Research-, Development and Innovation Activities in Public Health Nursing (5cr)

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