of sustainable development taking into account ecological, financial and social and cultural sustainability and the capital they generate.
Englanniksi
Some of the studies in the study unit are arranged in English

Objectives

After the study unit the student will be able to:
• Describe how the health-oriented approach is used as a basis for public health nursing work
• Describe the current challenges related to the health and well-being of the population and the factors behind them
• Describe the indicators of the health and well-being of the population and the importance of data in identifying the need for services and the provision of services
• Describe the overall structure of social and health services and the legislation concerning social and health services
• Retrieve information and guide people in different life stages to seek social and health services
• Recognize the importance of multiprofessional activities from the perspective of service needs
• Understand the importance of occupational and patient safety in nursing
• Describe the meaning, benefits and general fields of application of health care technology in nursing
• Describe the principles of sustainable development taking into account ecological, financial and social and cultural sustainability and the capital they generate.
Sisältö
Suomeksi
Contents

• Health-orientation in the work of a public health nurse
o The concepts of health and health-orientation
o Engagement, empowerment, resource-orientation
o A public health nurse as an expert of health promotion
• Customer-oriented social and health services
o Health and well-being of the population (current challenges and the factors behind them, register data and statistics)
o Promotion of health and functional capacity, prevention of illnesses and accidents
o Social and health care system and its development, funding, responsibilities and supervision and customer/patient rights
o Social and health care services
o Rehabilitation and rehabilitation services
o Referring a customer to social and health care services
• Health care technology
o Digitalization and the use of technology in health care
o Health care technology products and their usability in health promotion and self-care of customers
• Sustainable development
o Elements of sustainable development: ecological sustainability, financial sustainability, social sustainability, cultural sustainability
o Objectives and action programmes in sustainable development
o Sustainable development compliant activities in the work of a public health nurse

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Students will
• Learn to apply their knowledge to monitor the growth and development of children and to support children as individuals, family members and representatives of their own culture
• Learn to cooperate with families and various interest groups to maintain and promote a safe growth environment
• Learn to apply their knowledge to support parenthood throughout the family’s development
• Learn to prevent infectious diseases and to master vaccination
• Be able to carry out family education

Content

Contents
• Principles guiding operations in child health centres
• Support for parenthood based on the child’s and family’s resources throughout the child’s development
• Growth and development of under-school-aged children, as well as regular follow-ups
• Monitoring of the child’s sight and hearing
• Nutrition of babies and toddlers
• Special questions related to the nutrition of children (constipation, diarrhoea)
• Immunization programme and vaccination
• Special questions related to the child’s development (e.g. bed-wetting, delays in development, eating problems, disturbances in speech development)
• Levels of sexuality
• Multiprofessional cooperation

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Become familiar with common radiological examinations and the principles of radiotherapy
• Become familiar with the principles of radiation safety

Content

Contents

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

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Students will
• Learn to apply their knowledge in health advice regarding motherhood and parenthood based on the needs and expectations of families
• Learn to apply their knowledge to answer the customer’s and her family’s special questions regarding pregnancy and parenthood
• Learn to work as a breastfeeding counsellor
• Learn to apply their knowledge in matters regarding the family’s sexual health

Content

Contents

• Support for parenthood and early interaction
• Monitoring, care and guidance of the pregnancy and postpartum period in prenatal care
• Special questions regarding pregnancy and the postpartum period
• Family planning guidance, breastfeeding counselling (plissit model and contraceptive advice)
• Special questions related to pregnancy and parenthood, e.g. mental health
• House call

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Know how to come into contact with and interview the person to be examined
• Understand the functions of vital organs in the human body
• Be familiar with clinical examination methods and their principles

Content

Contents

• 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, indicators
• Preconditions of good clinical examinations and their implementation: general condition, breathing, circulation, consciousness, excretion, musculoskeletal system, skin
• Monitoring a healthy patient, recording an ECG and basics of interpretation

