Practical Training in Public Health Care of Children and Their Families (6cr)
Code: TH00DC74-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 22.04.2025 - 31.12.2025
- Registration for the implementation has begun.
- Timing
- 09.03.2026 - 06.12.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 6 cr
- Unit
- SeAMK Nursing and Public Health Nursing
- Campus
- SeAMK Seinäjoki, Kampustalo
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing
- Teachers
- Marja Toukola
- Anita Keski-Hirvi
- Carita Sandell-Kaukonen
- Course
- TH00DC74
Evaluation scale
Passed/failed
Objective
The student
-works in cooperation with families.
-is able to plan, implement and evaluate the monitoring of children's, school-age children's and young people's growth and development.
-knows how to help children, school-age children and young people to make health-promoting choices.
-can support parenting, relationships, and family life.
-is able to identify and guide the health challenges of the child and family.
-is able to work in a multi-professional way for the benefit of the child and the family and to assess the need for special support and follow-up care for the child and his or her family.
-can maintain and promote a safe growth community and environment in cooperation with families and various stakeholders.
Content
Practical training in child health clinics. eDrug Care Certificate. Assignments.
Teaching methods
harjoittelu lastenneuvolassa 5 viikkoa, 175t
Completion alternatives
eu ole
Student workload
175t harjoittelupaikassa
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Pass
The student
-demonstrates mastery of the knowledge base in different areas of health care and applies knowledge widely in health care work.
-is able to make independent decisions in different healthcare work situations.
-is able to independently perform health examinations and related guidance in a child health clinic.
-can give guidance on the vaccines the client needs and vaccinates safely.
-works in a client-oriented, responsible and client-safe manner in healthcare work.
-can listen, support, and guide the client and his / her family as needed in healthcare work.
-works in public health nursing safely and in accordance with professional ethical principles.
-identifies the special support needs of the child and the family and is able to refer to follow-up care appropriately if necessary.
-works as an expert in public health nursing in inter-professional cooperation and multidisciplinary groups.
Failed (0)
The student
-is not able to be in charge of the inner and external safety of the client.
-is not able to make health examinations and counselling independently in child health clinics.
-is not able to plan and implement independently family-oriented health visiting and is not able to make decisions independently in cooperation with the client and his/her family.
-is not able to counsel the client for the vaccines that client needs and is not able to vaccinate safely.
-in health visiting, the student is not able to discuss in a dialogical way and based on the client’s needs, and is not able to consider the client, his/her family and relatives.
-is not able to take account of the individuality of the client when providing counseling.
-is not able to support the resources of the client and her / his family.
-is not able to intervene in the aspects that threaten health.
-doesn't recognize the special need of the child and family for support and is not able to guide appropriately for follow-up treatments.
-is not able to utilize multisectoral cooperation for health promotion.
Qualifications
Theoretical studies on public health nursing of children and their families, drug calculations.