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Master's Degree Programme in Advanced Nursing Practice. Mental health and substance abuse: Part-time Studies

Code: YSI2024SS

Degree:
Master of Social Services and Health Care

Degree title:
Master of Health Care
Master of Health Care

Credits:
90 ects

Duration:
3 years (90 cr)

Start semester:
Autumn 2024

Teaching language:
Finnish

Show study timings by semester, study year or period

Code Name Credits (cr) 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 Autumn 2024 Spring 2025 Autumn 2025 Spring 2026 Autumn 2026 Spring 2027 1. / 2024 2. / 2025 3. / 2025 1. / 2025 2. / 2026 3. / 2026 1. / 2026 2. / 2027 3. / 2027
YSI2024SS-1001
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

(Choose all )

10
YZ00CK87 Research-based Development 5 5 5 5
OPTIONAL STUDIES

(Choose 5)

5
YZ00CB90 Qualitative Research 5 5 5 5
YZ00CB88 Quantitative Research 5
YSI2024SS-1002
MANAGEMENT

(Choose 5)

5
YZ00CL56 Development as a leader 5 5 2 3 2 3
YZ00CL59 Human Resource Management 5
YZ00CL57 Strategic management 5
YZ00CL58 Financial management 5
YSI2024SS-1003
CORE COMPETENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG WORK

(Choose all )

30
YS00BY73 Advanced clinical practice in mental health and substance abuse nursing 5 5 5 5
YS00BY71 Human rights, social inclusion and recovery approach 5 5 5 5
YS00BY72 Dialogical collaboration 5 5 5 5
YS00BY74 Family, network and community-based approaches 5 5 5 5
YS00BY75 Renewable and sustainable mental health and substance abuse care 5 5 5 5
YS00CL79 Reflective expertise 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
YSI2024SS-1009
MASTER´S THESIS

(Choose all )

30
YZ00BL94 Master's Thesis, Planning 7 7 3 4 3 4
YZ00BL98 Master's Thesis, Research Writing 3 3 3 3
YZ00BL95 Master's Thesis, Implementation 10 10 5 5 5 5
YZ00BL96 Master's Thesis, Reporting 10 10 10 5 5
YZ00BB05 Maturity Test, Master's Degree 0
YSI2024SS-1010
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose 15)

15
YS00BX68 Ethical Expertise, Leadership and Organisational Culture 5 5 5 5
YSZY0510 Digital Expertise in Health Care and Social Services 5
YS00BP81 Sexual Health Promotion and Human Rights 5 5 5 5
YS00BX95 Cyber Threats and Digital Security in the Health Sector 5
YSAP0106 Multidisciplinary knowledge and interprofessional collaboration in Palliative care 5
YSAP0108 Evidence-based Knowledge Management and Development in Palliative Care 5
YHTYRI
Shared Entrepreneurship Studies (For Bachelor's and Master's Student)

(Choose 23)

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
YZZA1300
Learning And Competence Development (For Master's Student) 2023-2025

(Choose 17)

0 - 17
YZZA1300-1001
Studies in Educational Sciences

(Choose 12)

0 - 12
AJ00BN75 Understanding Learning 6
AJ00BN76 The Future of Education 6
YZZA1300-1002
Developing Pedagogical Skills and Competences

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
AE00BO56 Theoretical Foundations of Special Needs Education 5
AJ00BN77 Developing Competency in Guidance 5
AJ00BN78 Equality and Equity in Teaching and Guidance 5
AJ00BP45 Versatile Online Learning Assignments 5
AJ00BP46 Video as a Pedagogical Tool 5
AJ00BY42 Accessibility in Teaching and Guidance 5
YSI2024SS-1012
CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES

(Choose 20)

0 - 20
YSI2024SS-1013
EUDRES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
YSI2024SS-1014
NURSE PRESCRIBING

(Choose 20)

0 - 20
YSYSL100 Ethical and juridical base of nurse prescribing 5
YSYSL200 Clinical nursing for nurse prescribers 4
YSYSL300 Pharmacology 11
Total 90 38 37 10 17 21 21 16 10 0 17 21 0 21 11 5 10 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.