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Understand the key concepts of nursing
• Acknowledge the values, principles and key concepts that steer nursing
• Acknowledge the principles of professional interaction and cooperation
• Know how to apply the nursing process in decision-making and documentation
• Know how to apply the national documentation model of nursing in nursing documentation
• Acknowledge the key principles of patient safety
• Be able to ensure that patient safety is realized in their own operations and those of the work community
• Know how to determine patients’ resources and need for care and determine the needs and objectives of care, as well as to plan and provide key nursing assistance methods to promote the resources of customers/patients
• Understand the principles of aseptic techniques, ergonomics, pain and treatment of chronic wounds and be able to apply the acquired knowledge in nursing
• Know how to assess the need for urgent care in a systematic manner and be able to act in situations where emergency care is needed
• Understand the principles and have the ability to act as a nurse in the context of encountering death
• Know the meaning of care-related infections and the management of infection risks
• Understand the meaning of hand hygiene, use of protective devices, a safe care environment
• Know the basics of microbiology and the meaning of immunity and the defence system
• Be familiar with the knowledge base and purpose of vaccination

Content

Contents
• 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
• The basics of patient safety and arranging a safe treatment environment
• Information security and data protection
• Aseptic techniques, infection prevention, hand hygiene, precautions and isolation arrangements
• 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
• Pain assessment and unmedicated pain management methods
• First aid and basic resuscitation
• Key terminology
• Immunity and immunization, management of infection risks and hygiene recommendations
• The most common care-related infections and the microbes causing them

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will

• 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
• Know how to support female patients giving birth in an emergency childbirth if a physician or midwife is not available
• 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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Learn to base their actions on facts in various public health nursing duties
• Provide breastfeeding counselling for women who are pregnant, at childbirth and after birth and their spouses and the families of children with babies in accordance with the baby-friendly programme
• Learn to apply the skills and knowledge necessary in the care environment to the nursing of patients/customers
• Learn to assess the patients’/customers’ need for care and answer the needs with nursing assistance methods both independently and as a member of a multiprofessional team
• Learn to support critically ill patients and their family members.
• Become familiar with the treatment path of customers/patients
• Be able to secure continuity of a customer’s/patient’s care
• Learn to assess their own competence and develop their nursing skills.
• Learn to use evidence-based information for decision-making and evaluate the customer’s treatment process
• Learn to plan, provide and evaluate safe pharmacotherapy as a multiprofessional team member
• Practice customer/patient care and professional operations in simulated cases

Content

Contents

• Simulation of activities related to the work of public health nurses
• Topics of breastfeeding counsellor training in compliance with the World Health Organization and breastfeeding situations and demonstration in practical training with a tutor
• Multiprofessional addressing of the needs of a customer/patient
• Health care of families growing into parenthood
• Health care of families with children
• Health care of families with school-aged and adolescent children
• Health care of families with working-age members

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Deepen their skills and knowledge in supporting individuals of different ages and their families
• Learn to set goals, as well as to plan, provide, document and evaluate health care and health advice offered to people of different ages and to their families
• Learn to apply their knowledge to carry out group activities promoting health
• Develop their own value and knowledge base related to public health nursing
• Learn to assess and develop their public health nursing activities

Content

Contents

• Using evidence-based information in the public health nursing care of customers of different ages, their families and various demographic groups
• Planning, implementation, documentation and assessment of the public health nursing care of customers of different ages, their families and various demographic groups
• Ethics in public health nursing
• Pharmacotherapy and vaccinations of people of different ages

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Some of the studies in the study unit are arranged in English

Objectives

Students will
• Understand the principles of nursing children and the status and rights of children as patients and in society
• Understand the development of a healthy child
• Know how to promote the healthy growth and development of children and identify any deviations
• Know how to support parenthood and recognize resources and risk factors
• Know how to guide children and families and benefit from health care technology
• Know how to promote patient safety in nursing
• Know how to retrieve and apply evidence-based information
• Know how to determine and document the care needs of a child patient, plan and administer nursing and evaluate its effectiveness
• Become familiar with common diseases of children and adolescents, as well as their prevention, treatment and rehabilitation methods
• Understand resuscitation and advanced resuscitation of children
• Understand the pharmacological grounds of paediatric pharmacotherapy and learn to safely administer pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy to child patients

