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BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING (BACHELOR OF HEALTHCARE) 2020: SHT20S

Code: SHT20S

Degree:
Bachelor of Healthcare (AMK)

Degree title:
Bachelor of Health Care (AMK)
Bachelor of Health Care (AMK)

Credits:
240 ects

Duration:
4 years (240 cr)

Start semester:
Autumn 2020

Teaching language:
Finnish

Descriptions

Objective
By accomplishing the Bachelor’s degree in Public Health Nursing you will also qualify as a registered nurse. Both nurses and public health nurses work with and for the benefit of the public. In practice, nurses work to promote and maintain health, prevent and treat illness, and alleviate suffering. This degree trains and prepares professionals for working independently in expert roles within the field of healthcare. As a public health nurse, you will promote the health of the individual, community and population in your role as expert in public health and health promotion. As a nurse, you can plan, implement, and evaluate patient care together with patients, their families, and the community. In addition, you will advise and guide patients, know how to make informed decisions, solve different issues and take responsibility for your own work. You will also be able to work as a team-leader. Today, the healthcare environment is increasingly international, and you will be able to work with patients from different cultures.
The overall objective of the degree is to train competent healthcare professionals who, as experts in multi-professional cooperation, will provide the public with services that are equal to all and safe. Public health nursing competence is based on a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, cumulatively renewed and reviewed knowledge base, practical know-how and social skills.

Content of the degree
The degree combines theory and practice, in turn. The Bachelor of Healthcare degree Nurse / Public Health Nurse (AMK, University of Applied Sciences Bachelor’s degree) includes 60 credits of practical training. Part of the training occurs in different nursing environments at home or abroad and other parts are carried out under supervision at the university of applied sciences. The unique learning environments of Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, the Käteva (‘Handy’) home that demonstrates services helping the elderly and disabled people to cope at home, methods of health and exercise service production for different customer groups, and nursing simulation facilities are in place to support your studies. The simulation environment includes a doll that responds to treatment as a human being would in real life.
In addition to the above, the Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare (Public Health Nurse) also includes 60 credits of advanced studies in public health care, of which 30 credits involve practical training in related work such as maternity and child care clinics, occupational health care, public health and work with the elderly.

Structure of the studies
The degree is worth 240 credits and it takes about 4 years to complete it. One credit corresponds to approximately 27 hours of work by the student according to the international ECTS. The studies consist of basic studies (30 cr), professional studies (135 cr), advanced studies (60 cr) and a thesis (15 cr) and development work included in the professional studies of public health nurses (5 cr). The degree includes (90 cr) of practical training to develop professional competence, which are carried out in both work environments and supervised lessons.

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Code Name Credits (cr) 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 Autumn 2020 Spring 2021 Autumn 2021 Spring 2022 Autumn 2022 Spring 2023 Autumn 2023 Spring 2024 1. / 2020 2. / 2020 3. / 2021 4. / 2021 1. / 2021 2. / 2021 3. / 2022 4. / 2022 1. / 2022 2. / 2022 3. / 2023 4. / 2023 1. / 2023 2. / 2023 3. / 2024 4. / 2024
SHT20S-1000
START YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE STORY

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0
SHT20S-1001
COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT

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5
SH00BS54 Study Skills 2 2 2 1 1
SH00BS55 Nursing knowledge base 1 1 1 0.5 0.5
SH00BS56 Digital Skills 2 2 2 1 1
SHT20S-1002
SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICE SYSTEM COMPETENCE

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5
SH00BL37 Social and Health Care Service System Competence 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
SHT20S-1003
CUSTOMER-ORIENTED COMPETENCE

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10
SH00BS57 Ethics in nursing 2 2 2 1 1
SH00BS58 Supporting Customer Participation 2 2 2 1 1
SH00BS59 Professional Communication 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
SH00BS60 Vårdsvenska (Swedish) 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
SHT20S-1004
CLINICAL COMPETENCE

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10
SH00BS81 Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
SH00BS82 Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Fighting Infection 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
SH00BS83 Medical Care and Pharmacology 2 2 2 1 1
SHT20S-1005
MASTER CUSTOMER CARE

