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Bachelor´s Degree Programme in Nursing: Full-time Studies

Code: SNS2024SS

Degree:
Bachelor of Health Care

Degree title:
Bachelor of Health Care

Credits:
210 ects

Duration:
3.5 years (210 cr)

Start semester:
Autumn 2024

Teaching language:
English

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Code Name Credits (cr) 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 Autumn 2024 Spring 2025 Autumn 2025 Spring 2026 Autumn 2026 Spring 2027 Autumn 2027 1. / 2024 2. / 2025 3. / 2025 1. / 2025 2. / 2026 3. / 2026 1. / 2026 2. / 2027 3. / 2027 1. / 2027
SNS2024SS-1003
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

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8
ZZ00CB57 Me as a Student in Higher Education 2 2 2 2
ZZ00CB58 Information Seeking and Reporting 1 1 1 1
ZZ00CB59 Career Planning and Working Life Skills 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
ZZ00CB60 ICT Skills 3 3 3 3
SNS2024SS-1004
JAMK FUTURE FACTORY

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11
ZZ00CD13 Basics of Sustainable Development 1 1 1 1
ZZ00CK91 InnoFlash 2 2 2 2
ZZ00CK90 Entrepreneurship 3 3 3 3
ZZ00CD12 Working Life Project 5 5 5 5
SNS2024SS-1005
LANGUAGES AND COMMUNICATION

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9 - 14
ZZ00CD03 English at Work 5 5 5 5
SNS2024SS-1017
OPTIONAL LANGUAGES

(Choose 9)

4 - 9
ZZ00CD01 Swedish for Working Life 4 4 4 4
ZZ00CD04 Finnish 1 4 4 4 4
ZZ00CD06 Finnish 2 for Nursing 5 5 5 5
SNS2024SS-1006
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND THESIS

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20
ZZ00CK89 Research and Development 5 5 5 5
ZZ00BL91 Bachelor's Thesis, Planning 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
ZZ00BL97 Bachelor's Thesis, Thesis Writing 2 2 2 2
ZZ00BL92 Bachelor's Thesis, Implementation 6 6 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
ZZ00BL93 Bachelor's Thesis, Reporting and Assessment 4 4 4 2 2
ZZOA0220 Maturity Test, Bachelor's Degree 0
SNS2024SS-1007
MULTIDICIPLINARY STUDIES IN NURSING

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15
SN00CD22 Pharmacology 5 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 1
SN00CD23 Anatomy and physiology 5 5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
SN00CD24 Medical studies 5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
SNS2024SS-1008
FOUNDATION FOR NURSING

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26
SN00CD25 Evidence based nursing 5 5 5 5
SN00CD26 Health promotion and guidance 3 3 3 3
SN00CD27 Basics of nursing 3 3 3 3
SN00CD28 Pharmacotherapy 3 3 3 3
SN00CD29 Cultural nursing 3 3 3 3
SW00CD31 Basics of nursing practice 9 9 9 4.5 4.5
SNS2024SS-1009
MEDICAL NURSING

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19
SN00CD32 Basics of medical nursing 4 4 4 4
SN00CD33 Clinical medical nursing and palliative care 6 6 6 6
SW00CD37 Medical nursing practice 9 9 9 4.5 4.5
SNS2024SS-1010
GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING

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11
SN00CD38 Gerontological nursing and gerontechnology 5 5 5 5
SW00CD39 Home nursing practice 6 6 6 3 3
SNS2024SS-1011
MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

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14
SN00CD40 Mental health and addiction nursing 5 5 5 5
SW00CD41 Mental health and addiction nursing practice 9 9 9 9
SNS2024SS-1012
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY NURSING

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16
SN00CD42 Maternity and women´s nursing 4 4 4 4
SN00CD43 Pediatric and adolecent nursing 5 5 5 5
SW00CD45 Pediatric and adolecent nursing practice 7 7 7 7
SNS2024SS-1013
ACUTE AND PERIOPERATIVE NURSING

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12
SN00CD46 Acute nursing 2 3 3 3
SN00CD47 Perioperative nursing 4 3 3 3
SW00CD48 Perioperative nursing practice 6 6 6 3 3
SNS2024SS-1014
DEVELOPING NURSING EXPERTISE

