Nursing Philosophy and Evidence-Based Practice in the Nursing Profession (5 cr)
Code: 7031482-3017
General information
Enrollment
02.12.2019 - 26.04.2020
Timing
20.04.2020 - 31.05.2020
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Emergency Care
Teachers
- Camilla Laaksonen
- Miia Utriainen
Groups
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MENHOS19
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
Evaluation scale
H-5