Ethicality in Nursing (2 cr)
Code: SH00DN08-3006
General information
- Enrollment
- 05.01.2026 - 18.01.2026
- Registration for introductions has not started yet. Registration starts :startDate
- Timing
- 12.01.2026 - 26.04.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 2 cr
- Unit
- SeAMK Nursing and Public Health Nursing
- Campus
- SeAMK Seinäjoki, Kampustalo
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing
Evaluation scale
1-5
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
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