BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN NURSING (BACHELOR OF HEALTHCARE) 2021A: SHS21S
Code: SHS21S
Descriptions
A nurse is a healthcare expert. Nurses promote and maintain health, prevent and treat illness and alleviate suffering. This degree trains experts who can work independently in expert roles within the healthcare sector. Trained nurses are also able to develop nursing.
Internationality is promoted throughout the whole curriculum and syllabus using foreign language source material in teaching and foreign language studies. Teachers from partner universities who spend their expert exchange period at KAMK also deliver teaching in English. Furthermore, the students have the opportunity to participate in international exchanges, as well as in receptions and events that enhance international competence at home and tutoring by international students. To attain internationalization targets, the promotion of international competence at home forms part of the degree and students have the opportunity to go on a three-month international exchange abroad.
Structure of the degree:
1) Basic and professional studies 115 cr that include research, development and innovation methods (15 cr)
2) Free-choice studies 5 cr
3) Practical training 90 cr including the thesis (15 cr) and the maturity test
The objective of basic and professional studies is to provide a wide range of basic practical knowledge and skills, as well as theoretical foundations, enabling students to work as specialists in nursing or as entrepreneurs, and the skills and tools for professional development and lifelong learning. The nursing degree enables students to deepen their knowledge in a specific nursing area (30 cr) during the last semester.
The aim of the studies is also that the student masters the language skills required by the University of Applied Sciences decree (1129/2014, 7§), which are recorded in the degree certificate. Language proficiency is recorded according to the provisions of sections 15§-19§ of the Government Decree (481/2003). According to the curriculum, English language studies are integrated into two courses where language learning is assessed. Swedish language studies are implemented as a single study unit integrated into one course. Finnish language competence develops throughout the degree and is evaluated annually in different courses of study (competence matrix).
The aim of free-choice studies is to deepen and complement professional skills. Free-choice studies can be accomplished through different schemes, project studies and innovation activities. Free-choice studies may include credits from other degrees and other higher education institutions.
The aim of practical training is to familiarize students with the practical tasks essential to professional studies and to apply acquired knowledge and skills in the workplace. The nursing degree includes 90 credits of practical training, of which 15 credits are completed as a thesis commissioned by a work-based client. The aim of the thesis is to develop the essential skills to apply knowledge and practical competencies in specialist roles linked to the professional studies. The thesis process includes the opportunity for interdisciplinary cooperation, e.g. with degrees in other fields. The curriculum makes the students’ learning process visible and describes their professional growth from novice to specialist.
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Code | Name | Credits (cr) | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 | Autumn 2021 | Spring 2022 | Autumn 2022 | Spring 2023 | Autumn 2023 | Spring 2024 | Autumn 2024 | 1. / 2021 | 2. / 2021 | 3. / 2022 | 4. / 2022 | 1. / 2022 | 2. / 2022 | 3. / 2023 | 4. / 2023 | 1. / 2023 | 2. / 2023 | 3. / 2024 | 4. / 2024 | 1. / 2024 | 2. / 2024 |
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SHS21S-1001 |
START YOUR NURSING STORY
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0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
SHS21S-1002 |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SHS21S-1003 |
SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICE SYSTEM COMPETENCE
(Choose all ) |
5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BL37 | Social and Health Care Service System Competence | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SHS21S-1004 |
CUSTOMER-ORIENTED COMPETENCE
(Choose all ) |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SHS21S-1005 |
CLINICAL COMPETENCE
(Choose all ) |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SHS21S-1006 |
MASTER CUSTOMER CARE
(Choose ects: 30) |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BX93 | Training in Learning Environments | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
SHS21S-1007 |
PROMOTE YOUR CUSTOMERS’ HEALTH
(Choose ects: 34) |
34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BY90 | Health Promotion Competence | 11 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BX92 | Training in Learning Environments | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
SHS21S-1008 |
REINFORCE YOUR NURSING COMPETENCE
(Choose all ) |
31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BL46 | Family Nursing | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BL47 | Resource-based mental health and substance abuse care | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BY88 | Gerontological Nursing and Home Care | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BY89 | Palliative Care | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SHS21S-1009 |
APPLY CUSTOMER-ORIENTED EXPERTISE
(Choose all ) |
30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BL50 | Family Nursing Practical Training | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BL51 | Mental health and substance abuse work practical training | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BY91 | Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Practical Training | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SHS21S-1010 |
DEEPEN YOUR DEVELOPMENT COMPETENCE
(Choose all ) |
5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BL54 | Leadership and Enterprise Competence | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SHS21S-1011 |
DEVELOP YOUR NURSE EXPERTISE 30 op
(Choose all ) |
30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BX89 | Expert in Nursing in the Social and Health Field | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BX90 | Studies in Nursing Expertise | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BX91 | Practical Training in Nursing Expertise | 15 | 15 | 15 | 7.5 | 7.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SHS21S-1014 |
