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

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Weeks 3-16
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

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

Location and time

12.11.2018-16.12.2018
Salo

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

Online Course, discussions in network

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

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

Evaluation methods and criteria

Hoitotyön filosofian (4op) arvosana 4/5, tiedonhankinnan (1op) arvosana 1/5 kokonaisarvioinnista