Content

Contents

• Legislation concerning children, children’s rights and the ethical principles of the nursing of children
• Encountering and counselling children and families
• Forms and methods of family nursing
• Monitoring of the growth and development of a healthy child and adolescent and deviations in the development of a healthy child
• Basic care of a child
• The most common paediatric diseases, surgical disorders, infectious diseases and long-term illnesses of children and adolescents and treatment, rehabilitation and documentation thereof
• Clinical examination of child patients and the use of various assessment methods to support clinical decision-making
• Preparation of children for procedures
• The most common medical treatment methods for children and adolescents, patient observation and pain treatment
• Use of health care technology
• Resuscitation and advanced resuscitation of children
• Planning, administration and assessment of pharmacotherapy for children and adolescents
• Planning, administration and assessment of fluid therapy for children
• Dosage calculation

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Understand the treatment path for perioperative patients and know how to describe the perioperative
treatment process of a perioperative patient
• Learn the principles of asepsis and know how to apply the methods and principles of infection prevention in a surgical ward
• Be able to work as a part of a multiprofessional surgical and anaesthetic team at the different phases of perioperative nursing and know the essential factors that contribute to successful team work
• Become proficient in the basic principles and values of surgical and anaesthetic nursing and learn to base their actions on the latest research information
• Understand the special features of pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy for perioperative patients and know how to apply them in patient care
• Become familiar with the most common anaesthetic and analgesic methods
• Know how to prepare patients for anaesthesia and an operation
• Know how to use common patient testing, examination, monitoring and care instruments, analyse the resulting information and act accordingly
• The students will know how to report on and document the different phases of perioperative treatment
• Learn to identify the special features of counselling and support provided to perioperative patients
• Be aware of the safety risks in surgical and anaesthetic wards and know how to ensure the safety of activities
• Understand the tasks of anaesthetic nurses, circulating nurses and practise them
• Learn to perform nursing of surgical patients in a surgical ward
• Learn to observe and care for patients in the intraoperative and in the recovery room

Content

Contents

• Perioperative nursing (organization, tasks and areas of responsibility in team work, care environment)
• Ethical principles of surgical wards
• Patient and occupational safety in a surgical ward (including infection prevention, asepsis, levels of disinfection, instrument safety, reporting and documentation, use of checklists)
• Disinfection and sterilization methods in perioperative nursing
• Aseptic techniques of surgical wards
• Preoperative and intraoperative preparations in surgical and anaesthetic wards and transferring the patient to an operating room
• Care of a patient during a procedure: different roles and duties of a nurse and team work
• Maintaining the body temperature of a surgical patient
• Common treatment equipment, instruments and sutures and assisting in a surgery
• Roles and tasks of surgical teams and preparations of a surgical team before a procedure (instrument and supply collection, surgical hand disinfection, sterile clothing, preparing an operating position, disinfection of the area of operation and defining the area of operation)
• Common methods of anaesthesia , the medications used in them and the
effects and phases of these medications in the body
• Preparations for anaesthesia (collecting the medications, preparing the patient monitoring systems
and the anaesthesia workstation)
• Observation and care of patients under anaesthesia in the operating and recovery rooms
• Tasks related to ending a procedure (supply inventory and equipment maintenance)
• Pharmacotherapy and liquid therapy during anaesthesia and in the recovery room
• Transferring the patient to a recovery room, monitoring and treatment there and the criteria of transferring the patient to an inpatient ward

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Understand the treatment path for surgical patients
• Become familiar with the overall treatment of a surgical patient and its various foundations, special features and ethical requirements regarding patients representing different demographic groups
• Become proficient in aseptic techniques and systematic work
• Learn to promote and ensure occupational and patient safety in the treatment of surgical patients
• Learn to plan, administer, monitor and evaluate safe and effective medication and fluid therapy for surgical patients
• Practise various assistance methods used in surgical nursing
• Know how to plan, carry out and assess the guidance and training of surgical patients in cooperation with other experts by applying a customer or group-oriented approach
• Know how to support the self-care of a surgical patient in postoperative treatment in a hospital environment and at home
• Know how to ensure the exchange of updated information during the different treatment phases of surgical patients
• Understand the meaning of life-long learning in the nursing of surgical patients
• Develop their personal professional skills

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 management of acute pain
• Observation and care of surgical wounds
• Pre-, intra- and post-operative nursing
• Personal counselling for patients and family members
• Documentation and reporting

Evaluation scale

H-5

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

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 counselling for internal medicine and surgical patients and special diets most commonly associated with these diseases

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

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 costs for the student.

