Nursing Philosophy and Evidence-Based Practice in the Nursing Profession (5 cr)
Code: 7031482-3023
General information
Enrollment
02.12.2019 - 20.02.2020
Timing
20.04.2020 - 29.05.2020
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Campus
Kupittaa Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
- English
Seats
10 - 30
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Saara Laaksonen
- Satu Halonen
- Liisa Tiittanen
Groups
-
PSHTS19B
Objective
NURSING PHILOSOPHY AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE IN THE NURSING PROFESSION 5 cr HOFI
Objectives
Students will
- Be familiar with the key concepts, values, ethical principles and guidelines in nursing
- Know how to apply the values and ethical principles of nursing, as well as to assess their realisation also in electronic services
- Be able to draw a line between private and professional communication roles in social media
- Understand the knowledge base of nursing
- Identify the responsibility and tasks of nurses
- Be familiar with evidence-based operations in nursing
- Know how to search for information using the most common health sciences databases
Content
Contents
The study unit comprises 2 cr of studies offered in English
- Key concepts of epistemology and ethics
- The rights and self-determination of patients
- Identification and handling of ethical problems
- Ethical approach in nursing
- Nursing science as a discipline
- Evidence-based activities – concepts and bases for activities
- Key treatment recommendations
- Information seeking
Materials
E-books:
Nursing Law and Ethics, edited by John Tingle, and Alan Cribb, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/turkuamk-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1407862.
Part 1, chapter 2 and Part 2, chapters 6-8.
Evidence-Based Nursing : An Introduction, edited by Nicky Cullum, et al., John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2007. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/turkuamk-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1187193.
Chapters 1-6
Laws and Decrees
Articles and publications
Tiedonhakijan oppaat: http://libguides.turkuamk.fi/etusivu
Teaching methods
Leaning discussions and classroomwork/workshops
Groupwork and supervised discussions
Learning Diary
Independent work
Analyzing videos
Exam
Exam schedules
Written Exam on week 21 (re-exam dates will be informed at the beginning of the course)
International connections
We use collaborative and individual learning methods in this course.
Learnin discussions and classroom work/workshops
Groupwork and supervised discussions
Independent work
Student workload
5 cr (5 x 27h) = 135 h
Contact learning (1 cr)
Learning Diary (1 cr)
Seminar (1 cr)
Exam (1 cr)
Information Skills Online Course (1 cr)
Content scheduling
Weeks 17-21
Philosophy, ethics and professionalism
Values, principles and norms in nursing
Nursing ethics and patient rights
Ethical problems and problem solving in nursing
Evidence based practice
Written group exam (week 21)
Information Skills Online Course 1 cr/Liisa Tiittanen
Evaluation scale
H-5
Assessment methods and criteria
Learning Diary (1 cr), grade passed/failed
Seminar (1.5 cr), grade 0-5
Exam (1.5 cr), grade 0-5
Information Skills Online Course, grade 0-5 (will be 1/5 of the grade)