Advanced Nursing

Structure Type: Course
Code: KG29AO11003
Type: Compulsory
Level: Bachelor
Credits: 7.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Palo, Raija
Teacher Team: Hautala, Tanja ; Salminen-Tuomaala, Mari ; Vaahtera, Kristiina ; Paussu, Paula ; Zegrea, Suzana ; Maijala, Virpi ; Jokiranta, Kari ; Mesiäislehto - Soukka, Helinä
Language of Instruction: English

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum  Semester  Credits  Start of Semester  End of Semester
NURSING-2013FIN   4 autumn   7.0   2016-08-01   2016-12-31  
NURSING-2013FOR   4 autumn   7.0   2016-08-01   2016-12-31  

Learning Outcomes

ETHICAL COMPETENCE

Students will be competent in working in an ethical manner and behave appropriately when encountering people with a different ethnic background. They will also be competent in treating their colleagues fairly and with respect.


COMPETENCE IN HEALTH PROMOTION

Students will be competent in promoting health as experts in multicultural nursing.


CLINICAL COMPETENCE AND INNOVATION COMPETENCE

Students will be competent in working according to evidence-based nursing principles. They will also be competent in critically evaluating nursing and developing quality in the profession. Students will know how to plan, implement and evaluate a patient's care together with the patient and his/her family members, and with multi-professional teams. They will have command of the common treatments given to patients and know how to carry them out safely and economically. Students will also have a comprehensive understanding of drug treatment. They will be able to work in different nursing situations prioritizing their actions in constantly changing situations. Students will be competent in working as co-ordinators of care and in counselling patients and their family members in the various stages of care.

Student's Workload

Will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

No prerequisites

Contents

Advanced nursing in long-term and acute settings on local, national and international level.

Recommended or Required Reading

Current learning material.

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, student-centred learning methods, independent study

Assessment Criteria

5
Students
- develop their action critically and apply profession-specific ethical principles and evidence-based knowledge even in complicated and ad hoc situations
- are competent to manage the overall situation and to take appropriate action
- collaborate and take others into consideration in a flexible manner
- evaluate health promotion with help of evidence-based knowledge and take patients' and their families' resources into consideration
- assess individual needs for care and support the coping of patients and their families
-analyse and evaluate nursing practice constructively using evidence-based knowledge and are qualifed to develop nursing in various settings
-analyse and evaluate their professional action and work community openly and critically
-approach patients and families professionally and support their resources
- demonstrate creativity and ability to develop new practices

3-4
Students
- apply profession-specific ethical principles and evidence-based knowledge in their action, but without more profound reflection and evaluation
- as experts of nursing, know how to apply knowledge of health promotion
- know how to meet patients' and their families' individual needs and take their resources into consideration
-management of the patient's comprehensive care and ability to apply knowledge in new situations is still somewhat lacking

1-2
Students
-act with initiative and responsibility in patient and client situations; understand the meaning of clientship
-understand that health promotion is part of nursing expertise
-can describe the principles of evidence-based nursing as part of developing nursing practice and quality
-understand that decision-making has to start with the patients' and families' needs for care
-are familiar with patient and personal safety issues in nursing
-their theoretical understanding is narrow and actions inconsequent, superficial and mechanical.

Fail = 0
Students
-act unethically and jeopardise their own and the clients'/patients' safety
-do not understand that health promotion is part of nursing expertise
-are unable to collaborate with clients/patients and work community
-their professional competence, decision-making skills and command of situations is lacking and they act inflexibly
-avoid learning and counselling situations
-are often absent or do not observe working hours

Assessment Methods

Examinations. Assignments. Self and peer assessment

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