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30
SH00BS87 Project Studies 1 1 1 0.5 0.5
SH00BS86 Ergonomics and Safe Patient Transfers 2 2 2 1 1
SH00BS84 Medical Care and Pharmacology 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
SH00BS85 Patient Safety and Nursing Documentation 2 2 2 1 1
SH00BL41 Practical Training (Orientation) 5 5 2.5 2.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
SH00BL42 Internal Medicine and Surgical Nursing 15 15 15 7.5 7.5
SHT20S-1006
PROMOTE YOUR CUSTOMERS’ HEALTH

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35
SH00BL43 Health Promotion Competence 12 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 3
SH00BS88 First Aid and Safety 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
SH00BL45 Internal Disease Nursing Practical Training 10 10 10 5 5
SH00BL44 Surgical Nursing Practical Training 10 10 10 5 5
SHT20S-1007
REINFORCE YOUR NURSING COMPETENCE

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30
SH00BL46 Family Nursing 10 10 10 5 5
SH00BL47 Resource-based mental health and substance abuse care 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
SH00BL48 Gerontological Nursing and Home Care 7 7 7 3.5 3.5
SH00BS96 Research, development and innovation expertise 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
SH00BS89 English for Nursing and Health Care 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
SHT20S-1008
APPLY CUSTOMER-ORIENTED EXPERTISE

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SH00BL50 Family Nursing Practical Training 10 10 10 5 5
SH00BL51 Mental health and substance abuse work practical training 10 10 10 5 5
SH00BL52 Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Practical Training 10 10 10 5 5
SHT20S-1009
DEEPEN YOUR DEVELOPMENT COMPETENCE

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5
SH00BL54 Leadership and Enterprise Competence 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
SHT20S-1010
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

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60
SHT20S-1011
Develope Evidence Based Public Health Nursing

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12
SH00CF38 Health promotion in public health nursing 7 7 7 3.5 3.5
SH00CF39 Management and development in public health nursing 5 5 2.5 2.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
SHT20S-1012
Develop your Customer-oriented Skills in Public Health Nursing

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SHVU004 Maternity Public Health Nursing 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
SHVU005 Breast Feeding Guidance 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
SHVU006 Paediatric Public Health Nursing 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
SHVU007 Public health nursing of schoolchildren, young persons and their families 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
SHVU008 Public Healthcare and Nursing of Adults 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
SHVU009 Public Health Nursing of the Elderly 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
SHT20S-1013
Promote your skills during practical training, with 5 credits of project work

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SHASH04 Public Health Nursing Clinical Training I 9 9 9 4.5 4.5
SH00BL66 Public Health Nursing Clinical Training II 16 16 16 8 8
SH00BL65 Public Health Nursing Training in a Project 5 1.7 3.3 1.7 1.7 1.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
SHT20S-1014
FREE-CHOICE STUDIES

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5
SHAU002 Foundations of Mathematics 2 2 2 1 1
YY00BR24 Swedish/Bygg upp din svenska 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
YY00BR23 Build up Your English 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
SHT20S-1015
THESIS

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SH00BL53 Thesis 15 5 10 5 5 5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
Total 240 75 62 63.7 42.3 41.5 33.5 26 36 35 28.7 22.2 20.2 20.8 20.8 16.8 16.8 13 13 18 18 17.5 17.5 14.3 14.3 11.1 11.1 10.1 10.1

Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.

yhteiset kompetenssit,AMK

Osaamisen kuvaus, ammattikorkeakoulututkinto

1. LEARNING SKILLS

Our students are able to
•assess and develop their competence and learning methods
•critically acquire, process and evaluate knowledge and information
•take responsibility for learning and sharing learning in their groups

Study Skills
Digital Skills
Professional Communication
Project Studies
2. ETHICAL COMPETENCE

Our students are able to
•take responsibility for their own work and its impacts
•work according to the professional ethical principles of their discipline/field
•take different bodies, organisations, professionals, stakeholders, interest groups and individuals into account in their work
•apply the principles of equality
•apply the principles sustainable development
•engage in social debate based on acquired competence and knowledge of ethical values.

