Study Guide

Objective

The student
- understands that a client-centered approach, nursing ethics and professionalism form the foundation of the nurse's work.
- bases his/her actions and decisions on evidence.
- understands how the promotion of health and functional capacity are both the starting point and the goal of the nurse's work.
- evaluates and develops clinical nursing, teaching and counselling from the perspective of future competence requirements.
- is able to act and prioritize in nursing situations that involve multiple simultaneous problems.
- knows how to work in multidisciplinary, multicultural and multi-professional health and social services, while taking into account current development strategies in the setting.
- knows how to act as an expert in multidisciplinary, multicultural and multi-professional work groups, teams and networks.
- is able to manage work groups and teams.
- makes use of eHealth, health technology and digital services in nursing.
- promotes data security and patient safety.
- is able to evaluate and develop the quality of nursing.

Content

Practical training in clinical nursing settings that allow the student to practice advanced nursing expertise. The eDrug Care Certificate. Assignments.

Materials

Material connected to training assignments

Teaching methods

Clinical training advancing RN competencies

Student workload

Opiskelijan harjoittelussa tehtävä tuntimäärä: 37h/viikko x 9 viikkoa = 333h
14op = 378h
45h orientation, assignments, info, and reflection and general nurse's exam

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail
The student
- demonstrates no understanding of the role of nursing scientific knowledge in decision-making.
- does not know nursing scientific concepts, their meaning or connection to the practice of nursing.
- does not know how to seek information in the most important health science databases.
- learning assignments are lacking in relation to the instructions, with major errors in the referencing system.
- his/her work is unplanned and of poor quality.
- presentations on learning assignments are inadequate or he/ she fails to give the presentations.
- has a limited understanding of the concept of peer feedback, or completely fails to give feedback.
- is passive in seminars, with little or no contribution.
- does not follow Finnish working life rules.

Assessment methods and criteria

Passed/failed
Completing practical training and tasks

Qualifications

All previous theoretical studies passed
All previous clinical training periods passed

Further information

The student has a possibility to do this training abroad as part of student exchange.
The student has a possibility to do this training partially as part of his/ her own nursing work after the third academic year if the student has a work contract as registered nurse. The student must take contact to his/ her student counselor and discuss about this possibility.

In these clinical training environments there may also be under-aged patients. Therefore, the student must show criminal record certificate before starting this training.
The criminal record certificate is shown to Head of DP in Nursing two weeks before the training starts.