Study Guide

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Understand the basic structure, functions and regulation of the human organism and the underlying factors

Content

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

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

Content

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

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

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

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

Content

Contents

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

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Evaluation scale

H-5

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

Students will
• Understand how to become a good leader and the link between the theoretical framework behind it and management work in practice
• Learn about the rights and obligations of employees and employers
• Gain skills in managing occupational well-being and acting in a work community in a constructive manner
• Understand the basic principles of expertise management and development of employee expertise
• Understand the importance of ethics as the basis of leadership
• Gain the ability to assess and develop the quality of nursing in all the phases of the care process and will have understanding of their professional responsibilities in quality assurance of care
• Learn the principles of entrepreneurship
• Understand the basics of health care in exceptional circumstances

Content

Contents

• Special features and preconditions of management in social welfare and health care
• Rights and obligations of employees and employers
• Competence management and development of employee competence, recruiting, induction, development discussions, competence management
• Work community skills and occupational well-being management
• Quality and quality assurance in health care
• Entrepreneurship skills
• Health care in exceptional circumstances

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

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

Objective

Aim:
- to become familiar with health- and well-being effects and possibilities of nature
- to become familiar with nature-based methods to promote health and well-being
- to be acquainted with nature-based activities for promoting health and well-being

Content

Content:
- health and well-being effects of nature
- nature-based methods for promoting health and well-being
- nature- activities for promoting health and well-being of one own

Materials

digital course, digital exam

Teaching methods

Self-standing, independent learning

Exam schedules

The digital exam is open between 1.8.-31.12.2023

International connections

Self-standing, independent learning - digital course, digital exam

Student workload

Self-standing, independent learning - digital course, digital exam

2 ECTs = 54 hours student work

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

At least 50% of the responses right in the digital exam.

Content scheduling

Content:
- health and well-being effects of nature
- nature-based methods for promoting health and well-being
- nature- activities for promoting health and well-being of one own
Aim:
- to become familiar with health- and well-being effects and possibilities of nature
- to become familiar with nature-based methods to promote health and well-being
- to be acquainted with nature-based activities for promoting health and well-being

Further information

avoinamk@turkuamk.fi

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment methods and criteria

Digital exam

Objective

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

Content

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

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

Objectives

Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment

Content

Contents

Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Process of involuntary treatment, seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage

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

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Know how to determine the mental health/substance abuse care needs of patients, in order to plan and administer care, and to evaluate its effectiveness
• Learn to interact with and help customers/patients of different ages, as well as their family members
• Become familiar with the methods used in mental health and substance abuse nursing, the nurse-patient relationship and the work pair approach, as well as learn to use supervision of work as a way to support professional development.
• Learn to analyse how their own values and attitudes influence their interaction with customers/patients of different ages and their professional interaction
• Understand the ethics of nursing and base their actions on current knowledge
• Increase their pharmacotherapy competence in mental health and substance abuse nursing
• Learn to document information about the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients

Content

Contents

• How to plan, perform and assess evidence-based mental health and substance abuse care and counselling and how to document the process
• Practising common methods of mental health and substance abuse care according to the learning environment and the needs of the patients/customers
• Practising the clinical examination of a patient and care-related, empowering interaction with patients/customers
• Different methods used in mental health and substance abuse nursing, the nurse-patient relationship and supervision of work
• The mental health and substance abuse care service system
• More profound skills in pharmacotherapy and mental health

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will:
• Gain proficiency in independent and team work
• Know how to act according to the principles of research ethics
• Learn to handle cooperation partnerships in a responsible manner
• Develop and demonstrate their ability to apply their knowledge and competence in expert assignments related to their professional studies
• Learn to recognize and apply counselling in a manner that advances their Bachelor’s thesis
• Know how to present their progress as well as to give and receive constructive feedback
• Demonstrate their familiarity with the field of their thesis as well as their language skills
• Know how to carry out a working life-oriented research and development project
• Know how to document their work and how to communicate the results
• Know how to report and how to create a written Bachelor’s thesis
• Publish a thesis according to instructions

Content

Contents

• Advancing and completing the Bachelor’s thesis and the related reporting under supervision and according to a separate plan
• Presenting and defending the thesis and serving as an opponent to another student’s work as agreed
• Maturity test
• Publication of the thesis

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

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

Content

Contents

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

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

Objectives

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

Content

Content

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Evaluation scale

H-5

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

• 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

Aim:
- advance competences related to promoting sexual health and sexual rights of school aged children
- advance competences to prevent sexual harassment
- advance competences to identify sexual harassment and early intervention understanding to become

Content

Content:
- promoting sexual health and sexual rights of school aged children
- preventing sexual harassment
- identifying sexual harassment and early intervening

Teaching methods

Independent self learning: Digital learning material and digital exam

Exam schedules

Digital nonstop course 1.8.-31.12.2023. The digital exam is open from the beginning to the end.