Teaching methods

Face-to-face teaching (online teaching 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

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

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.
Exam: 30% - grading 0 to 5
Presentation: 30% - grading 0 to 5
Recording: 20% - 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

SPECIAL ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 5 cr TERI
Objectives:The student shall be able to
-assess and support the resources of people and families of different ages and prevent risks and disturbances to health, safety and social development
- analyse various client-oriented methods in public health nursing
- improve his or her knowledge in addressing issues and early intervention as well as in evaluating the need for guidance and treatment
- improve his or her knowledge of different group work methods and guide peer groups
- work with the management of special issues at community and individual level in co-operation with a multidisciplinary expert group, and use his or her knowledge about the influence of the environment on the health of the community
- improve his or her knowledge in public health nursing of special needs groups
- improve his or her competences in medicinal treatment

Content

Contents:
- special issues relating to different age groups
- special issues relating to families with children and adolescents, such as early interaction, LGBT families, disturbances in child's speech development, child abuse, early intervention and addressing issues, eating disorders
- special issues relating to people of working age, such as unemployment
- special issues relating to the elderly, such as abuse, drugs and alcohol, loneliness, nutrition, mental health, medicinal treatment

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student shall be able to
- act justifiably in various duties in public health nursing

Content

Contents:
- simulation of different activities relating to the work of a public health nurse

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Gain proficiency in recognizing the key areas for development in their professional duties
• Understand the nature and process of health care development, health care research and working in a project
• Know how to use common research and development methods
• Know how to interpret and apply the results of research and development

Content

Contents

• Key concepts: development of health care and nursing, scientific research, applied research, working in a project
• The ethical and legal premises of researching development
• Stages of a research and development project
• Research and development methods
• Collection, processing and analysis of material
• Interpretation and application of results
• Reliable and ethical research
• Planning and reporting on research and development work

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

After the study unit the student will:
• Know how to apply customer-driven and resource-oriented teaching and counselling methods in the promotion of health and well-being among individuals, groups and communities
• Know how to use health care technology to promote health and well-being
• Know how to plan, provide and assess health counselling and programmes of health promotion
• Be familiar with the national vaccination programme of adults and the vaccination of different demographic groups
• Know how to administer vaccines safely and correctly
• Understand the role and professional status of a public health nurse in a multiprofessional operational environment of maternity care
• Understand the principles of culturally sensitive care and the methods of the culturally sensitive approach in 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

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Students will
• Gain proficiency in planning, providing and evaluating customer-centred care and guidance in various projects and different types of care environments
• Learn to help and support people dealing with acute and long-term health changes and become 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 in the nursing care of patients/customers and its development
• Acquire skills in project work in commissions in the field of social services and health care

Content

Contents

• Project work methods
• Work in multidisciplinary teams
• Key nursing activities according to the learning environment and the needs of the customers/patients
• The fundamentals of empowering patient counselling with customers/patients and their family members
• Provision of evidence-based nursing and counselling services
• Structure of the social and health service system, service guidance with customers/patients and their family members

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Some of the studies in the study unit are arranged in English

Objectives
After the study unit the student will:
• Be familiar with the key concepts, knowledge base, values, ethical principles and guidelines in nursing
• Know how to apply the values and ethical principles of nursing, as well as to assess their realization
• Be familiar with the responsibilities/tasks of a nurse/public health nurse
• Understand evidence-based activities in nursing
• Know how to search for information using the most common health sciences databases
• Know the legal and ethical principles of patient and customer work
• Be able to interact professionally in a multiprofessional team

Content

The study unit contains courses in English and some modules that will be carried out in a multilingual setting (Finnish, Swedish and/or English).

