Ethicality in Nursing (2cr)
Code: SH00DN08-3008
General information
- Enrollment
 - 22.08.2025 - 03.09.2025
 - Registration for the implementation has ended.
 
- Timing
 - 01.09.2025 - 21.12.2025
 - Implementation is running.
 
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
 - 2 cr
 
- Local portion
 - 2 cr
 
- Mode of delivery
 - Contact learning
 
- Unit
 - SeAMK Nursing and Public Health Nursing
 
- Campus
 - SeAMK Seinäjoki, Kampustalo
 
- Teaching languages
 - Finnish
 
- Degree programmes
 - Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing
 
- Teachers
 - Sanna Tomma
 
- Groups
 - 
                        MSH25SBachelor of Health Care, Nursing, Multimodal implementation
 
- Course
 - SH00DN08
 
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
                    
Materials
Suositeltava kirjallisuus (vähintään toinen teos pakollinen seminaaritehtävässä, tunneilla kirjoja ei tarvita):
Leino-Kilpi, H., & Välimäki, M. (2014 tai uudempi). Etiikka hoitotyössä. WSOY.  
Sarvimäki, A., & Stenbock-Hult, B. (2009). Hoitotyön etiikka. Edita.
                    
Teaching methods
Kontaktitunnit
Kirjallisen seminaarityön tekeminen ja esittäminen (pari-/ryhmätyö, yhteinen toteutus Viestintätaidot-opintojakson kanssa)
                    
Exam schedules
Opintojaksoon ei sisälly koetta
                    
Completion alternatives
Opettajan ohjeistama esseetehtävä
Kirjallisen seminaarityön tekeminen ja esittäminen (pari-/ryhmätyö, yhteinen toteutus Viestintätaidot-opintojakson kanssa)
                    
Student workload
2x27h
                    
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