Research-based Development
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Development as a leader
Human Resource Management
Financial management
Human rights, social inclusion and recovery approach
Reflective expertise
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
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.

Strategic management
Financial management
Advanced clinical practice in mental health and substance abuse nursing
Family, network and community-based approaches
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
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.

Human Resource Management
Dialogical collaboration
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.

Human Resource Management
Renewable and sustainable mental health and substance abuse care
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.

Research-based Development
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Development as a leader
Financial management
Reflective expertise
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
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
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Human Resource Management
Advanced clinical practice in mental health and substance abuse nursing
Human rights, social inclusion and recovery approach
Dialogical collaboration
Family, network and community-based approaches
Renewable and sustainable mental health and substance abuse care
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Not grouped
Ethical Expertise, Leadership and Organisational Culture
Digital Expertise in Health Care and Social Services
Sexual Health Promotion and Human Rights
Cyber Threats and Digital Security in the Health Sector
Multidisciplinary knowledge and interprofessional collaboration in Palliative care
Evidence-based Knowledge Management and Development in Palliative Care
Ethical and juridical base of nurse prescribing
Clinical nursing for nurse prescribers
Pharmacology

Code Name Credits (cr)
YSI2024SS-1001
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

(Choose all)

10
YZ00CK87 Research-based Development 5
OPTIONAL STUDIES

(Choose 5)

5
YZ00CB90 Qualitative Research 5
YZ00CB88 Quantitative Research 5
YSI2024SS-1002
MANAGEMENT

(Choose 5)

5
YZ00CL56 Development as a leader 5
YZ00CL59 Human Resource Management 5
YZ00CL57 Strategic management 5
YZ00CL58 Financial management 5
YSI2024SS-1003
CORE COMPETENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG WORK

(Choose all)

30
YS00BY73 Advanced clinical practice in mental health and substance abuse nursing 5
YS00BY71 Human rights, social inclusion and recovery approach 5
YS00BY72 Dialogical collaboration 5
YS00BY74 Family, network and community-based approaches 5
YS00BY75 Renewable and sustainable mental health and substance abuse care 5
YS00CL79 Reflective expertise 5
YSI2024SS-1009
MASTER´S THESIS

(Choose all)

30
YZ00BL94 Master's Thesis, Planning 7
YZ00BL98 Master's Thesis, Research Writing 3
YZ00BL95 Master's Thesis, Implementation 10
YZ00BL96 Master's Thesis, Reporting 10
YZ00BB05 Maturity Test, Master's Degree 0
YSI2024SS-1010
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose 15)

15
YS00BX68 Ethical Expertise, Leadership and Organisational Culture 5
YSZY0510 Digital Expertise in Health Care and Social Services 5
YS00BP81 Sexual Health Promotion and Human Rights 5
YS00BX95 Cyber Threats and Digital Security in the Health Sector 5
YSAP0106 Multidisciplinary knowledge and interprofessional collaboration in Palliative care 5
YSAP0108 Evidence-based Knowledge Management and Development in Palliative Care 5
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
YZZA1300
Learning And Competence Development (For Master's Student) 2023-2025
0 - 17
YZZA1300-1001
Studies in Educational Sciences

(Choose 12)

0 - 12
AJ00BN75 Understanding Learning 6
AJ00BN76 The Future of Education 6
YZZA1300-1002
Developing Pedagogical Skills and Competences

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
AE00BO56 Theoretical Foundations of Special Needs Education 5
AJ00BN77 Developing Competency in Guidance 5
AJ00BN78 Equality and Equity in Teaching and Guidance 5
AJ00BP45 Versatile Online Learning Assignments 5
AJ00BP46 Video as a Pedagogical Tool 5
AJ00BY42 Accessibility in Teaching and Guidance 5
YSI2024SS-1012
CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES

(Choose 20)

0 - 20
YSI2024SS-1013
EUDRES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
YSI2024SS-1014
NURSE PRESCRIBING

(Choose 20)

0 - 20
YSYSL100 Ethical and juridical base of nurse prescribing 5
YSYSL200 Clinical nursing for nurse prescribers 4
YSYSL300 Pharmacology 11