Practical training: Family- and community-oriented nursing (15 cr)

Objective

Client-orientation
• you know the importance of cultural backgrounds in nursing and you are prepared to encounter clients from various cultures

Ethics and professionality in nursing
• you understand the nature of nursing as a profession and the professional identity of a nurse
• 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
• you are able to share and use professional competence and partnership work skills in multidisciplinary teams and networks

Clinical nursing
• you are able to support and promote the well-being of families
• you are familiar with the normal proceedings of pregnancy, labour and post-natal period, and you are able to monitor them
• you are able to support families in parenting and newborn care

Evidence-based practice and decision making
• you are able to apply research knowledge (recommendations, reports based on research evidence) in nursing decision making
• you are able to evaluate the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation) and assess nursing interventions according to the decision making process
• you are able to utilize research knowledge (recommendations, reports based on research evidence) in nursing decision making

Promotion of health and functional ability
• you are able to plan, execute and evaluate interventions promoting health and functional ability on individual, group and communal levels utilizing multi-disciplinary and multi-professional networks

Patient education competence
• you are able to plan, implement and evaluate patient education in a client- and group-oriented manner together with other professionals
• you manage patient education as part of nursing work in different contexts

Content

Client- orientation
• professional interaction, dialogue, client work skills, communication skills
• influence of cultural background in interaction and encountering the client

Ethics and professionality in nursing
• professional growth and development
• collegiality
• adaptation to nursing as a profession and one’s own personality in nursing work

Clinical nursing
• growth and development of children and the young
• most common diseases in childhood and adolescence
• forms and methods of family work
• pregnancy, labour and birth, post-natal period
• neo-natal care
• support in parenting

Evidence-based practice and decision making
• evaluation of the nursing process
• documentation in nursing
• data search
• utilization of research knowledge
• evidence-based practice and decision making

Patient education competence
• patient education process: needs assessment, planning, implementation and documentation

Promotion of health and functional ability
• identification of the need for a change, definition of aims and agreements on the means to meet objectives
• principles of monitoring and evaluating health results and their effects
• effective methods for promoting health and functional ability including rehabilitation

Evaluation

Assessment criteria level 3, competence during the completion phase.
You know how to
c. work as a team member in expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field
d. evaluate operations in customer, user and target group situations
e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices
f. promote the team’s goal-oriented operation
g. apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field

Study forms and methods

Työviikkopohjainen oppimisväylä:
Lapsen ja nuoren kasvu, kehitys ja perushoito; laboraatiot 1op
Sairaan lapsen hoitotyön simulaatiot 2op
Lastensairaanhoidon harjoittelu 3 op
Yhteisöhoitotyö- ja kotihoito harjoittelu 6 op
Kotihoidon simulaatio 1 op
Äitiyshuolto ja naisen hoitotyö laboraatiot 2 op

Student workload

1op/27h

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Assessment methods and criteria

Lapsen ja nuoren kasvu, kehitys ja perushoito; laboraatiot 1op. Sairaan lapsen hoitotyön; simulaatiot 2op. 100% läsnäolo.
Kotihoidon simulaatio 100% läsnäolo

Qualifications

You have proven your competence in the following studies:
Maternity and family nursing 5 ECTS
Community and homecare nursing 5 ECTS