• Basic concepts of ethics
• Professional ethics and multiprofessional interaction
• The rights and self-determination of patients
• Identification and handling of ethical problems
• Ethical decision-making and activities in nursing
• Nursing science as a discipline
• Taking advantage of treatment recommendations in nursing
• Evidence-based operations
• Information seeking

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Acknowledge how they personally view incurable conditions and death
• Students will know how to explain the key concepts of palliative care and end-of-life care, how they are related to each other and how to apply this information in their work
• Students will know how to plan, carry out, assess and document the treatment and management of the symptoms and pain of patients in palliative care and how to 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 will know how to face, support and see to the needs of patients and their family members in a comprehensive manner and how to apply physical presence as a mode of support
• Students will know how to perform end-of-life care and postmortem care in a dignified manner by taking the family members of the deceased into account

Content

Content

• 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
• Comprehensive support for the patient and their family members: family-oriented approach, mental 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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The study unit will be carried out in English.

Objectives

Students will
• Understand cancer as a disease and identify the factors related to early diagnosis and prevention of cancer
• Students will know different methods of treating and monitoring cancer how common types of cancer are diagnosed
• Students will know how to 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
• Cancer prevention and treatment
• Nutrition of cancer patients
• Symptomatic treatment of cancer patients (medicated and unmedicated)
• Cancer, partners and sexuality
• Lifestyles as a means of supporting recovery from cancer
• Rehabilitation and monitoring of cancer patients
• Psychosocial support of cancer patients
• Safe cytostatic therapy and occupational safety, infusion port
• Pain medication and the use of an automatic dosing pump

Materials

- Huovinen etc. 2023. Kliininen hoitotyö. SanomaPro Oy. Kappale 12 Syöpää sairastavan hoitotyö (or similar topics from the book Syöpäsairaudet, available in Oppiportti)
- ITS material, topics discussed in classes
- Individual assignments

Teaching methods

Contact and online teaching, assignments, prictoce in classroom, group work, exam

Student workload

2cr = 54h of student work (contact teaching as distance and contact teaching, classroom practice + individual assignment)

Further information

The theoretical studies in nursing of an internal medicine patient or surgical patient must have been successfully completed before the cancer nursing course, as well as clinical training.

The course must be completed in its entirety within one year.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Attendance at contact classes 100% (hyv/hyl)
Class training completed (hyv/hyl)
Individual assignment (0-5)
Exam (0-5)

Assessment criteria in ITS

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Healthcare work of a family with children 3 cr LATE
- apply his or her knowledge to monitoring the child's growth and development and supporting the child as an individual, family member and representative of his or her own culture
- work in co-operation with families and different stakeholder groups to maintain and promote a safe growth environment
- apply his or her knowledge in supporting parenthood in the different stages of the family's development
- carry out prevention of communicable diseases, and master inoculations
- carry out family education

Healthcare work of a client in working age 2 cr TYPE
- evaluate the significance of work, work environment and unemployment to a person and his or her well-being
- support the work and functional capacity of a person in working age as well as well-being at work, and work multiprofessionally with the person in working age and

Content

Healthcare work of a family with children 3 cr LATE
Contents:
- the principles guiding child health clinic operations
- resource-oriented parental support of the child and family in the child's different development stages
- the growth and development of a child under 7 years of age and regular health monitoring
- monitoring of the child's eyesight and hearing
- nutrition of suckling and preschool-aged child
- special issues relating to child nutrition (constipation, diarrhoea)
- vaccination programme and vaccinating
- special issued relating to children's development (such as bedwetting, retarded development, eating disorders, anomalies in speech development etc.)
- stages of sexuality
- multiprofessional co-operation

Healthcare work of a client in working age 2 cr TYPE
Contents:
- working capacity and well-being at work
- occupational health legislation
- action plan and occupational healthcare agreement
- occupational workplace survey
- health checks
- work environment, risk and strain factors
- coping at work
- work-related and occupational diseases, accidents at work
- activities maintaining working capacity and promotion of well-being at work
- multiprofessionalism/networks/developing the quality of one's own activities

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Gain proficiency in planning, providing and evaluating customer-centred care and guidance in various projects and different types of care environments
• Learn to help and support people dealing with acute and long-term health changes and become 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 in the nursing care of patients/customers and its development
• Acquire skills in project work in commissions in the field of social services and health care