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20
SN00CD49 Clinical Examinations and Assessment of Care 3 3 3 3
SW00CD50 Outpatients practice 6 6 6 3 3
SN00CD51 Working Life Skills and Team Leadership 3 3 3 3
SW00CD52 Practice in different nursing settings 8 8 8 4 4
SNS2024SS-1015
DEEPENING NURSING STUDIES

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20
SW00CD53 Deepening nursing practice 20 20 20 20
SNS2024SS-1016
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose 9)

4 - 9
SN00CQ42 Finnish 3 for Nursing 5
SN00CQ43 Finnish 4 for Nursing 5
SN00CQ44 Finnish 5 for Nursing 5
HBII1000 Integration into the Finnish Society 2
ZWHYVIN
Student Wellbeing in Studies and at Work (For Bachelor's Student)

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0 - 12
ZW00BM05 Degree Student Tutoring 3 - 5
ZW00BM04 Exchange Student Tutoring 3 - 5
ZZ00BP80 Boost your career! Career planning and working life skills 2
YHTYRI
Shared Entrepreneurship Studies (For Bachelor's and Master's Student)

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0 - 23
ZZ00BC02 Idea to Business 5
ZZ00BC03 Business Coaching 8
ZYVZ0200 The Dreams+Inspiration! 3
ZZ00CQ16 Narratives of entrepreneurship 2
ZZ00CQ17 Valmiina yrittämään 3
ZZ00CQ18 JA Company Program 1 - 5
ZZ00CQ62 Yritystoimintaa kehittävät opinnot 1 - 5
INTEG2022
Talent Boost: Integration into Finland

(Choose 35)

0 - 35
ZW00BS75 Integration into the Finnish Society 2
HBIETE02 Creating Careers 1
HBIETE03 Team and Client - Multidisciplinary Business Project Course 5
BI00BB21 Finnish 2 5
BI00BB22 Finnish 3 5
BI00BB23 Finnish 4 5
BI00BO69 Finnish 5 5
BI00BB47 Each One Teach One 2 - 8
BITB001
Talent Boost: Let´s communicate in Finnish

(Choose 15)

0 - 15
BI00BT55 Write in Finnish 4
BI00BT57 Puhu suomeksi 2
BI00BT58 Kehitä kielioppia 2
BI00CJ87 Finnish 6 5
SNS2024SS-1018
CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES

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0
SNS2024SS-1020
EUDRES

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0
Total 210 66 55.5 59.5 29 32.5 33.5 24.5 31 29 30.5 29 32.5 29 4.5 24.5 22 9 29 17 13.5 29

Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.

Bachelor’s degree: The shared competences 2023-2025

Ethics

The graduating student adheres to the ethical principles and values of their field of profession, taking the principles of equality and non-discrimination into account.
- Is able to take responsibility for their own actions and their consequences and reflects on them in accordance with the ethical principles and values of their field.
- Takes others into account and promotes equality and non-discrimination.
- Take into account the realisation of diversity and accessibility in their actions.
- Understands the principles of responsible conduct of research and adheres to them.
- Is able to influence society based on ethical values.

Me as a Student in Higher Education
Information Seeking and Reporting
Career Planning and Working Life Skills
ICT Skills
Basics of Sustainable Development
English at Work
Swedish for Working Life
Finnish 1
Finnish 2 for Nursing
Research and Development
Bachelor's Thesis, Planning
Bachelor's Thesis, Thesis Writing
Bachelor's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Bachelor's Degree
Evidence based nursing
Pharmacotherapy
Basics of nursing practice
Gerontological nursing and gerontechnology
Mental health and addiction nursing
Pediatric and adolecent nursing practice
Practice in different nursing settings
Deepening nursing practice
Proactive development

The graduating student is able to develop solutions that anticipate the future of their own field, applying existing knowledge and research and development methods.
− Solves problem situations creatively and reforms operating methods together with others.
− Is able to work in projects in cooperation with actors of different fields.
− Is able to apply existing knowledge in the field in development and utilises research and development methods.
− Is able to seek customer-oriented, sustainable and economically viable solutions, anticipating the future of their field.

Basics of Sustainable Development
InnoFlash
Entrepreneurship
Working Life Project
Research and Development
Bachelor's Thesis, Planning
Bachelor's Thesis, Thesis Writing
Bachelor's Thesis, Implementation
Bachelor's Thesis, Reporting and Assessment
Maturity Test, Bachelor's Degree
Cultural nursing
Clinical medical nursing and palliative care
Gerontological nursing and gerontechnology
Acute nursing
Internationality and multiculturalism

The graduating student is able to operate in multicultural and international operating environments and networks.
- Is familiar with the impacts of their cultural background on their activities and is able to develop operating methods that take multiculturalism into account in their work community.
- Is able to monitor and utilise the international development of their field in their work.
- Is able to communicate internationally in their work tasks.

