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Research-, Development and Innovation Activities in Public Health Nursing (5 cr)

Code: 7031605-3010

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2023 - 12.01.2024

Timing

01.01.2024 - 26.05.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Emergency Care, Public Health Nursing and Midwifery

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing

Teachers

  • Maika Kummel

Groups

  • MTERTK24V
  • 14.05.2024 08:00 - 16:00, Tutkimus-, kehitys- ja innovaatiotoiminta terveydenhoitotyössä 7031605-3010
  • 14.05.2024 08:00 - 16:00, Tutkimus-, kehitys- ja innovaatiotoiminta terveydenhoitotyössä 7031605-3010

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