Nursing knowledge base
Ethics in nursing
Supporting Customer Participation
3. WORK COMPETENCE

Our students are able to
•work as a member of the work community and promote wellbeing
•execute their duties in work based situations that require communication and interaction
•use information and communication technology to do their work
•create personal work related contacts and operate in networks
•make dcisions in unpredictable situations
•work in management and work independently as a specialist/expert
•set up a business or enterprise

Social and Health Care Service System Competence
Supporting Customer Participation
Project Studies
Practical Training (Orientation)
Thesis
4. INNOVATION COMPETENCE

Our students are able to
•engage in creative problem solving and developing work practices
•work in projects
•implement research and development projects while applying the current knowledge and methods of their disciplines
•find customer-oriented, sustainable and profitable solutions

Project Studies
5. INTERNATIONAL COMPETENCE

Our students are able to
•adopt the language skills needed in their work and field and to develop professional competence
•work proactively and in cooperation with people from different cultures
•take the impacts and opportunities of internationalisation into account in their work

Vårdsvenska (Swedish)
Not grouped
Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology
Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Fighting Infection
Medical Care and Pharmacology
Ergonomics and Safe Patient Transfers
Medical Care and Pharmacology
Patient Safety and Nursing Documentation
Internal Medicine and Surgical Nursing
Health Promotion Competence
First Aid and Safety
Internal Disease Nursing Practical Training
Surgical Nursing Practical Training
Family Nursing
Resource-based mental health and substance abuse care
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care
Research, development and innovation expertise
English for Nursing and Health Care
Family Nursing Practical Training
Mental health and substance abuse work practical training
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Practical Training
Leadership and Enterprise Competence
Health promotion in public health nursing
Management and development in public health nursing
Maternity Public Health Nursing
Breast Feeding Guidance
Paediatric Public Health Nursing
Public health nursing of schoolchildren, young persons and their families
Public Healthcare and Nursing of Adults
Public Health Nursing of the Elderly
Public Health Nursing Clinical Training I
Public Health Nursing Clinical Training II
Public Health Nursing Training in a Project
Foundations of Mathematics
Swedish/Bygg upp din svenska
Build up Your English

SHT_kompetenssit

1. Terveyttä edistävä terveydenhoitajatyö

- Preventiivinen ja promotiivinen terveydenhoitajatyö
- Voimavaroja vahvistava terveydenhoitajatyö
- Etsivä terveydenhoitajatyö
- Monikulttuurinen terveydenhoitajatyö
- Toimintamallit ja työmenetelmät terveydenhoitajatyössä
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Maternity Public Health Nursing
Breast Feeding Guidance
Paediatric Public Health Nursing
Public health nursing of schoolchildren, young persons and their families
Public Healthcare and Nursing of Adults
Public Health Nursing of the Elderly
Public Health Nursing Clinical Training I
2. Yksilön, perheen ja yhteisön asiakaslähtöinen terveydenhoitajatyö

- Lasta odottavan perheen terveydenhoitajatyö
- Lapsen, nuoren ja hänen perheensä terveydenhoitajatyö
- Työikäisen ja hänen työyhteisönsä terveydenhoitajatyö
- Ikääntyneen ja hänen perheensä terveydenhoitajatyö

Maternity Public Health Nursing
Breast Feeding Guidance
Paediatric Public Health Nursing
Public health nursing of schoolchildren, young persons and their families
Public Healthcare and Nursing of Adults
Public Health Nursing of the Elderly
Public Health Nursing Clinical Training I
3. Terveellisen ja turvallisen ympäristön edistäminen

- Ympäristöterveyden edistäminen
- Tartuntatautien ehkäisy, hoito ja rokottaminen

Public Health Nursing Clinical Training I
Public Health Nursing Clinical Training II
4. Yhteiskunnallinen terveydenhoitajatyö

- Yhteiskunnalliseen päätöksentekoon vaikuttaminen
- Terveyspalveluiden laadun ja vaikuttavuuden kehittäminen

No attached course units

5. Terveydenhoitaja-työn johtaminen ja kehittäminen

- Terveydenhoitajan ammatti-identiteetti ja ammattieettinen toiminta
- Terveydenhoitajatyön johtaminen
- Tulevaisuussuuntautunut terveydenhoitajatyö