International connections

Digital learning

Student workload

Digital learning material and digital exam

2 ECT= 54 hours of student learning work

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Digital exam

Content scheduling

The course is in Finnish
- promoting sexual health and sexual rights of school aged children
- preventing sexual harassment
- identifying sexual harassment and early intervening

Independent learning: Digital nonstop-course

Further information

avoinamk@turkuamk.fi

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

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 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

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

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

The student is able to act in a purposeful way in communicating and interacting in working life situations. He/she is able to take into consideration the receiver, the situation and the demands of the field and to communicate in an analytical, understandable and convincing manner.
The student is able and willing to develop his/her skills in the Finnish language and communication as part of his/her professional competence.

Content

Students know how to
-interpret the professional texts in their own field as part of information literacy skills and use their skills in new, different situations (for instance, text analysis and summary)
-write factual, consistent and understandable texts (for instance, small scale studies, reports, essays, professional presentations using source material) and to give references to sources according to given instructions (the basics of research communication)
-use up-to-date tools as support for their own linguistic ability in proof-reading (central contents in correcting language and text)
-act in a professional way in the verbal communication situations in working life, and to prepare for diverse speaking situations in a purposeful way (i.e. with the help of situation analysis and analysis plan)
-express themselves clearly using visual aids and by using language appropriate to the situation
-assess their own communication skills (the language and structure of spoken and written language, factors affecting readability and understandability, the effectiveness of the message)and to give and receive constructive criticism

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

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

Content

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

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

Content

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

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

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

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 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

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

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 TERIObjectives: 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

- 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

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Learn to assess and support the resources of individuals and families of different ages and to prevent risks and disturbances related to health, insecurity and social development
• Learn to analyse various customer-driven public health nursing methods
• Gain more in-depth skills in addressing problems and assessing the need for early intervention, counselling and care.
• Master various group work methods and know how to supervise peer groups
• Learn to handle special questions regarding individuals and communities in cooperation with multidisciplinary expert groups and learn to apply their knowledge of the environmental impact on the health of communities
• Deepen their competence in public health nursing of special groups
• Strengthen their competence in pharmacotherapy

Content

Contents

• Special questions related to different age groups
• Special questions related to families with children and adolescents, e.g. early interaction, rainbow families, disturbances in speech development, child abuse, early intervention, addressing of problems, eating disorders

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

H-5

Objective

SPECIALIST COMPETENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 1 8 cr OTERYI
Objectives: The student shall be able to
- improve his or her knowledge and skills to give support to people of different ages and their families
- set goals, plan, implement, document and evaluate the healthcare and health guidance of people of different ages and their families
- apply his or her knowledge in implementing group activities to promote health
- develop his or her own value and knowledge base in public health nursing
- evaluate and develop his or her actions in public health 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

H-5

Objective

SPECIALIST COMPETENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 2 7 cr OTERYII
Objectives: The student shall be able to
- improve his or her knowledge and skills to give support to people of different ages and their families
- improve his or her competence to set goals, plan, implement, document and evaluate the healthcare and health guidance of people of different ages and their families
- improve his or her knowledge in implementing group activities to promote health
- improve his or her own value and knowledge base in public health nursing
- evaluate and develop his or her actions in public health 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

H-5

Objective

DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 5 cr OPTHOKEObjectives: 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 planStudy material: The study material will be published in the implementation plan

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

ADVANCED SPECIALIST COMPETENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 5 cr OTESY
Objectives: The student shall be able to
- develop his or her competence in public health nursing of special needs groups
- develop his or her competence in the planning, implementation, documentation and evaluation of public health nursing.
- develop his or her competence in promoting, monitoring, treating and guiding the health of different groups.
- develop his or her competence in working in a multiprofessional work community
- improve his or her competence in developing and assessing the quality of public health nursing
- improve his or her working competence in developing a healthy living environment in the community

Content

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

ADVANCED SPECIALIST COMPETENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 5 cr OTESY
Objectives: The student shall be able to
- develop his or her competence in public health nursing of special needs groups
- develop his or her competence in the planning, implementation, documentation and evaluation of public health nursing.
- develop his or her competence in promoting, monitoring, treating and guiding the health of different groups.
- develop his or her competence in working in a multiprofessional work community
- improve his or her competence in developing and assessing the quality of public health nursing
- improve his or her working competence in developing a healthy living environment in the community

