Health Care & Social Services
2011 - 2012 curriculum of the Degree Programme in Nursing, Bachelor of Health Care
Study structure
| 4th year |
Basic studies 30 cr
|
Advanced professional studies
30 cr
|
Bachelor's thesis
15 cr
|
| 3rd year |
Professional studies
120 cr
|
Elective studies 15 cr
|
| 2nd year |
| 1st year |
The first year
Annual theme: Studying and living in the Finnish society and the base for multi-scientific and practice oriented professional activities in nursing.
Goals to achieve:
Students
- get acquainted with the studying environment and the place where they live
- get prepared for studies at the university of applied sciences
- understand a person as a biopsycosocial whole
- know social and health care as working environment
- internalize the ethical values of nursing
- know how to use helping methods in nursing
- act customer based and aim based in professional interaction
Contents:
- Studying skills and professional growth
- Finnish language and culture
- Speech communication and academic writing
- English language and communication
- Behavioural sciences in nursing
- Social sciences in nursing
- Computer skills
- Nursing science in nursing
- Anatomy and physiology
- Helping methods in nursing
- Professional ethic
- First aid
- Drug administration and medical calculation
- Aseptic, microbiology and pathology
- Methods of health promotion
- Health promotion exercise and nutrition
- Guided practice
The second year
Annual theme: Health promotion and nursing in different age groups
Goals to achieve:
Students
- know how to realize health promotion methods with people in different age groups and different life situations
- apply central helping methods in clinical nursing
- understand the wide scope of nursing and its special features
Contents:
- Finnish language and culture (elective studies)
- Nursing research
- Pharmacology
- Cooperation and multicultural nursing
- Health promotion of children and adolescents
- Nursing of children and adolescents
- Nursing of women and family
- Health promotion of adults
- Nursing of adults
- Bachelors thesis
- Guided practice
The third year
Annual theme: Mental health work and nursing of the aged, research and development
Goals to achieve:
Students
- understand the significance of activities supporting mental health from the point of view of an individual and the society
- support the ability of action of aging persons in different environments
- know the basics and methods of research activities
Contents:
- Finnish language and culture (elective studies)
- Anatomy and physiology
- Nursing of adults
- Health promotion of the elderly
- Nursing of the elderly and Wellness technology
- Mental health care and psychiatric nursing
- Cooperation and multicultural nursing
- Bachelors thesis
- Guided practice
The fourth year
Annual theme: Advanced clinical nursing
Goals to achieve:
Students
- are prepared for nursing, which is multi-professional, all-inclusive, methodical and in accordance with the nursing process
- have internalized in their activities the ethics and evidence based nursing
- are prepared to work in teams in different tasks
- are prepared to maintain own working and acting ability as well as to develop both themselves, their working community and the whole professional field
Contents:
- Finnish language and culture (elective studies)
- Administration and management
- Medical-surgical nursing
- Bachelors thesis
- Guided practice