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Nursing Philosophy and Evidence-Based Practice in the Nursing Profession (5cr)

Code: 7031482-3018

General information


Enrollment
02.12.2019 - 31.03.2020
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
23.03.2020 - 30.04.2020
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
Health and Well-being
Campus
Kupittaa Campus
Teaching languages
Finnish
Seats
10 - 30
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
Saara Laaksonen
Miia Utriainen
Satu Halonen
Course
7031482

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Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Weeks 14-19
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 (week 21)
Info skills online course (weeks 14-18)

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 and Part 2, chapters 6-8.

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
Laws and Decrees
Articles and publications

Teaching methods

Leaning discussions and classroomwork/workshops
Groupwork and supervised discussions
Learning Diary
Independent work (Info skills course: independent work online)
Analyzing videos
Exam

Exam schedules

Written Exam on week 19 (re-exam dates will be informed at the beginning of the course)

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

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

Student workload

5 cr (5 x 27h) = 135 h
Contact learning (1 cr)
Learning Diary (1 cr)
Seminar (1 cr)
Exam (1 cr)
Information Skills Online Course (1 cr)

Evaluation methods and criteria

Learning Diary (1 cr), grade passed/failed
Seminar (1.5 cr), grade 0-5
Exam (1.5 cr), grade 0-5
Information Skills Online Course, grade 0-5 (will be 1/5 of the grade)

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