Content

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

ADVANCED SPECIALIST COMPETENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 5 cr OTESY
Objectives: The student shall be able to
- develop his or her competence in public health nursing of special needs groups
- develop his or her competence in the planning, implementation, documentation and evaluation of public health nursing.
- develop his or her competence in promoting, monitoring, treating and guiding the health of different groups.
- develop his or her competence in working in a multiprofessional work community
- improve his or her competence in developing and assessing the quality of public health nursing
- improve his or her working competence in developing a healthy living environment in the community

Content

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

ADVANCED SPECIALIST COMPETENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 5 cr OTESY
Objectives: The student shall be able to
- develop his or her competence in public health nursing of special needs groups
- develop his or her competence in the planning, implementation, documentation and evaluation of public health nursing.
- develop his or her competence in promoting, monitoring, treating and guiding the health of different groups.
- develop his or her competence in working in a multiprofessional work community
- improve his or her competence in developing and assessing the quality of public health nursing
- improve his or her working competence in developing a healthy living environment in the community

Content

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

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

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

Teaching methods

Contact and independent learning

International connections

Contact and independent learning

Content scheduling

Research ethics and research methodology

Further information

Camilla Laaksonen (TUAS), Marja-Liisa Gustafsson (TAI)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Learn to assess the importance of work, the work environment and unemployment on people and their well-being
• Learn to support the ability to work and functional capacity of working-age people and their well-being at work and to work multiprofessionally with working-age customers and their families

Content

Contents

• Ability to work and well-being at work
• Legislation on occupational health
• Plan of action and occupational health care agreement, workplace survey
• Physical examinations
• Work environments; adverse factors, risk factors and stress factors
• Coping at work
• Work-related illnesses, occupational diseases and accidents
• Activities to maintain the ability to work and the promotion of well-being at work
• Multiprofessional activities/networks/development of the quality of one’s own work

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

COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE WORK 5 cr YHTEObjectives: The student shall be able to- assess the current health challenges and problems in different communities and act towards solving them- produce a community diagnosis on the basis of a community analysis, considering different cultural environments, lifestyles and resources- work in a changing society and in different cultural environments and use regional and population-based ways of working- apply community, resource and health-based ways of working to promote the health of families and communities- work in accordance with a searching and network-based operating model, observing the need of the individual, family and community- work in a multiprofessional team and plan, implement, document and evaluate health promotion programmes by using health technology

Content

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Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE WORK 5 cr YHTE
Objectives:The student shall be able to
- assess the current health challenges and problems in different communities and act towards solving them
- is able to utilize community's welfare reports on his/her daily health promotion work
- work in a changing society and in different cultural environments and use regional and population-based ways of working
- apply community, resource and health-based ways of working to promote the health of families and communities
- work in accordance with a searching and network-based operating model, observing the need of the individual, family and community
- work in a multiprofessional team and plan, implement, document and evaluate health promotion programmes by using health technology

Content

- the course will be run as a co-operation project with working life

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

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

Objectives

Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment

Content

Contents

Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Process of involuntary treatment, seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage

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

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Understand how to become a good leader and the link between the theoretical framework behind it and management work in practice
• Learn about the rights and obligations of employees and employers
• Gain skills in managing occupational well-being and acting in a work community in a constructive manner
• Understand the basic principles of expertise management and development of employee expertise
• Understand the importance of ethics as the basis of leadership
• Gain the ability to assess and develop the quality of nursing in all the phases of the care process and will have understanding of their professional responsibilities in quality assurance of care
• Learn the principles of entrepreneurship
• Understand the basics of health care in exceptional circumstances

Content

Contents

• Special features and preconditions of management in social welfare and health care
• Rights and obligations of employees and employers
• Competence management and development of employee competence, recruiting, induction, development discussions, competence management
• Work community skills and occupational well-being management
• Quality and quality assurance in health care
• Entrepreneurship skills
• Health care in exceptional circumstances

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

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

Content

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

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

Content

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students will
• Learn to assess the importance of work, the work environment and unemployment on people and their well-being
• Learn to support the ability to work and functional capacity of working-age people and their well-being at work and to work multiprofessionally with working-age customers and their families

