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Master's Degree Programme in Advanced Practice Nursing (APN): Part-time studies

Code: YSN2025SM

Degree:
Master of Social Services and Health Care

Degree title:
Master of Health Care

Credits:
90 ects

Duration:
3 years (90 cr)

Start semester:
Autumn 2025

Teaching language:
English

Show study timings by semester, study year or period

Code Name Credits (cr) 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 Autumn 2025 Spring 2026 Autumn 2026 Spring 2027 Autumn 2027 Spring 2028 1. / 2025 2. / 2026 3. / 2026 1. / 2026 2. / 2027 3. / 2027 1. / 2027 2. / 2028 3. / 2028
YSN2025SM-1001
MANAGEMENT

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5
YZ00CL56 Development as a leader 5 5 5 5
YSN2025SM-1002
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

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10
YZ00CK87 Research-based Development 5 5 5 5
OPTIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

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5
YZ00CB90 Qualitative Research 5 5 5 5
YZ00CB88 Quantitative Research 5 5 5 5
YSN2025SM-1003
ADVANCED CLINICAL NURSING EXPERTISE

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30
YS00BV64 Implementing evidence into practice 5 5 5 5
YS00BV65 Clinical assessment and examination 5 5 5 5
YS00CS69 Practicing advanced nursing 5 5 5 5
YS00BV67 Digital transformation in healthcare 5 5 5 5
YS00BV68 Prevention and management of non-communicable diseases 5 5 5 5
YS00BV69 Specific issues in advanced nursing 5 5 5 5
YSN2025SM-1004
MASTER'S THESIS

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30
YZ00BL94 Master's Thesis, Planning 7 7 7 7
YZ00BL95 Master's Thesis, Implementation 10 10 10 5 5
YZ00BL96 Master's Thesis, Reporting 10 10 10 10
YZ00BL98 Master's Thesis, Research Writing 3 3 3 3
YZ00BB05 Maturity Test, Master's Degree 0
YSN2025SM-1015
ELECTIVE STUDIES

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15
YS00BX66 Professional expertise and influencing skills 5 5 5 5
YS00BV72 Ethical expertise, leadership and organisational culture 5 5 5 5
YS00BV73 Advanced mental health promotion 5 5 5 5
YS00BT49 Service Design and Development 5
YSZY0510 Digital Expertise in Health Care and Social Services 5
YS00BX95 Cyber Threats and Digital Security in the Health Sector 5
YS00BP81 Sexual Health Promotion and Human Rights 5
YZ00CL59 Human Resource Management 5
YZ00CL57 Strategic management 5
YZ00CL58 Financial management 5
YSN2025SM-1018
CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES

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0 - 5
YSN2025SM-1019
EUDRES

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0 - 5
Total 90 65 30 0 28 37 30 0 0 0 28 32 5 30 0 0 0 0 0

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

Master’s degree: The shared competences 2023-2027

Ethics

The graduating student assesses and promotes the realisation of ethical principles and values of their field of profession, taking equality and non-discrimination into account.
- Is able to promote ethically sustainable activities and the realisation of ethical reflection in their different operating environments.
- Promotes the realisation of the ethical principles and values of their field.
- Makes decisions taking individual, communal and societal perspectives into account.
- Promotes the realisation of diversity and accessibility.
- Implements the principles of responsible conduct of research and promotes their application in their work community.
- Is able to manage societally influential activities based on ethical values.

Development as a leader
Research-based Development
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Specific issues in advanced nursing
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Professional expertise and influencing skills
Proactive development

The graduating student is able to manage the development of new solutions that anticipate the future and produces new information using different research and development methods.
− Produces new information and reforms operating methods, combining competence in different fields.
- Is able to implement research, development and innovation projects and apply different research and development methods.
- Is able to develop new customer-oriented, sustainable and economically viable solutions, anticipating the future.
- Is able to analyse the current situation and anticipate the future of their field and changes in the operating environment.

Research-based Development
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Advanced mental health promotion
Internationality and multiculturalism

The graduating student is able to develop and manage multicultural and international operating environments and networks.
- Is able to develop operating methods that take multiculturalism into account in their work community.
- Is able to anticipate the impacts and opportunities of global development and phenomena.
- Is able to interact, communicate and develop activities internationally in their own field.

Specific issues in advanced nursing
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Sustainable development

The graduating student develops and manages sustainable and responsible operating methods in their work and promotes sustainable change in their work community and society.
- Is able to apply the knowledge and future visions of sustainable development comprehensively as a basis for sustainable solutions.
- Is able to analyse and assess systemic dependencies of complex multidisciplinary problems and the different dimensions of solutions.
- Is able to manage the search, implementation and establishment of sustainable solutions and operating models in their work communit.

Prevention and management of non-communicable diseases
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Reporting
Learning to learn

The graduating student promotes their own and their community's continuous learning and competence development, drawing on knowledge from different fields and the opportunities of digitalisation.
- Is able to assess and develop their expertise diversely and in a goal-oriented manner at different stages of their career and life.
- Is able to acquire, critically assess and produce information while taking into account the perspectives of different fields.
- Is able to develop and manage goal-oriented, continuous learning in their community.