Me as a Student in Higher Education
Career Planning and Working Life Skills
English at Work
Swedish for Working Life
Finnish 1
Finnish 2 for Nursing
Research and Development
Cultural nursing
Gerontological nursing and gerontechnology
Mental health and addiction nursing
Pediatric and adolecent nursing
Perioperative nursing
Clinical Examinations and Assessment of Care
Sustainable development

The graduating student is familiar with the principles of sustainable development, promotes their implementation and acts responsibly as a professional and a member of society.
- Is able to use information related to their field in finding, implementing and establishing sustainable solutions and operating models.
- Understands sustainability challenges, their interdependencies and the various aspects of issues and problems.

Basics of Sustainable Development
Health promotion and guidance
Cultural nursing
Basics of nursing practice
Medical nursing practice
Home nursing practice
Mental health and addiction nursing practice
Pediatric and adolecent nursing practice
Perioperative nursing practice
Outpatients practice
Working Life Skills and Team Leadership
Practice in different nursing settings
Deepening nursing practice
Learning to learn

The graduating student recognises the strengths and development areas of their competence and learning methods, and they utilise the opportunities communities and digitalisation provide in their learning.
- Assesses and develops their competence and learning methods in different learning environments.
- Is able to acquire, critically assess and appropriately apply the national and international knowledge base andpractices of their field.
- Also takes responsibility for group learning and sharing what has been learned.

Me as a Student in Higher Education
Information Seeking and Reporting
Career Planning and Working Life Skills
ICT Skills
InnoFlash
Entrepreneurship
Working Life Project
English at Work
Swedish for Working Life
Finnish 1
Finnish 2 for Nursing
Research and Development
Bachelor's Thesis, Planning
Bachelor's Thesis, Thesis Writing
Bachelor's Thesis, Implementation
Bachelor's Thesis, Reporting and Assessment
Maturity Test, Bachelor's Degree
Evidence based nursing
Perioperative nursing
Working Life Skills and Team Leadership
Operating in a workplace

The graduating student has versatile working life skills and is able to operate in work communities of their field.
- Is able to work constructively in a work community and promotes their own and their work community’s well-being.
- Is able to act professionally in communication and interaction situations at a workplace.
- Utilises the opportunities offered by technology and digitalisation in their work.
- Understands the complexity of changing working life and their own resilience in changing working life situations.
- Has capabilities for an entrepreneurial approach.

Career Planning and Working Life Skills
ICT Skills
InnoFlash
Entrepreneurship
Working Life Project
English at Work
Swedish for Working Life
Finnish 1
Finnish 2 for Nursing
Bachelor's Thesis, Planning
Bachelor's Thesis, Thesis Writing
Bachelor's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Bachelor's Degree
Evidence based nursing
Medical nursing practice
Home nursing practice
Mental health and addiction nursing practice
Pediatric and adolecent nursing practice
Acute nursing
Perioperative nursing practice
Clinical Examinations and Assessment of Care
Outpatients practice
Working Life Skills and Team Leadership
Practice in different nursing settings
Deepening nursing practice
Not grouped
Pharmacology
Anatomy and physiology
Medical studies
Basics of nursing
Basics of medical nursing
Maternity and women´s nursing
Finnish 3 for Nursing
Finnish 4 for Nursing
Finnish 5 for Nursing
Integration into the Finnish Society

Bachelor's Degree: Nursing 2024

Clinical competence

The student
- identifies the need for client or patient care and plans, implements and evaluates client-centered care in a variety of specialist areas in collaboration with client or patient, close relatives and other social and health professionals.
- masters evidence based essential nursing skills in a variety of specialist areas as part of holistic client or patient care.
- applies the supporting multidisciplinary sciences in planning, implementing and assessing nursing.

