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

eino-Kilpi, H. & Välimäki, M. 2012. Etiikka hoitotyössä. Werner Söderström Oy: Juva
Muu materiaali:
• ETENE. 2001. Terveydehuollon yhteinen arvopohja, yhteiset tavoitteet ja periaatteet. ETENE: Julkaisuja 1.
http://etene.fi/documents/1429646/1559098/ETENE-julkaisuja+1+Terveydenhuollon+yhteinen+arvopohja%2C+yhteiset+tavoitteet+ja+periaatteet.pdf/4de20e99-c65a-4002-9e98-79a4941b4468
• Elomaa, L., & Mikkola, H. 2010. Näytön jäljillä. Tiedonhaku näyttöön perustuvassa hoitotyössä. Turun ammattikorkeakoulun oppimateriaaleja 12.
http://julkaisut.turkuamk.fi/isbn9789522161611.pdf
Näyttöön perustuvasta toiminnasta tietoa: http://www.hotus.fi/hotus-fi/nayttoon-perustuva-toiminta
Tiedonhakijan oppaat: http://libguides.turkuamk.fi/etusivu

Teaching methods

discussions in network and in glassroom, groupwork, Online course 1 Cr

International connections

principles of the team learning in network

Student workload

5 op=133h the student's work, from which lähiopetus 10 h. Independent studying, information retrieval and network learning 123 h.
teaching discussion and handling of tasks in the network 5 h
teamwork/workshops in network 1 h
seminar (4 h)
Learning tasks in grounds of the acquisition of information (about 27 hours of the student's work):
- Beginning information
- becoming acquainted with the teaching materials
- tasks in Optima

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
Nursing Science
Information Skills Online Course 1 cr

Evaluation scale

H-5