Content

Contents

• Project work methods
• Work in multidisciplinary teams
• Key nursing activities according to the learning environment and the needs of the customers/patients
• The fundamentals of empowering patient counselling with customers/patients and their family members
• Provision of evidence-based nursing and counselling services
• Structure of the social and health service system, service guidance with customers/patients and their family members

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Gain further proficiency in determining the need for, planning, administering and evaluating patient care
• Learn to support and provide guidance to patients and their family members
• Learn to make decisions requiring nursing expertise in cooperation with the patient and other professional groups, as well as to support the patient’s resources to promote the patient’s health
• Have understood the ethics and fundamental values of nursing and base their actions on current knowledge
• Deepen their pharmacotherapy competence in different fields of nursing
• Master the special features of clinical nursing and related documentation

Content

Contents

• Assessment of the need for care and planning, performing and evaluating the treatment of a patient
• Pharmacotherapy
• Ethical challenges of care
• Patient counselling and documentation

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will

• Develop their competence in the public health nursing of special groups
• Develop their competence in planning, providing, documenting and evaluating public health nursing
• Develop their competence in the promotion, monitoring, treatment and guidance regarding the health of different groups
• Develop their ability to function in a multiprofessional work community
• Deepen their competence in developing and assessing the quality of public health nursing
• Deepen their ability to participate in the development of a healthy environment for the community
• Deepen their competence in promotion of the environment and the health of the population

Content

Contents

• Utilization of evidence-based information in the public health nursing care of special needs groups
• Planning, implementation, documentation and assessment of the public health nursing care of customers of different ages, their families and various demographic groups
• Multiprofessional work as a part of public health nursing
• Quality of health care services and its development
• Health promotion at environmental and population level with special attention to topical challenges

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will

• Deepen their competence in public health nursing
• Develop their ability to independently plan, administer and evaluate the comprehensive care of customers

• Learn to assume overall responsibility for customer care in their working group
• Learn to work in the role of a nursing professional for the development of public health nursing and its preconditions
in their unit
• Deepen their pharmacotherapy competence in different fields of public health nursing
• Deepen their skills and knowledge in the special features of public health nursing and related documentation, as well as understand the role of documentation in the development of nursing

Content

Contents

• Using evidence-based information in the public health nursing care of customers of different ages, their families and various demographic groups
• Planning, implementation, documentation and assessment of the public health nursing care of customers of different ages, their families and various demographic groups
• Expertise in public health nursing
• Pharmacotherapy and vaccinations of people of different ages

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will:
• Understand the nature and process of health care development, health care research
• Gain proficiency in searching for information and critical evaluation of information
• Know how to create a working life-oriented research and development plan
• Know how to create releases and other documents required in research and development projects
• Know how to act as a nursing expert in various working life-oriented research and development projects
• Be able to recognize the need for counselling and know how to apply counselling in a manner that supports their thesis
• Know how to present their progress as well as to give and receive constructive feedback

Content

Contents

• Learning about the thesis process
• Selecting and defining a working life-oriented topic
• Establishing the theoretical background
• Defining the purpose and objective of the thesis and asking guiding questions
• Choosing a method of implementation
• Presenting a written plan and serving as an opponent to another student’s work as agreed

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Students will
• Learn to apply their knowledge to monitor the growth and development of adolescents and to support adolescents as individuals, family members, members of the school community and representatives of their own culture
• Learn to guide adolescents in their sexual development and changes, as well as in mental health questions at different ages, and be able to guide the adolescent’s family in
problematic situations
• Learn to apply their knowledge in the health problems of adolescents and in the resulting changes in the lives of families, as well as treat, guide and support adolescents and their
families in these questions
• Learn to work multiprofessionally to maintain and promote the health of adolescents and their families

Content

Contents

• Principles governing school health care
• Growth and development of under-school-aged children, as well as regular follow-ups and screenings
• Risks/disturbances in the health and social development of school-aged children and adolescents and how to address them, e.g. bullying at school, school fatigue, obesity, depression
• Empowering support for children/adolescents and their families
• Health promotion in the school community and student welfare