Pharmacology
Anatomy and physiology
Medical studies
Health promotion and guidance
Basics of nursing
Pharmacotherapy
Basics of nursing practice
Basics of medical nursing
Clinical medical nursing and palliative care
Medical nursing practice
Home nursing practice
Mental health and addiction nursing practice
Maternity and women´s nursing
Pediatric and adolecent nursing
Pediatric and adolecent nursing practice
Acute nursing
Perioperative nursing practice
Clinical Examinations and Assessment of Care
Outpatients practice
Practice in different nursing settings
Deepening nursing practice
Evidence based nursing and decision making competence

The student
- identifies the need and commits to implementation to evidence-based nursing
- applies evidence-based information to the planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing care
- promotes evidence-based nursing practices in their area of responsibility
- compares multidisciplinary data to support clinical decision-making and draw evidence-based conclusions
- applies critical and ethical open science principles in information acquisition and processing.

Pharmacology
Anatomy and physiology
Medical studies
Evidence based nursing
Pharmacotherapy
Basics of medical nursing
Clinical medical nursing and palliative care
Gerontological nursing and gerontechnology
Pediatric and adolecent nursing
Perioperative nursing
Clinical Examinations and Assessment of Care
Deepening nursing practice
Guidance and interaction competence

The student
- assesses the client's or patient's needs and resources and identify their own responsibilities in counseling planning and support for self-care.
- is able to plan, implement and evaluate individual and group counseling with client or patient, relatives and others using patient-centered instruction and guidance.
- is able to design, implement and evaluate evidence-based guidance for client or patient engagement and self-care.
- masters the customer or patient care path and knows the basics of service system guidance.

Health promotion and guidance
Basics of nursing
Pharmacotherapy
Medical nursing practice
Home nursing practice
Mental health and addiction nursing
Mental health and addiction nursing practice
Maternity and women´s nursing
Pediatric and adolecent nursing practice
Perioperative nursing
Outpatients practice
Health promotion competence

The student
- applies health promotion theories and current research knowledge used in nursing.
- is able to plan, implement, evaluate, and develop evidence-based health and functional ability interventions for individuals, groups, and communities, together with, and in multidisciplinary collaboration.
- supports the recognition and empowerment of clients or patients' own resources.
- identifies and evaluates clients or patients' health risk factors and is able to target early support to those in need.
- identifies existing and emerging national and global health threats and integrate them into client or patient health promotion.
- promotes global responsibility.

Health promotion and guidance
Cultural nursing
Basics of medical nursing
Clinical medical nursing and palliative care
Medical nursing practice
Home nursing practice
Mental health and addiction nursing
Mental health and addiction nursing practice
Maternity and women´s nursing
Pediatric and adolecent nursing
Perioperative nursing practice
Outpatients practice
Not grouped
Me as a Student in Higher Education
Information Seeking and Reporting
Career Planning and Working Life Skills
ICT Skills
Basics of Sustainable Development
InnoFlash
Entrepreneurship
Working Life Project
English at Work
Swedish for Working Life
Finnish 1
Finnish 2 for Nursing
Research and Development
Bachelor's Thesis, Planning
Bachelor's Thesis, Thesis Writing
Bachelor's Thesis, Implementation
Bachelor's Thesis, Reporting and Assessment
Maturity Test, Bachelor's Degree
Working Life Skills and Team Leadership
Finnish 3 for Nursing
Finnish 4 for Nursing
Finnish 5 for Nursing
Integration into the Finnish Society

Code Name Credits (cr)
SNS2024SS-1003
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

(Choose all)

8
ZZ00CB57 Me as a Student in Higher Education 2
ZZ00CB58 Information Seeking and Reporting 1
ZZ00CB59 Career Planning and Working Life Skills 2
ZZ00CB60 ICT Skills 3
SNS2024SS-1004
JAMK FUTURE FACTORY

(Choose all)

11
ZZ00CD13 Basics of Sustainable Development 1
ZZ00CK91 InnoFlash 2
ZZ00CK90 Entrepreneurship 3
ZZ00CD12 Working Life Project 5
SNS2024SS-1005
LANGUAGES AND COMMUNICATION

(Choose all)

9 - 14
ZZ00CD03 English at Work 5
SNS2024SS-1017
OPTIONAL LANGUAGES

(Choose 9)

4 - 9
ZZ00CD01 Swedish for Working Life 4
ZZ00CD04 Finnish 1 4
ZZ00CD06 Finnish 2 for Nursing 5
SNS2024SS-1006
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND THESIS

(Choose all)