Public Health Nursing Clinical Training II
Public Health Nursing Training in a Project
Not grouped
Study Skills
Nursing knowledge base
Digital Skills
Social and Health Care Service System Competence
Ethics in nursing
Supporting Customer Participation
Professional Communication
Vårdsvenska (Swedish)
Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology
Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Fighting Infection
Medical Care and Pharmacology
Project Studies
Ergonomics and Safe Patient Transfers
Medical Care and Pharmacology
Patient Safety and Nursing Documentation
Practical Training (Orientation)
Internal Medicine and Surgical Nursing
Health Promotion Competence
First Aid and Safety
Internal Disease Nursing Practical Training
Surgical Nursing Practical Training
Family Nursing
Resource-based mental health and substance abuse care
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care
Research, development and innovation expertise
English for Nursing and Health Care
Family Nursing Practical Training
Mental health and substance abuse work practical training
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Practical Training
Leadership and Enterprise Competence
Health promotion in public health nursing
Management and development in public health nursing
Foundations of Mathematics
Swedish/Bygg upp din svenska
Build up Your English
Thesis

SHS20S_lähtien_Kompetenssit

01. Professialisim and ethics

- Functions in accordance with the values, ethical guidelines and principles of nursing care, and evaluates their implementation in daily nursing care.
-Complies with current legislation and information guidance in their work.-
-Has adopted the professional identity of a nurse and committed to the principles of a service profession.
-Demonstrates ability to function in the role of an expert in nursing care and to accept responsibility for their actions.
-Demonstrates ability to assess and develop their own skills.
-Demonstrates ability to intervene in unprofessional conduct.
-Recognizes their limits in coping, seeks support and uses different forms of support available.
-Demonstrates knowledge of career opportunities for nurses.
Complies with occupational safety regulations

Study Skills
Nursing knowledge base
Digital Skills
Ethics in nursing
Practical Training (Orientation)
Internal Medicine and Surgical Nursing
Internal Disease Nursing Practical Training
Surgical Nursing Practical Training
Family Nursing
Resource-based mental health and substance abuse care
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care
Family Nursing Practical Training
Mental health and substance abuse work practical training
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Practical Training
02.Client-centred care

-Respects clients/patients and encounters them as experts of and actors in their own lives.
-Demonstrates ability to encounter vulnerable patient groups in nursing care
-Demonstrates ability to encounter client/patients from different cultures individually.

Ethics in nursing
Practical Training (Orientation)
Internal Medicine and Surgical Nursing
Internal Disease Nursing Practical Training
Surgical Nursing Practical Training
Family Nursing
Resource-based mental health and substance abuse care
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care
Family Nursing Practical Training
Mental health and substance abuse work practical training
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Practical Training
03.Communication and multi-professionalism

- Demonstrates knowledge of professional communication.
-Demonstrates knowledge of professional interaction in nursing care with client/patients of different ages and backgrounds and their family members and loved ones.
- Demonstrates knowledge of independent communication and interaction in his or her native language, the second official language of Finland, and at least one foreign language.
-Understands his or her own responsibilities and those of other professionals in health care and social welfare services, as well as the significance of controlled and flexible division of duties in the client’s /patient’s holistic care.
- Demonstrates good work community skills when working in multidisciplinary teams, environments and networks.

Supporting Customer Participation
Professional Communication
Vårdsvenska (Swedish)
Practical Training (Orientation)
Internal Medicine and Surgical Nursing
Internal Disease Nursing Practical Training
Surgical Nursing Practical Training
Family Nursing
Resource-based mental health and substance abuse care
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care
English for Nursing and Health Care
Family Nursing Practical Training
Mental health and substance abuse work practical training
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Practical Training
04. Health promotion

-Demonstrates ability to apply current research data and other information from the field of health promotion to their work with client/patients.
- Identifies risk factors of clients/patients and provides early support to those in need.
- Plans and implements interventions promoting health and functional capacity of individuals and groups of clients/patients in multidisciplinary collaboration.
-Recognizes existing and new threats to health and knows how to integrate them in the promotion of health of clients/patients.
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Health Promotion Competence
Internal Disease Nursing Practical Training
Surgical Nursing Practical Training
Family Nursing
Resource-based mental health and substance abuse care
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care
Family Nursing Practical Training
Mental health and substance abuse work practical training
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Practical Training
05. Leadership and professional co-operation skills of the employee

- Demonstrates ability to priorize the task flexibly
-Motivates members of their working community and is able to give and receive feedback.
-Demonstrates ability to work according to the principles of cost-efficiency, Sustainable development taking into account the environment
- Demonstrates ability to guide fellow students and co-workers.
-Demonstrates ability to develop and adapt their ways of working to changes in the health care and social welfare services.