Development as a leader
Research-based Development
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Implementing evidence into practice
Clinical assessment and examination
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Operating in a workplace

The graduating student is able to develop and manage their work community and reforms working life.
- Is able to develop and manage multidisciplinary teams and work communities.
- Is able to develop the communication and interaction culture of work communities.
- Is able to develop and manage the comprehensive well-being of a work community.
- Utilises the opportunities of technology and digitalisation in development and management.
- Promotes the resilience of a work community.

Research-based Development
Practicing advanced nursing
Digital transformation in healthcare
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Professional expertise and influencing skills
Not grouped
Ethical expertise, leadership and organisational culture
Service Design and Development
Digital Expertise in Health Care and Social Services
Cyber Threats and Digital Security in the Health Sector
Sexual Health Promotion and Human Rights
Human Resource Management
Strategic management
Financial management

Master's Degree: Advanced Practice Nursing 2025-2027

Counselling of patients, clients and family members

Masters challenging situations in counselling with professionalism. Applies advanced expert knowledge in designing, choosing, and conducting patient education methods to enhance the self-care of clients with a chronic condition and in the prevention and care of infectious diseases. Effectively communicates and justifies decisions concerning the outcomes of clinical examination. Creates, develops, and critically evaluates evidence-based counselling interventions as well as educational e-health and other digital material aimed at different types of patient groups.

Implementing evidence into practice
Clinical assessment and examination
Digital transformation in healthcare
Prevention and management of non-communicable diseases
Advanced mental health promotion
Health assessment and direct clinical care

Demonstrates advanced skills and knowledge in comprehensive history taking and holistic clinical examination of the patient’s health status. Identifies, evaluates, and synthesizes valid conclusions concerning the health situations and state of health/illness of a client by autonomous clinical decision-making. Possesses advanced skills and knowledge in identifying health risk factors and can evaluate the determinants of health that may influence the patient's wellbeing. Integrates findings of population health data using relevant sources to impact nursing practice. Integrates a body of evidence from clinical nursing guidelines and other evidence-based sources into decision-making. Takes responsibility of independent decisions as an advanced nurse practitioner concerning the selection of appropriate nursing interventions and monitoring tools. Provides person-centred care by developing a mutually acceptable, cost-effective, and evidence-based care plan. Demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary for independent clinical practice.

Implementing evidence into practice
Clinical assessment and examination
Practicing advanced nursing
Prevention and management of non-communicable diseases
Advanced mental health promotion
Nursing staff development and research

Coordinates and/or leads multi-professional teams which are responsible for the patient’s care. Considers how the dynamics and organizational culture affect the teams’ performance and outcomes. Applies evidence-based research knowledge and selected development and research methods to address and solve working life needs and challenges.

Research-based Development
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Specific issues in advanced nursing
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Ethical expertise, leadership and organisational culture
Professional leadership

Promotes the advanced practitioner role in clinical and professional contexts. Renews and develops health services in accordance with organizational strategy in her/his own field of clinical expertise. Creates, participates, and reforms professional networks of advanced practice. Acts as a mentor, role model, and trainer of advanced practice in multi-professional teams and networks. Advocates for and participates in creating an organisation that supports safe client care and collaborative practice. Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of the nursing outcomes of strategies, services, and interventions. Renews customer-oriented services by evaluating their cost-effectiveness.

Development as a leader
Practicing advanced nursing
Specific issues in advanced nursing
Professional expertise and influencing skills
Ethical expertise, leadership and organisational culture
Not grouped
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Master's Thesis, Reporting
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Service Design and Development
Digital Expertise in Health Care and Social Services
Cyber Threats and Digital Security in the Health Sector
Sexual Health Promotion and Human Rights
Human Resource Management
Strategic management
Financial management

Code Name Credits (cr)
YSN2025SM-1001
MANAGEMENT

(Choose all)

5
YZ00CL56 Development as a leader 5
YSN2025SM-1002
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

(Choose all)

10
YZ00CK87 Research-based Development 5
OPTIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

(Choose 5)

5
YZ00CB90 Qualitative Research 5
YZ00CB88 Quantitative Research 5
YSN2025SM-1003
ADVANCED CLINICAL NURSING EXPERTISE

(Choose all)

30
YS00BV64 Implementing evidence into practice 5
YS00BV65 Clinical assessment and examination 5
YS00CS69 Practicing advanced nursing 5
YS00BV67 Digital transformation in healthcare 5
YS00BV68 Prevention and management of non-communicable diseases 5
YS00BV69 Specific issues in advanced nursing 5
YSN2025SM-1004
MASTER'S THESIS

(Choose all)

30
YZ00BL94 Master's Thesis, Planning 7
YZ00BL95 Master's Thesis, Implementation 10
YZ00BL96 Master's Thesis, Reporting 10
YZ00BL98 Master's Thesis, Research Writing 3
YZ00BB05 Maturity Test, Master's Degree 0
YSN2025SM-1015
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose ects: 15)

15
YS00BX66 Professional expertise and influencing skills 5
YS00BV72 Ethical expertise, leadership and organisational culture 5
YS00BV73 Advanced mental health promotion 5
YS00BT49 Service Design and Development 5
YSZY0510 Digital Expertise in Health Care and Social Services 5
YS00BX95 Cyber Threats and Digital Security in the Health Sector 5
YS00BP81 Sexual Health Promotion and Human Rights 5
YZ00CL59 Human Resource Management 5
YZ00CL57 Strategic management 5
YZ00CL58 Financial management 5
YSN2025SM-1018
CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
YSN2025SM-1019
EUDRES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5