Content

Contents

• Ability to work and well-being at work
• Legislation on occupational health
• Plan of action and occupational health care agreement, workplace survey
• Physical examinations
• Work environments; adverse factors, risk factors and stress factors
• Coping at work
• Work-related illnesses, occupational diseases and accidents
• Activities to maintain the ability to work and the promotion of well-being at work
• Multiprofessional activities/networks/development of the quality of one’s own 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
• 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

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

COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE WORK 5 cr YHTE
Objectives:The student shall be able to
- assess the current health challenges and problems in different communities and act towards solving them
- is able to utilize community's welfare reports on his/her daily health promotion work
- work in a changing society and in different cultural environments and use regional and population-based ways of working
- apply community, resource and health-based ways of working to promote the health of families and communities
- work in accordance with a searching and network-based operating model, observing the need of the individual, family and community
- work in a multiprofessional team and plan, implement, document and evaluate health promotion programmes by using health technology

Content

- the course will be run as a co-operation project with working life

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

SPECIALIST COMPETENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 1 8 cr OTERYI
Objectives: The student shall be able to
- improve his or her knowledge and skills to give support to people of different ages and their families
- set goals, plan, implement, document and evaluate the healthcare and health guidance of people of different ages and their families
- apply his or her knowledge in implementing group activities to promote health
- develop his or her own value and knowledge base in public health nursing
- evaluate and develop his or her actions in public health 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

H-5

Objective

SPECIALIST COMPETENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 2 7 cr OTERYII
Objectives: The student shall be able to
- improve his or her knowledge and skills to give support to people of different ages and their families
- improve his or her competence to set goals, plan, implement, document and evaluate the healthcare and health guidance of people of different ages and their families
- improve his or her knowledge in implementing group activities to promote health
- improve his or her own value and knowledge base in public health nursing
- evaluate and develop his or her actions in public health 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

H-5

Objective

ADVANCED SPECIALIST COMPETENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 5 cr OTESY
Objectives: The student shall be able to
- develop his or her competence in public health nursing of special needs groups
- develop his or her competence in the planning, implementation, documentation and evaluation of public health nursing.
- develop his or her competence in promoting, monitoring, treating and guiding the health of different groups.
- develop his or her competence in working in a multiprofessional work community
- improve his or her competence in developing and assessing the quality of public health nursing
- improve his or her working competence in developing a healthy living environment in the community

Content

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

ADVANCED SPECIALIST COMPETENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 5 cr OTESY
Objectives: The student shall be able to
- develop his or her competence in public health nursing of special needs groups
- develop his or her competence in the planning, implementation, documentation and evaluation of public health nursing.
- develop his or her competence in promoting, monitoring, treating and guiding the health of different groups.
- develop his or her competence in working in a multiprofessional work community
- improve his or her competence in developing and assessing the quality of public health nursing
- improve his or her working competence in developing a healthy living environment in the community

Content

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

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

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:
• Gain proficiency in independent and team work
• Know how to act according to the principles of research ethics
• Learn to handle cooperation partnerships in a responsible manner
• Develop and demonstrate their ability to apply their knowledge and competence in expert assignments related to their professional studies
• Learn to recognize and apply counselling in a manner that advances their Bachelor’s thesis
• Know how to present their progress as well as to give and receive constructive feedback
• Demonstrate their familiarity with the field of their thesis as well as their language skills
• Know how to carry out a working life-oriented research and development project
• Know how to document their work and how to communicate the results
• Know how to report and how to create a written Bachelor’s thesis
• Publish a thesis according to instructions

Content

Contents

• Advancing and completing the Bachelor’s thesis and the related reporting under supervision and according to a separate plan
• Presenting and defending the thesis and serving as an opponent to another student’s work as agreed
• Maturity test
• Publication of the thesis

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Objectives

Students will
• Learn to assess and support the resources of individuals and families of different ages and to prevent risks and disturbances related to health, insecurity and social development
• Learn to analyse various customer-driven public health nursing methods
• Gain more in-depth skills in addressing problems and assessing the need for early intervention, counselling and care.
• Master various group work methods and know how to supervise peer groups
• Learn to handle special questions regarding individuals and communities in cooperation with multidisciplinary expert groups and learn to apply their knowledge of the environmental impact on the health of communities
• Deepen their competence in public health nursing of special groups
• Strengthen their competence in pharmacotherapy

Content

Contents

• Special questions related to different age groups
• Special questions related to families with children and adolescents, e.g. early interaction, rainbow families, disturbances in speech development, child abuse, early intervention, addressing of problems, eating disorders

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

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

Content

Contents

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

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 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

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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Hyväksytty/Hylätty