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Clinical Placement, Advanced Family-centred Public Health Nursing

Structure Type: Study unit
Code: STHH0004A
Type: Compulsory / Practical training
Curriculum: TH 2014
Level: Bachelor of Health Care
Year of Study: 4 (2017-2018)
Credits: 20 cr
Responsible Teacher: Leppänen, Helena
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Courses During the Academic Year 2017-2018

Impl.Group(s)Study TimeTeacher(s)LanguageEnrolment
5S-TH-4A2017-10-15 – 2018-05-11Helena Leppänen, Ritva AlaniemiFinnish2017-09-28 – 2017-11-13

Learning Outcomes

Students are aware of the importance of preventive work in health promotion and implement planned public health nursing in a multi-professional co-operation, remembering the family´s and individual´s needs of guidance and counselling.

Student's Workload

Total work load of course: 534 h
- of which scheduled studies: 508 h
- of which autonomous studies: 26 h

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

Professional Basic Studies. Theoretical Studies in Maternity Nursing, Health Care for Children and Adolescents.

Contents

Clinical Placements: postnatal clinic, school health care, maternity clinic, rooming-department, maternity clinic, family planning clinic.

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Supervised practical training, learning assignments

Assessment Criteria

Pass-evaluation:

The student
- is able to assess the client's health taking into account the individual differences
- is able to use the health care monitoring and screening methods
- is able to guide and support the clients with special needs using the multi-professional co-operation network
- is able to provide information on health promotion priorities

Fail-evaluation
The student
- is not able to work independently at the end of the clinical practice and has a weak motivation to work
- the scientific knowledge basis is weak and partly faulty
- has weak interaction skills and has an ignorant attitude towards the clients
- is not able to do realistic self-evaluation

Assessment Methods

Assignment and patient education.
pass-evaluation on clinical practice.


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