FREE-CHOICE STUDIES
(Choose ects: 5) |
5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
SHAU002 | Foundations of Mathematics | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
SHS21S-1015 |
THESIS
(Choose all ) |
15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
SH00BL53 | Thesis | 15 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 210 | 68.5 | 65 | 58.5 | 15 | 32.5 | 36 | 25.5 | 39.5 | 30 | 28.5 | 15 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 19.75 | 19.75 | 15 | 15 | 14.25 | 14.25 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
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 |
No attached course units |
2. ETHICAL COMPETENCE
Our students are able to |
No attached course units |
3. WORK COMPETENCE
Our students are able to |
No attached course units |
4. INNOVATION COMPETENCE
Our students are able to |
No attached course units |
5. INTERNATIONAL COMPETENCE
Our students are able to |
No attached course units |
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 |
Training in Learning Environments |
Health Promotion Competence |
First Aid and Safety |
Internal Disease Nursing Practical Training |
Surgical Nursing Practical Training |
Training in Learning Environments |
Family Nursing |
Resource-based mental health and substance abuse care |
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care |
Palliative 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 |
Expert in Nursing in the Social and Health Field |
Studies in Nursing Expertise |
Practical Training in Nursing Expertise |
Foundations of Mathematics |
Thesis |
Opintotyyppi_AMK
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. |
Practical Training in Nursing Expertise |
02.Client-centred care
-Respects clients/patients and encounters them as experts of and actors in their own lives. |
Practical Training in Nursing Expertise |
03.Communication and multi-professionalism
- Demonstrates knowledge of professional communication. |
Practical Training in Nursing Expertise |
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. |
Practical Training in Nursing Expertise |
05. Leadership and professional co-operation skills of the employee
- Demonstrates ability to priorize the task flexibly |
Leadership and Enterprise Competence |
Practical Training in Nursing Expertise |
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. |
Practical Training in Nursing Expertise |
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. |
Practical Training in Nursing Expertise |
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. |
Practical Training in Nursing Expertise |
09. Evidence-based practice, utilization of research knowledge and decision-making
-Understands that work of a nurse is evidence-based and commits to it. |
Expert in Nursing in the Social and Health Field |
Practical Training in Nursing Expertise |
10.Entrepreneurship and development
-Understands the idea of intrapreneurship and commits to it in his or her work. |
Expert in Nursing in the Social and Health Field |
Practical Training in Nursing Expertise |
Thesis |
11. Quality management
-Evaluates the quality of nursing care in order to develop the client’s /patient’s care, and their own practices. |
Leadership and Enterprise Competence |
Expert in Nursing in the Social and Health Field |
Practical Training in Nursing Expertise |
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. |
Expert in Nursing in the Social and Health Field |
Practical Training in Nursing Expertise |
13. Patient and client safety
-Demonstrates knowledge of key factors regarding patient and client safety |
Expert in Nursing in the Social and Health Field |
Practical Training in Nursing Expertise |
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 |
Training in Learning Environments |
Health Promotion Competence |
First Aid and Safety |
Internal Disease Nursing Practical Training |
Surgical Nursing Practical Training |
Training in Learning Environments |
Family Nursing |
Resource-based mental health and substance abuse care |
Gerontological Nursing and Home Care |
Palliative 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 |
Studies in Nursing Expertise |
Foundations of Mathematics |
Code | Name | Credits (cr) |
---|---|---|
SHS21S-1001 |
START YOUR NURSING STORY
(Choose 0) |
0 |
SHS21S-1002 |
COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT
(Choose all) |
5 |
SH00BS54 | Study Skills | 2 |
SH00BS55 | Nursing knowledge base | 1 |
SH00BS56 | Digital Skills | 2 |
SHS21S-1003 |
SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICE SYSTEM COMPETENCE
(Choose all) |
5 |
SH00BL37 | Social and Health Care Service System Competence | 5 |
SHS21S-1004 |
CUSTOMER-ORIENTED COMPETENCE
(Choose all) |
10 |
SH00BS57 | Ethics in nursing | 2 |
SH00BS58 | Supporting Customer Participation | 2 |
SH00BS59 | Professional Communication | 3 |
SH00BS60 | Vårdsvenska (Swedish) | 3 |
SHS21S-1005 |
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 |
SHS21S-1006 |
MASTER CUSTOMER CARE
(Choose ects: 30) |
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 |
SH00BX93 | Training in Learning Environments | 3 |
SHS21S-1007 |
PROMOTE YOUR CUSTOMERS’ HEALTH
(Choose ects: 34) |
34 |
SH00BY90 | Health Promotion Competence | 11 |
SH00BS88 | First Aid and Safety | 3 |
SH00BL45 | Internal Disease Nursing Practical Training | 10 |
SH00BL44 | Surgical Nursing Practical Training | 10 |
SH00BX92 | Training in Learning Environments | 2 |
SHS21S-1008 |
REINFORCE YOUR NURSING COMPETENCE
(Choose all) |
31 |
SH00BL46 | Family Nursing | 10 |
SH00BL47 | Resource-based mental health and substance abuse care | 5 |
SH00BY88 | Gerontological Nursing and Home Care | 6 |
SH00BY89 | Palliative Care | 2 |
SH00BS96 | Research, development and innovation expertise | 5 |
SH00BS89 | English for Nursing and Health Care | 3 |
SHS21S-1009 |
APPLY CUSTOMER-ORIENTED EXPERTISE
(Choose all) |
30 |
SH00BL50 | Family Nursing Practical Training | 10 |
SH00BL51 | Mental health and substance abuse work practical training | 10 |
SH00BY91 | Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Practical Training | 10 |
SHS21S-1010 |
DEEPEN YOUR DEVELOPMENT COMPETENCE
(Choose all) |
5 |
SH00BL54 | Leadership and Enterprise Competence | 5 |
SHS21S-1011 |
DEVELOP YOUR NURSE EXPERTISE 30 op
(Choose all) |
30 |
SH00BX89 | Expert in Nursing in the Social and Health Field | 10 |
SH00BX90 | Studies in Nursing Expertise | 5 |
SH00BX91 | Practical Training in Nursing Expertise | 15 |
SHS21S-1014 |
FREE-CHOICE STUDIES
(Choose ects: 5) |
5 |
SHAU002 | Foundations of Mathematics | 2 |
SHS21S-1015 |
THESIS
(Choose all) |
15 |
SH00BL53 | Thesis | 15 |