Project Studies
Leadership and Enterprise Competence
06.Information technology and documentation

- Complies with the requirements and regulations governing data protection and information security in health care and social welfare services relating to the creation, use, storage and disposal of data.
-Demonstrates knowledge of appropriate recording of the client’s /patient’s nursing care process, and is capable of evaluating whether data recorded in the patient data repository is up-to-date, correct and of good quality.
- Documents the nursing care of client/patient according to the nursing care process; assesses the client’s/patient’s need for interventions (care) in accordance with the Finnish Care Classification (FinCC), plans and implements interventions using the Finnish Classification of Nursing Interventions (FiCNI), evaluates nursing outcomes using the Finnish Classification of Nursing Outcomes (FiCNO), as well as produces a summary of the nursing care.
-Demonstrates knowledge of information technology, electronic databases and reporting tools used in health care services.
-Complies with netiquette, regulations and practices regarding emails, and assumes the role of a health care professional in social media.

Digital Skills
Family Nursing Practical Training
Mental health and substance abuse work practical training
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Practical Training
07. Guidance and education competence and supporting self-care

-Assesses the needs, resources and responsibility of the client/patient in planning guidance and self-care.
-Plans, implements and assesses individual and group guidance in cooperation with the patient/client, and other professionals.
-Uses client/patient-centred education and guidance methods.
-Demonstrates ability to evaluate guidance outcomes together with the client /patient, their nearest ones and health care professionals.
-Uses pedagogy and ethics in plans, implementation and evaluation of guidance supporting the client’s /patient’s self-care.
- Encourages the client /patient and their nearest ones commit to the care.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the clinical pathway of the client/patient and masters the basics of service guidance.

Internal Medicine and Surgical Nursing
Health Promotion Competence
Family Nursing Practical Training
Mental health and substance abuse work practical training
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Practical Training
08. Clinical nursing

-Responds to the needs of the client/patient by planning, implementing and assessing appropriate individual nursing care in cooperation with the client/patient, their family members, and other professionals in health care and social welfare services.
-Demonstrates ability to use diverse nursing care methods in psychosocial support of the client /patient.
-Masters the knowledge and skills needed for key nursing interventions as a part of holistic care of the client /patient.
-Masters the knowledge and skills of key nursing diagnostics as a part of holistic
care of the client/patient.
-Masters the principles of infection prevention and puts their knowledge into practice in the implementation of infection prevention.
-Applies knowledge of anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, applied pharmacology and medication to the planning, implementation and assessment of medication for treatment of different diseases.
-Applies knowledge of anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology and applied pharmacology to the planning, implementation and assessment of safe medication of different client/patient groups.
-Demonstrates knowledge of legislation governing medication and information guidance.
- Demonstrates knowledge of structure, functions and regulations of the human organ systems and factors affecting them.
- Understands disease mechanisms and their effects on the human organ systems.
- Applies nutrition and care recommendations for different age and target groups for prevention and treatment of national diseases.
- Demonstrates the ability to integrate nutritional care and guidance in holistic nursing care in collaboration with a network of multidisciplinary professionals.
-Evaluates nutrition of customer client/patient and identifies a client/patient at a risk of malnutrition.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of wound treatment and is able to apply their knowledge in treatment of chronic wounds
- Identifies, assesses and manages the client’s /patient’s pain
-Applies knowledge about the most frequent internal diseases) to the practical nursing care.
- Masters key nursing interventions and nursing methods used in the nursing care of internal medicine patients.
- Applies their knowledge of major cancers to the nursing care.
- Demonstrates ability to manage key interventions in the nursing care of a patient with cancer.
-Applies their knowledge of key conditions requiring surgical intervention in different phases of perioperative nursing care of a patient.
-Competent in key nursing interventions used in the nursing care of a perioperative patient.
-Applies their knowledge of major diseases of children/adolescents in nursing care.
-Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of family work and is able to put them into practice.
-Demonstrates ability to promote the sexual health of client and patient
-Understands the normal process and monitoring of pregnancy, delivery and puerperium.
- Demonstrates ability to apply their knowledge of key mental health disorders and psychiatric conditions in nursing care.
-Demonstrates knowledge of key interventions used in the nursing care of patients with mental health disorders and psychiatric conditions.
-Demonstrates knowledge of key methods of early intervention in nursing care of substance abusers.
-Demonstrates ability to support a person in acute crises.
- Demonstrates knowledge of interventions and methods of assessment and maintenance of health, functional capacity and resources of the aged.
-Applies in practice their knowledge of memory disorders, nursing care of and services for patients with memory disorders.
-Applies in practice their knowledge of major developmental disabilities and becoming disabled in their nursing care of persons who have developmental disabilities or who have become disabled.
-Identifies the need of a patient for palliative or end-of-life care.
-Draws up a nursing care plan for the last phase of a patient’s life in collaboration with the patient, his or her family members, physician in charge and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
-Implements symptomatic and humane palliative care and end-of-life care.
-Encounters and implements nursing care of a dying patient and supports the family members.
-Uses various methods to support the psychosocial and conviction needs of patients and their nearest ones
-Assesses the need for emergency care of a critically ill patient.
-Demonstrates ability of systematic assessment of the need for emergency care, and takes immediate action in situations requiring emergency care.
-Demonstrates ability to initiate immediate rescue services and to implement interventions in situations of crises and disaster.

Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology
Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Fighting Infection
Medical Care and Pharmacology
Ergonomics and Safe Patient Transfers
Medical Care and Pharmacology
Internal Medicine and Surgical Nursing
First Aid and Safety
Internal Disease Nursing Practical Training
Surgical Nursing Practical Training
Family Nursing
Resource-based mental health and substance abuse care
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care
Family Nursing Practical Training
Mental health and substance abuse work practical training
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Practical Training
09. Evidence-based practice, utilization of research knowledge and decision-making

-Understands that work of a nurse is evidence-based and commits to it.
-Demonstrates ability to plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based nursing safely.
-Participates in developing evidence-based practices in their own work.
- Demonstrates ability to search information in major databases of health sciences and to read scientific publications critically.
-Demonstrates ability to make evidence-based clinical decisions
-Demonstrates ability to exploit scientific data in clinical decision-making

Ergonomics and Safe Patient Transfers
Medical Care and Pharmacology
Internal Medicine and Surgical Nursing
Internal Disease Nursing Practical Training
Surgical Nursing Practical Training
Family Nursing
Resource-based mental health and substance abuse care
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care
English for Nursing and Health Care
Family Nursing Practical Training
Mental health and substance abuse work practical training
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Practical Training
Thesis
10.Entrepreneurship and development

-Understands the idea of intrapreneurship and commits to it in his or her work.
-Has the basic qualities required for an independent entrepreneur in the sector.
- Masters the principles of cost consciousness in nursing and works cost-efficiently.
- Reflecting with his or her work community, he or she is able to identify practices to be developed and things that need to be changed in their own work.
-Demonstrates ability to participate in development, innovation and research processes as a team member.

Family Nursing Practical Training
Mental health and substance abuse work practical training
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Practical Training
Leadership and Enterprise Competence
Thesis
11. Quality management

-Evaluates the quality of nursing care in order to develop the client’s /patient’s care, and their own practices.
-Participates in quality management as a member of the work community.
-Understands the impact of their own activities on the quality of the organization.
-Understands the use of patient safety reports as a part of quality control of the organization.

Social and Health Care Service System Competence
Leadership and Enterprise Competence
Thesis
12. Service system of health care and social welfare services

-Understands how health care and social welfare services are produced and organized, and how they are controlled and monitored in Finland.
-Understands the roles of different action and service units as part of the care and service chain.
-Understands their personal role in promoting the organization’s reputation, brand and image, as well as in creating a positive service experience for the client.
- Demonstrates competence in using digital services as a part of holistic
- Demonstrates ability to function in changing environments and to provide service guidance.

Social and Health Care Service System Competence
13. Patient and client safety

-Demonstrates knowledge of key factors regarding patient and client safety
- Promotes patient safety and prevents patient safety incidents in every phase of the nursing process of the patient.
- Communicates clearly to ensure patient safety.
-Takes immediate situation-specific action in a hazardous situation.
-Recognizes potential patient safety incidents and reports them.
-Understands how a report on patient safety incident is handled.

