Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health Nursing

Generic Competences

Learning to Lean
The graduating student recognises the strengths and development areas of their competence and learning methods, and they utilise the opportunities communities and digitalisation provide in their learning.

- Assesses and develops their competence and learning methods in different learning environments.
- Is able to acquire, critically assess and appropriately apply the national and
international knowledge base and practices of their field.
- Also takes responsibility for group learning and sharing what has been
learned.

Operating in a Workplace
The graduating student has versatile working life skills and is able to operate in work communities of their field.

- Is able to work constructively in a work community and promotes their own
and their work community’s well-being.
- Is able to act professionally in communication and interaction situations at a
workplace.
- Utilises the opportunities offered by technology and digitalisation in their work.
- Understands the complexity of changing working life and their own resilience in changing working life situations

Ethics
The graduating student adheres to the ethical principles and values of their field of profession, taking the principles of equality and non-discrimination into account.

- Is able to take responsibility for their own actions and their consequences
and reflects on them in accordance with the ethical principles and values
of their field.
- Takes others into account and promotes equality and non-discrimination.
- Take into account the realisation of diversity and accessibility in their actions.
- Understands the principles of responsible conduct of research and adheres
to them.
- Is able to influence society based on ethical values.

Sustainable Development
The graduating student is familiar with the principles of sustainable development, promotes their implementation and acts responsibly as a professional and a member of society.

- Is able to use information related to their field in finding, implementing and
establishing sustainable solutions and operating models.
- Understands sustainability challenges,
their interdependencies and the various aspects of issues and problems.

Internationality and Multiculturalism
The graduating student is able to operate in multicultural and international operating environments and networks.

- Is familiar with the impacts of their cultural background on their activities and
is able to develop operating methods that take multiculturalism into account
in their work community.
- Is able to monitor and utilise the international development of their field in
their work.
- Is able to communicate internationally in their work tasks.

Proactive Development
The graduating student is able to develop solutions that anticipate the future of their own field,
applying existing knowledge and research and development methods.
− Solves problem situations creatively and reforms operating methods together with others.
− Is able to work in projects in cooperation with actors of different fields.
− Is able to apply existing knowledge in the field in development and utilises research and development methods.
− Is able to seek customer-oriented, sustainable and economically viable solutions, anticipating the future of their field

Description of Competences

SH kompetenssit
1. Asiakaslähtöisyys
-Asiakas oman elämänsä asiantuntija
-Asiakas aktiivisena osallisena hoidossaan
-Asiakkaan läheisten osallisuus hoidossa
-Vuorovaikutus ja dialogi asiakkaan hoidossa

2. Hoitotyön eettisyys ja ammatillisuus
-Eettisyys hoitotyössä
-Sairaanhoitajan ammatillisuus ja asiantuntijuus
-Sairaanhoitajan ammatti-identiteetti
-Verkosto- ja työparityö

3. Johtaminen ja yrittäjyys
-Johtamistaidot
-Sosiaali- ja terveysalan työyhteisötaidot
-Sairaanhoitajan työ ja urakehitys

4. Kliininen hoitotyö
-Potilaan psykososiaalinen tukeminen
-Toimenpiteet ja diagnostiset tutkimukset
-Hoitotyön toiminnot
-Infektioiden torjunta
-Lääkehoito
-Anatomia ja fysiologia
-Patofysiologia
-Ravitsemushoito

5. Näyttöön perustuva toiminta ja päätöksenteko
-Hoitotieteen tuottama tietoperusta ammatilli-sessa päätöksenteossa
-Hoitotyön päätöksentekoprosessi
-Tutkimus- ja kehittämis- ja innovaatio-osaaminen
-Näyttöön perustuva toiminta sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollossa

6. Ohjaus- ja opetusosaaminen
-Ohjaus- ja opetusprosessi
-Ohjauksen ja opetuksen kontekstit
-Ohjaus- ja opetusmenetelmät

7. Terveyden ja toimintakyvyn edistäminen
-Terveyden edistämisen terveyspoliittinen ohjaus ja arvoperusta
-Väestön terveys ja hyvinvointi
-Sairauksien, tapaturmien ja terveysongelmien ehkäisy
-Terveyden ja toimintakyvyn edistämisen keskeiset aihepiirit ja menetelmät

8. Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon toimintaympäristö
-Sosiaali- ja terveysalan palvelujärjestelmä
-Palvelutoiminta
-Palveluasiakkuus
-Terveydenhuolto virtuaaliympäristössä
-Teknologian käyttö potilaan hoidossa

9. Sosiaali- ja terveyspalvelujen laatu ja turvallisuus
-Turvallisuus ja riskien hallinta
-Potilasturvallisuus
-Laatu ja laadunhallinta
-Tietosuoja ja -turvallisuus


TH- kompetenssit

1. Terveyttä edistävä terveydenhoitajatyö
-Preventiivinen ja promotiivinen terveydenhoitajatyö
-Voimavaroja vahvistava terveydenhoitajatyö
-Etsivä terveydenhoitajatyö
-Monikulttuurinen terveydenhoitajatyö
-Toimintamallit ja työmenetelmät terveydenhoitajatyössä

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

3. Terveellisen ja turvallisen ympäristön edistäminen
-Ympäristöterveyden edistäminen
-Tartuntatautien ehkäisy, hoito ja rokottaminen

4. Yhteiskunnallinen terveydenhoitajatyö
-Yhteiskunnalliseen päätöksentekoon vaikuttaminen
-Terveyspalveluiden laadun ja vaikuttavuuden kehittäminen

5. Terveydenhoitajatyön johtaminen ja kehittäminen
-Terveydenhoitajan ammatti-identiteetti ja ammattieettinen toiminta
-Terveydenhoitajatyön johtaminen
-Tulevaisuussuuntautunut terveydenhoitajatyö

Annual Themes – Study Progress Description

1st yr Nursing orientation.
Students examine and become familiar with the fundamentals of nursing and understand the significance of multidisciplinary knowledge as the basis of professional expertise.

2nd yr Clinical nursing expert.
Under supervision, the students are able to plan, implement and assess a customer’s/patient’s overall care together with the customer/patient and his/her next-of-kin according to nursing values and principles. Students expand the multidisciplinary knowledge base required in nursing.

3rd yr Applies nursing / public health nursing.
Students operate using a developmental approach in their evidence based nursing and public health nursing work with individuals, families, groups and communities.

4th yr Nursing/public health nursing developer.
The students found their professional decision-making on a multidisciplinary knowledge base and can develop evidence based nursing and public health nursing. They understand their responsibility to develop themselves and their field of work in both multi-professional and multi-field communities. Students can use local-decision making channels of engagement to promote health.

General

The Degree in Nursing and Public Health Nursing leads to a Health Care and Social Sciences University of Applied Sciences Bachelor’s degree qualification. The degree in Nursing consists of 210 credits and the degree in Public Health Nursing, 240 credits. The degree takes 3.5 - 4 years to complete. The studies consist of basic and professional studies, practical training to advance professional expertise, a thesis, a maturity test and free-choice studies.

The Bachelor’s Degree in Health Care and Social Sciences is governed by the law (932/2014), Decree (1129/2014) concerning studies at a University of Applied Sciences. To ensure the right to practice a profession the degree fulfils the requirements of the decrees set out in § 3 of the Kajaani University of Applied Sciences Degree Regulations as well as the requirements of the Act (559 /94) concerning healthcare professionals and the decree (564/94)2005/36/EC and 2013/55/EU.

Upon completion of professional education, the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (Valvira) grants, by application, nurses and public health nurses the right to practice as a licensed health care professional and the right to use the professional title of Registered Nurse (UAS) or Registered Nurse and Public Health Nurse (UAS) both of which are regulated by law. The National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health maintains a central register of healthcare professionals in order to fulfil its supervisory obligations.

Generic Working Life Skills or Competences

The syllabus of the Nursing and Public Health Nursing degree is based on nationally defined and approved professional areas of expertise i.e. competences. There are generic competences common to all university of applied sciences degrees (Arene ry.) and competences that are specific to the Nursing and Public Health Nursing degree.