Study Guide

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.

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

Teaching methods

Leaning discussions and classroomwork/workshops
Groupwork and supervised discussions
Learning Diary
Independent work
Analyzing videos
Group Exam

Exam schedules

Indivudual and group exam

International connections

We use collaborative and individual learning methods in this course.
Learning discussions and classroom work/workshops
Groupwork and supervised discussions
Independent work

Student workload

5 cr (5 x 27h) = 135 h
Contact learning and evidence-based learning task (1 cr)
Learning cafe (0,5 cr)
Learning Diary (0,5 cr)
Seminar (1 cr)
Group exam (1 cr)

Content scheduling

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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Seminar group work presentation: Numeral evaluation
Learning cafe: Approved/ failed
Learning diary: Approved/ failed
Evidence-based nursing task: Approved/ failed