Medical Care and Pharmacology
Patient Safety and Nursing Documentation
First Aid and Safety
Not grouped
Research, development and innovation expertise
Health promotion in public health nursing
Management and development in public health nursing
Maternity Public Health Nursing
Breast Feeding Guidance
Paediatric Public Health Nursing
Public health nursing of schoolchildren, young persons and their families
Public Healthcare and Nursing of Adults
Public Health Nursing of the Elderly
Public Health Nursing Clinical Training I
Public Health Nursing Clinical Training II
Public Health Nursing Training in a Project
Foundations of Mathematics
Swedish/Bygg upp din svenska
Build up Your English

Code Name Credits (cr)
SHT20S-1000
START YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE STORY

(Choose all)

0
SHT20S-1001
COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT

(Choose all)

5
SH00BS54 Study Skills 2
SH00BS55 Nursing knowledge base 1
SH00BS56 Digital Skills 2
SHT20S-1002
SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICE SYSTEM COMPETENCE

(Choose all)

5
SH00BL37 Social and Health Care Service System Competence 5
SHT20S-1003
CUSTOMER-ORIENTED COMPETENCE

(Choose all)

10
SH00BS57 Ethics in nursing 2
SH00BS58 Supporting Customer Participation 2
SH00BS59 Professional Communication 3
SH00BS60 Vårdsvenska (Swedish) 3
SHT20S-1004
CLINICAL COMPETENCE

(Choose all)

10
SH00BS81 Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology 5
SH00BS82 Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Fighting Infection 3
SH00BS83 Medical Care and Pharmacology 2
SHT20S-1005
MASTER CUSTOMER CARE

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30
SH00BS87 Project Studies 1
SH00BS86 Ergonomics and Safe Patient Transfers 2
SH00BS84 Medical Care and Pharmacology 5
SH00BS85 Patient Safety and Nursing Documentation 2
SH00BL41 Practical Training (Orientation) 5
SH00BL42 Internal Medicine and Surgical Nursing 15
SHT20S-1006
PROMOTE YOUR CUSTOMERS’ HEALTH

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35
SH00BL43 Health Promotion Competence 12
SH00BS88 First Aid and Safety 3
SH00BL45 Internal Disease Nursing Practical Training 10
SH00BL44 Surgical Nursing Practical Training 10
SHT20S-1007
REINFORCE YOUR NURSING COMPETENCE

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30
SH00BL46 Family Nursing 10
SH00BL47 Resource-based mental health and substance abuse care 5
SH00BL48 Gerontological Nursing and Home Care 7
SH00BS96 Research, development and innovation expertise 5
SH00BS89 English for Nursing and Health Care 3
SHT20S-1008
APPLY CUSTOMER-ORIENTED EXPERTISE

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SH00BL50 Family Nursing Practical Training 10
SH00BL51 Mental health and substance abuse work practical training 10
SH00BL52 Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Practical Training 10
SHT20S-1009
DEEPEN YOUR DEVELOPMENT COMPETENCE

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5
SH00BL54 Leadership and Enterprise Competence 5
SHT20S-1010
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

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60
SHT20S-1011
Develope Evidence Based Public Health Nursing

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12
SH00CF38 Health promotion in public health nursing 7
SH00CF39 Management and development in public health nursing 5
SHT20S-1012
Develop your Customer-oriented Skills in Public Health Nursing

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SHVU004 Maternity Public Health Nursing 3
SHVU005 Breast Feeding Guidance 3
SHVU006 Paediatric Public Health Nursing 3
SHVU007 Public health nursing of schoolchildren, young persons and their families 3
SHVU008 Public Healthcare and Nursing of Adults 3
SHVU009 Public Health Nursing of the Elderly 3
SHT20S-1013
Promote your skills during practical training, with 5 credits of project work

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SHASH04 Public Health Nursing Clinical Training I 9
SH00BL66 Public Health Nursing Clinical Training II 16
SH00BL65 Public Health Nursing Training in a Project 5
SHT20S-1014
FREE-CHOICE STUDIES

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5
SHAU002 Foundations of Mathematics 2
YY00BR24 Swedish/Bygg upp din svenska 3
YY00BR23 Build up Your English 3
SHT20S-1015
THESIS

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SH00BL53 Thesis 15