Fundamentals of Nursing Science, Ethics and Evidence-Based Nursing (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

It is mandatory to attend the INFO class in order to get all the course information and small groups.

If you are sick, inform the teacher and ask your friend to act as your "advocate" in class (he/she tells informs you what was discussed and agreed upon in the info, about small groups and your parts in group work). The representative answers in the roll call that he/she represents him/her)

Themes:
1. Values and ethical principles in nursing
2. Moral theories and ethical dilemmas in nursing
3. Nursing science and evidence-based practice
4. Seminar work and scientific reporting
5. Information retrieval

Schedule for Info Skills Online Course (teaching language is Finnish):
Starting info (30 minutes): 13.1.
Guidance session (1 h): 31.1.
Info Skills Online Course ends: 16.2.2025.

Objective

FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING 5 CR HOFI

The study unit is arranged entirely in English

Objectives

The student will
• be familiar with the key concepts, values, ethical principles, and national and international guidelines in nursing
• know how to apply the values and ethical principles of nursing in nursing care, health care services and digital services
• be familiar with evidence-based practice in nursing
• know how to search for information using the most common health sciences databases

Content

Contents
• Key concepts of epistemology and ethics
• Ethical approach in nursing
• Identification and handling of ethical problems
• Nursing science as a discipline
• Evidence-based practice – concepts and bases for nursing care
• Information seeking studies 1 cr

Materials

Some Finnish laws and decrees

Exam material:
Articles and documents in the Its learning platform.
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, Part 2 Chapters 7 and 8.
Understanding Nursing Research : Building an Evidence-Based Practice by Susan K. Grove, , Jennifer R. Gray, , and Nancy Burns. PUBLISHER Elsevier. 2014.
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/turkuamk-ebooks/reader.action?docID=2074592
Chapter 1

Teaching methods

Learning discussions
Group work and supervised discussions
Learning diary
Independent task-based work
Scientific writing
Analyzing videos
Seminar presentation
Exam
Online course on information seeking (Info Seeking Online Course): Independent learning online, individual assignments to learn to seek information efficiently

Specific instructions for tasks and use of AI is described in each task's instruction.

Exam schedules

Exam is mentioned in timetable.
Re-exams will be informed later.

International connections

We use collaborative and individual learning methods in this course.
Learning discussions
Group work and supervised discussions
Independent reflective assignments

NOTE! Use of AI is not allowed in most of the tasks. Use of AI is always defined in each task-instruction in learning - platform. Use of AI in tasks when not allowed leads to "FAILED" evaluation.

Completion alternatives

None.

Student workload

5 cr (5 x 27h) = 135 h
1 credit is 27 hours of student work
Interaction during lessons and learning cafe (0,5 cr)
Nursing science and evidence-based practice (1 cr)
Learning Diary (0,5 cr)
Seminar report and presentation (1 cr)
Exam (1 cr)

Info Seeking Online Course (1 cr) is only in Finnish --> Exchange students will get information about 1 cr in the beginning of the course

Further information

ItsLearning platform

If you need to contact the teacher, please use e-mail, not ITSlearning.