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Understand the ethical values and principles of gerontological nursing and respect old age as a stage of 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
• Understand the importance of nutrition in the treatment of the elderly and know how to plan, perform and assess the nutrition of the elderly in different circumstances in cooperation with a network of multidisciplinary experts
• Students will know how to plan, administer and assess safe and effective pharmacotherapy for the elderly
• Know how to support and guide family members in the treatment of elderly patients
• Acknowledge and be able to identify common changes caused by development disorders and disability and know the related key methods of nursing

Content

Contents

• Treatment of the elderly, 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
• Gerontechnology
• 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 geriatric care

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Know how to support the functional capacity and involvement of the developmentally handicapped and the disabled
• Become familiar with the main causes of developmental disability and related disorders
• Understand the special features of the nursing of the developmentally disabled and disabled at different stages of life
• Become acquainted with key legislation and the service system related to the nursing of the developmentally disabled
• Know how to help the families of disabled children cope and deal with everyday life
• Understand the status and rights of the developmentally disabled as health care customers and patients

Content

Contents

• Provision of support for the functional capacity and involvement of the developmentally handicapped and the disabled, as well as rehabilitation
• Special features of the nursing of the disabled
• The legislation and service system of the nursing of the developmentally handicapped and the disabled

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will:

• 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

Content

Contents

• Key nursing activities according to the learning environment and the needs of the customers/patients
• Clinical examination of patients
• The implementation of empowering patient counselling with patients/customers and their family members
• Provision of evidence-based nursing and counselling services
• In-depth knowledge of the structure of the social and health service system, implementation of service guidance with customers/patients and their family members
• More profound skills in pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will:
• 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

Content

Contents

• Key nursing activities according to the learning environment and the needs of the customers/patients
• Clinical examination of patients
• The implementation of empowering patient counselling with patients/customers and their family members
• Provision of evidence-based nursing and counselling services
• In-depth knowledge of the structure of the social and health service system, implementation of service guidance with customers/patients and their family members
• More profound skills in pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Know how to describe the underlying mechanisms, symptoms, examinations and medical treatment of common internal 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
• Know how to perform the methods required in the provision of guidance and instructions related to self-care
• Know how to perform pharmacotherapy and fluid therapy methods commonly applied in internal medicine and how to observe and control the related effects, side effects and adverse effects

Content

Contents

• Internal medicine patient counselling, self-care support and commitment to treatment
• The treatment paths, treatment methods and pharmacotherapy of internal medicine patients
(with cardiovascular diseases, pulmonary diseases, diabetes, thyroid disorders, rheumatism, kidney and liver disorders, neurology)
• Monitoring and supporting the functionality of the respiratory, circulation and endocrine systems
• Advanced resuscitation
• How to use the ABCDE, NEWS and ISBAR tools

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Know how to advise patients in preparing for examinations and after the examination
• Become familiar with the most common laboratory tests and know how to describe their significance
• Know how to collect high-quality specimens and analyse 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 thereof
• Patient guidance during specimen collection
• Standardization 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 recording)
• The role of nursing in performing examinations and tests

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Know how to determine and document surgical and internal medicine patients’ needs for care, plan and administer care and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Learn to identify the changes that internal medicine or surgically treated illnesses and injuries cause to patients and their family members
• Learn to apply the internal medicine and surgical treatment methods appropriate for each individual patient
• Gain proficiency in pharmacotherapy related to the care of internal medicine and surgical patients
• Know how to support and give advice to patients and their family members about managing health problems and performing lifestyle changes and rehabilitation required for common surgical and internal medicine disorders
• Be able to determine the appropriate customer-oriented teaching and counselling methods, such as individual and group counselling in order to support the patient’s self-care and commitment to treatment
• Know the roles and responsibilities of different professional groups and understand the significance of cooperation in maintaining and promoting the functional capacity of surgical and internal medicine patients in the context of a multiprofessional team
• Know how to perform ethically in different care situations and work communities
• Learn to act in a way that promotes occupational and patient safety

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
• Administering 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

H-5

Objective

The purpose of the course is to support the student's growth into an expert of health promotion. An essential ability of an expert is to be able to evaluate his/her own activity, study its appropriateness and if necessary, change his/her actions in the constantly changing circumstances in studies and working life. The aim is to develop the student’s meta-thinking and self-reflection skills through the contents and operational methods of the course, because these are skills which require practice. The student provides the basic readiness to utilise information technology in his/her studies as well in his/her future work tasks.