20
ZZ00CK89 Research and Development 5
ZZ00BL91 Bachelor's Thesis, Planning 3
ZZ00BL97 Bachelor's Thesis, Thesis Writing 2
ZZ00BL92 Bachelor's Thesis, Implementation 6
ZZ00BL93 Bachelor's Thesis, Reporting and Assessment 4
ZZOA0220 Maturity Test, Bachelor's Degree 0
SNS2024SS-1007
MULTIDICIPLINARY STUDIES IN NURSING

(Choose all)

15
SN00CD22 Pharmacology 5
SN00CD23 Anatomy and physiology 5
SN00CD24 Medical studies 5
SNS2024SS-1008
FOUNDATION FOR NURSING

(Choose all)

26
SN00CD25 Evidence based nursing 5
SN00CD26 Health promotion and guidance 3
SN00CD27 Basics of nursing 3
SN00CD28 Pharmacotherapy 3
SN00CD29 Cultural nursing 3
SW00CD31 Basics of nursing practice 9
SNS2024SS-1009
MEDICAL NURSING

(Choose all)

19
SN00CD32 Basics of medical nursing 4
SN00CD33 Clinical medical nursing and palliative care 6
SW00CD37 Medical nursing practice 9
SNS2024SS-1010
GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING

(Choose all)

11
SN00CD38 Gerontological nursing and gerontechnology 5
SW00CD39 Home nursing practice 6
SNS2024SS-1011
MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

(Choose all)

14
SN00CD40 Mental health and addiction nursing 5
SW00CD41 Mental health and addiction nursing practice 9
SNS2024SS-1012
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY NURSING

(Choose all)

16
SN00CD42 Maternity and women´s nursing 4
SN00CD43 Pediatric and adolecent nursing 5
SW00CD45 Pediatric and adolecent nursing practice 7
SNS2024SS-1013
ACUTE AND PERIOPERATIVE NURSING

(Choose all)

12
SN00CD46 Acute nursing 2
SN00CD47 Perioperative nursing 4
SW00CD48 Perioperative nursing practice 6
SNS2024SS-1014
DEVELOPING NURSING EXPERTISE

(Choose all)

20
SN00CD49 Clinical Examinations and Assessment of Care 3
SW00CD50 Outpatients practice 6
SN00CD51 Working Life Skills and Team Leadership 3
SW00CD52 Practice in different nursing settings 8
SNS2024SS-1015
DEEPENING NURSING STUDIES

(Choose all)

20
SW00CD53 Deepening nursing practice 20
SNS2024SS-1016
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose 9)

4 - 9
SN00CQ42 Finnish 3 for Nursing 5
SN00CQ43 Finnish 4 for Nursing 5
SN00CQ44 Finnish 5 for Nursing 5
HBII1000 Integration into the Finnish Society 2
ZWHYVIN
Student Wellbeing in Studies and at Work (For Bachelor's Student)
0 - 12
ZW00BM05 Degree Student Tutoring 3 - 5
ZW00BM04 Exchange Student Tutoring 3 - 5
ZZ00BP80 Boost your career! Career planning and working life skills 2
YHTYRI
Shared Entrepreneurship Studies (For Bachelor's and Master's Student)
0 - 23
ZZ00BC02 Idea to Business 5
ZZ00BC03 Business Coaching 8
ZYVZ0200 The Dreams+Inspiration! 3
ZZ00CQ16 Narratives of entrepreneurship 2
ZZ00CQ17 Valmiina yrittämään 3
ZZ00CQ18 JA Company Program 1 - 5
ZZ00CQ62 Yritystoimintaa kehittävät opinnot 1 - 5
INTEG2022
Talent Boost: Integration into Finland
0 - 35
ZW00BS75 Integration into the Finnish Society 2
HBIETE02 Creating Careers 1
HBIETE03 Team and Client - Multidisciplinary Business Project Course 5
BI00BB21 Finnish 2 5
BI00BB22 Finnish 3 5
BI00BB23 Finnish 4 5
BI00BO69 Finnish 5 5
BI00BB47 Each One Teach One 2 - 8
BITB001
Talent Boost: Let´s communicate in Finnish
0 - 15
BI00BT55 Write in Finnish 4
BI00BT57 Puhu suomeksi 2
BI00BT58 Kehitä kielioppia 2
BI00CJ87 Finnish 6 5
SNS2024SS-1018
CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES

(Choose 0)

0
SNS2024SS-1020
EUDRES

(Choose 0)

0