Study Guide

Objective

The student
- is able to promote the health and well-being of the individual, the family and the community, and to prevent diseases.
- is able to promote and reduce health inequalities between sections of the population.
- is able to help the individual, family and community to identify their resources and factors that protect and strengthen health.
- is able to choose and use working methods that increase and influence the client's involvement and empowerment at the individual, group, and community level.
- is able to use information and communication technology in his / her work and utilize multidisciplinarity.
- recognises and responds to societal challenges to promote health.
- promotes a healthy, safe and accessible environment for clients of all ages.
- works in an ecological way and uses multidisciplinary approaches in his/her work.
- acts in accordance with the professional ethical principles of nursing.

Content

Promotional and preventive perspectives as a starting point for public health nurse work.
A work approach that supports resources that promote and maintain the health of the individual, family, and community.
Dialogue, client involvement, speaking about concerns and support.
Supporting parenting and promoting health and well-being of family and relationships
Prevention of national diseases and reduction of health differences in the work of public health nurses.
Multiculturalism in healthcare work.
Utilization of digitization in healthcare work
Implementation of professional ethical principles in public health nursing work.
Current societal challenges and their relevance to the work of nurses.
Environmental health legislation and policy.
Global, national and local environmental factors that maintain, strengthen and threaten health.
Environmentally saving practice in health care.
Implementing an environment that supports health, safety and functional capacity and is accessible to all.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Passed
The student
-is able to act in the field of health care according to the needs of the individual, family, and community.
-is able to listen, support, and guide the client and his / her family in health care work.
-is able to use individual, group, and community health promotion methods.
-is able to act in accordance with the professional ethical principles of a public health nurse in public health work.
- recognizes the relevance of current societal challenges to the work of nurses.
- can identify environmental factors that threaten health and promote environmental health in their work.
- can act ecologically in their work.

Failed
The student
- is not able to act on the needs of the individual, family and community in healthcare work.
- is not able to listen, support, and guide the client and his / her family in healthcare work.
- is not able to use individual, group, and community health promotion methods.
- is not able to act in accordance with the professional ethical principles of a public health nurse work.
- does not recognize the relevance of current societal challenges to the work of nurses.
- does not recognize environmental health threats and does not promote environmental health in his/her work.
- cannot act ecologically in his/her work.