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Ethicality in Nursing (2 cr)

Code: SH00DN08-3001

General information


Enrollment

23.08.2024 - 15.09.2024

Timing

30.09.2024 - 31.12.2024

Credits

2 op

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing

Teachers

  • Virpi Rantanen

Responsible person

Virpi Rantanen

Student groups

  • SH24S
    Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing

Objective

The student
-is able to work in accordance with the values, ethical principles and guidelines of nursing and is able to evaluate their implementation in daily work.
-is able to work in accordance with current legislation and information management.

Content

- Philosophy of nursing care
- Legislation and confidentiality
- Values, principles and ethical guidelines
- Autonomy and the right to self-determination
- Human dignity and human rights
- Identification and processing of ethical issues

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-2
The student
-is adequately familiar with ethical issues and able to discuss and analyse them, making a difference between evidence-based and everyday knowledge.
-knows how to search information on individual topics and demonstrates an awareness of the knowledge foundation in nursing.
- is able to act as a team member and to assess his/her strengths and development needs.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4
The student
-is well familiar with ethical issues and able to discuss and analyse them logically and coherently.
-knows how to search information from various sources and base their arguments on multiple contemporary sources.
-is well prepared to act as a team member and to develop himself/herself.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5
The student
-is very well familiar with ethical issues and is able to discuss and analyse them logically and coherently.
-knows how to search information from various sources and critically base arguments on multiple contemporary sources.
-as a team member, the student acts in a solution-focused manner, sharing knowledge and developing himself/herself.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Failed = 0
The student
-do not adequately base his/her arguments on the ethical principles or knowledge foundation of nursing.
-is not adequately familiar with the ethical knowledge foundation of nursing and uses it narrowly.
-is not adequately prepared for teamwork.

Qualifications

No prerequisites