The operational environment in nursingLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

To understand the practices, control and monitoring involved in organising Finnish social and health care and in producing and organising services
To be familiar with and follow up on the most central/topical action plans within social and health care
To be able to guide the client/patient to use the most appropriate social and health care services within the public, private and non-profit sectors in order to promote health and well-being
To understand the significance of different action and service units for the client as a part of the care and service chain

Content

The service system within social welfare and health care
Producing and organising social and health care services; the public, private and non-profit sectors and producers
Controlling and monitoring social and health care services
Topical action plans
The social welfare and health care system
Organising responsibilities and the organisation of social and health care services
The structure of the social welfare and health care services
Service activities
Client-orientated and seamless multiprofessional collaborative activities in the service process, chain and network
Care and service chains within social welfare and health care
Topical social welfare and health care programmes and policies
Service-orientated clienthood
Communal and multiprofessional activities in different operating environments

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Excellent(5), good (4–3), fair (2–1), fail (0)