Study Guide

Objective

The student
*is able to plan, implement, and evaluate the monitoring and support of child growth and development in cooperation with the child and her/his family at the children's clinic.
* encourages the family in parenting, promoting healthy lifestyles and well-being.
* knows how to guide activities that maintain and promote mental health in the family.
*is able to recognize the challenges regarding the health of the child and family, as well as to provide counseling on these matters.
*is able to work multidisciplinarily for the child and family, as well as evaluate the need for special support and follow-up treatment.
*is able to work in cooperation with families and different stakeholders to promote the safe growth and development environment.

Content

Activities in health child clinic and the service network for the families with children.
The acts and recommendations concerning health child clinic.
Health examinations in health child clinic.
Health screening and evaluation methods for children’s health as well as health, growth, and development promotion for the children in different ages.
Supporting parental resources and family life skills, the health and well-being of parents and family.
Promoting child and family mental health.
Recognizing and counseling within the challenges of child growth, development, and health.
Early recognition of need for special support and examinations, multisectoral cooperation and guidance to follow-up treatments.
Safe environment for growing.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student
- demonstrates and manages the basic knowledge of the different aspects of public health nursing in children`s clinics.
- is capable of independent decision-making in different situations and operating environments in public health nurse work in children`s clinic.
- operates in a client-oriented and client-friendly manner in health care.
- is able to guide individual clients and their families in public health nursing work.
- works safely and in accordance with the principles of professional ethics of the public health nurse.
- works as a health care expert in multidisciplinary groups.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student
- demonstrates management of the knowledge base of different areas in health care and applies information widely in public health nurse work in children`s clinic.
- is capable of independent decision-making in different public health care situations and environments in public health nurse work in children`s clinics.
- operates in a client-oriented, responsible, and safe manner in public health nursing work.
- is able to listen, support, and guide clients and their families appropriately when meeting them in public health nurse work in children`s clinics.
- works safely as a public health nurse and in accordance with the principles of professional ethics.
- evaluates and critically uses evidence-based information for health care development.
- works as a health care expert in multidisciplinary groups and multi-professional communities.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student
- demonstrates wide-ranging management of the knowledge base of various areas of health care and expertly applies it in public health nurse work in children`s clinic.
- is capable of independent decision-making in different public health nurse work situations and environments in children`s clinics.
- works according to the needs of the client and his/her family in a responsible and safe way in public health care.
- is able to listen, support, and guide the client and his family appropriately in public health nurse work in children`s clinics.
- independently searches for evidence-based information, uses it and assesses it critically in health care and its development.
- is able to develop himself/herself and health-care activities in accordance with the principles of professional ethics and safety.
- develops activities as a health care expert in multidisciplinary groups and projects.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail
The student
- demonstrates inadequate management of basic information on the various aspects of health care and their application in public health nurse work in children`s clinics.
- insufficiently justifies his/her activities in public health work.
- is not able to operate in a client-oriented and client-safely manner in public health work in children`s clinic.
- has inadequate decision skills in public health nurse work.
- does not take adequate account of ethical principles in the field of public health nurse work.