Content

Contents:
- familiarisation with the learning environment
- structure and contents of a University of Applied Sciences degree (Public Health Nurse)
- expertise in health promotion
- practical training
- use of learning technology and applications

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Healthcare work of a family growing into parenthood 3 cr VAKA
- apply his or her knowledge relating to health guidance in maternity and parenthood based on the family's needs and expectations
- apply his or her knowledge relating to special issues in pregnancy and parenthood concerning the client and his or her family
- work as a lactation consultant.
- apply his or her knowledge in matters concerning the family's sexual health
Healthcare work of child in school age and young family 2 cr KOTE
- apply his or her knowledge to monitoring the adolescent's growth and development and supporting him or her as an individual, family and school community member and representative of his or her own culture
- guide an adolescent in the development of and changes to his or her sexuality as well as mental health issues in different ages and guide the adolescent's family in problematic situations
- apply his or her knowledge to an adolescent's health problems and the changes resulting from them to the families' lives and treat, guide and support the adolescent and his or her family in such issues.
- work in a multiprofessional way in maintaining and promoting an adolescent's and his or her family's health

Content

Healthcare work of a family growing into parenthood 3 cr VAKA
Contents:
- supporting parenthood and early interaction
- monitoring, treatment and guidance of pregnancy and the puerperal period in maternity care
- special issues relating to pregnancy and the puerperal period
- family coaching
- breastfeeding guidance
- family planning guidance (the PLISSIT model and contraceptive advice)
- special issues relating to pregnancy and parenthood, such as mental health
- home visits
Healthcare work of child in school age and young family 2 cr KOTE
Contents:
- the principles guiding school healthcare
-the growth and development of a school-aged child/adolescent and regular health monitoring
- screenings
- risks/disturbances, such as bullying, school fatigue, overweight, depression, of the health and social development of a child in school age and an adolescent, and addressing them
- empowering support of a child/adolescent and his or her family
- health promotion in school and pupil welfare

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student shall be able to
- improve his or her skills in working in public health nursing
- develop his or her actions in independent planning, implementation and evaluation of the client's overall care
- take overall responsibility for the care of clients in his or her work group
- work as an expert in nursing in developing public health nursing and its prerequisites in his or her work unit
- deepen his or her medicinal treatment competence in the different areas of public health nursing (Medication Passport)
- improve his or her knowledge of and skills in the characteristics of public health nursing and the related documenting and understand the role of documenting in developing nursing.

Content

- The contents will be published in the implementation plan
- Study material: The study material will be published in the implementation plan

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Students will
- Learn to apply their skills and knowledge in a practical expert assignment related to their professional studies as part of public health nursing (development) projects
- Learn to apply health and well-being strategies in the planning, implementation, assessment and development of public health nursing.
- Learn to participate in multiprofessional cooperation with experts and service users to develop products and services making use of networks and working groups
- Learn to develop their work community skills in public health nursing and its leadership and development
- Learn to recognise entrepreneurial opportunities and know how to apply entrepreneurial skills in public health nursing
- Maintain their knowledge about the latest research results and development ideas and know how to apply them in their work to promote health in their customers’ best interests
- Recognise their research, development and innovation competence and strengthen it in their expert duties related to health promotion, as well as apply their RDI competence at work
- Learn to recognise social challenges and act accordingly and to actively and innovatively develop public health nursing based on the needs of society and working life
- Learn to apply the principles of sustainable development in public health nursing

Content

Contents
- Projects and project subtasks and handling them
- Cross-sectoral and multidisciplinary networked activities, partnership with public health nursing interest groups
- Current challenges in society and their significance in the work of public health nurses
- Tools for health promotion and management of well-being
- Service systems and products and the principles of their development
- Significance of changes in working life to individuals, families and communities
- Internal and external entrepreneurship in public health nursing
- Evidence-based public health nursing
- Investigative and constructive approach

Evaluation scale

H-5

Evaluation scale

H-5