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Professional Interaction and Guiding Skills (3 cr)

Code: SH00DN06-3009

General information


Enrollment
22.08.2025 - 03.09.2025
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Timing
01.09.2025 - 31.12.2025
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Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 cr
Local portion
3 cr
Mode of delivery
Blended learning
Unit
SeAMK Nursing and Public Health Nursing
Campus
SeAMK Seinäjoki, Kampustalo
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing
Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing
Teachers
Tarja Knuuttila
Tiina Koskela
Groups
VSH25S
Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing, Online teaching
Course
SH00DN06

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

The student
-knows how to meet clients, families and community members as an expert of one's own life.
-is able to communicate in a professional and therapeutic context with clients and next-of-kin of various ages.
-can evaluate and develop his/her interaction and co-operation skills.

-is able to assess the client's / patient's needs, resources and own responsibility in planning guidance and self-care.
-can plan and implement individual and group counseling together with the client / patient and other experts.
-can use customer / patient-oriented teaching and guidance methods.
-can evaluate the results of guidance together with the client / patient and next of kin
-is able to support the client / patient and his/ her next-of-kin in committing to care.

Content

The individual, family and community as a client
Interaction and cooperation skills
Professional and therapeutic interaction
Care delivery models, working in pairs and teams
Networking skills
Participation in classes
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Assessment of the needs, resources and responsibility of the client/patient in planning guidance and self-care.
Identification of persons in need of multiple services.
Requirements for implementation of patient guidance.
Knowledge-based, social and emotional guidance.
Client/patient-centered education and guidance methods.
Patient-centered and diversified use of guidance methods: oral and written guidance, demonstration, telephone and audio-visual guidance, group guidance and individual guidance.
Impact, quality and sufficiency of guidance
Pedagogy and ethics in plans, implementation and evaluation of guidance supporting the client’s /patient’s self-care.
Legislation supporting guidance

Materials

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Teaching methods

At the beginning of the semester, there is a team-building day, which requires presence on campus.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-2
The student
-recognizes strengths and weaknesses in his/her interaction and co-operation skills, seeks to develop his/her skills and to adapt his/her course of action accordingly.
-is able to act in individual interaction and co-operation situations according to instructions.
-knows how to work with various actors in a professional manner, observing equality principles.
-examines his/her strengths and development needs in relation to client-centered professional competence.
- knows superficially the concept of guidance and the factors influencing the quality of the guiding process and is able to superficially adapt the guiding methods.
- have made an effort to structure the subject area, but the treatment remains narrow and superficial in relation to the professional field.
-illustrative tools are used sparingly or do not support the presentation.
-is unable to reflect on his/her own strengths and development needs

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4
tudent
-can work well in customer-oriented interaction and cooperation situations.
-actively participates in the group learning process and in sharing what has been learned.
-can work in an equitable and professional manner with a variety of actors.
-develops client-oriented professional competence.
-understands the concept of guidance, the factors influencing the quality of guidance and is able to use evidence-based guidance methods.
-understands the subject area in line with the learning objectives of the course, with some links to the professional framework.
-makes informed use of source material, own expertise and experiential knowledge.
-has a positive attitude towards guidance.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5
The student
-can assess and develop his/her own strengths and weaknesses in interpersonal and cooperation skills and adapt his/her activities accordingly.
-can act reasonably and customer-oriented in interaction and cooperation situations.
-can work in different working groups and share client-oriented professional skills.
-can take responsibility for the learning process in a group and for sharing what has been learnt.
- can actively develop themselves and their skills in client-oriented professional competence.
-understands the concept of supervision, the factors influencing the quality of supervision and is able to apply evidence-based supervision methods in nursing practice.
-processes information in a critical, evaluative and constructive manner.
-justifies his/her decisions by making informed use of source material, his/her own expertise and experiential knowledge.
-can demonstrate independent, critical and creative thinking and expertise in his/her field.
-has a positive attitude towards guidance and is able to give constructive peer feedback.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Failed = 0
The student
-recognizes strengths and weaknesses in interaction and has co-operation skills, but does not seek to develop himself/herself or to adapt his/her action accordingly.
-is not able to act in a professional manner in interaction and co-operation situations.
-is not able to follow instructions to demonstrate client-centered professional competence.
-does not participate in the learning process nor shares knowledge with his/her peers.
-does not want to or does not know how to work with various actors in a a professional manner, considering equality principles.
- is unfamiliar with the concept of guidance and its manifestation in nursing practice.
- is not able to recognize the factors influencing the quality of guidance or to name the guiding methods.

Qualifications

No prerequisites

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