Client-orientation
• you value the patient/family/community member’s expertise concerning their own life
• you are able to encounter clients as active participants in their own care
• you are able to support the involvement of the client’s family in the care respecting the viewpoints and strengths of the client
• you are able to engage in professional interaction with clients of different ages
Ethics and professionality in nursing
• you are able to assess and develop your own work and take responsibility for your actions
• you are able to evaluate your own skills and development in interaction with others
Clinical nursing
• you are able to perform the main nursing procedures and diagnostic tests as part of the overall patient care
• you are able to evaluate the patient’s need of care based on appropriate clinical and physiological assessment, prioritize the needs, and document them in compliance with structurally coherent classification
• you understand the principles and are able to explain the significance of infection control
• you understand the onset mechanisms of diseases and the resulting changes in the body
• you are able to integrate nutrition therapy and education in co-operation with a multi-professional network of experts
• you are able to plan, administer and evaluate pharmacological treatment of various client groups
• you are able to provide nursing care to different patients
Evidence-based practice and decision making
• you are able to evaluate the clinical nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation) and assess nursing interventions according to the decision making process
• you are able to utilize multidisciplinary evidence-based knowledge in nursing process in different environments
Patient education competence
• you are able to plan, implement and evaluate patient education in a client- and group-oriented manner
• you are able to use client-oriented patient education methods appropriate to the situation
• you are able to appropriately use existing patient education materials
Operational environment in social and health care
• you master the use of the most important care and monitoring equipment needed in clinical nursing
• you are familiar with the use of patient record systems
Quality and safety of social and health care services
• you understand your professional responsibility in ensuring and promoting patient safety
• you are able to advise patients and their families in decision making concerning the treatment and the promotion of safety