The Developing Role of Public Health NurseLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The student knows the development of health care work and legislation that regulates it. The student internalizes the ethics and values of health care work. S/he recognizes social disadvantages that affect wellbeing and can work in order to reduce them. S/he knows the most common infectious diseases and masters their prevention. The student understands the significance of environmental health care as a part of the wellbeing of the population. S/he is able to work as a public health nurse in the changing society and in various cultural environments.

Content

History of public health nursing. Principles, ethics and quality criteria of health care work. Reflection of one's own professional skills and growth as a public health nurse. Central legislation that regulates national health work.
Infectious diseases and vaccination.
Environmental health care.

Qualifications

The student masters the basics of nursing and has theoretical and clinical competence in health promotion, nursing related to national health concerns, families and communities, and is able to operate in different health care settings.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Pass (S)
The student has internalised the development of public health nursing and the legislation, values and principles that steer it. He/she is familiar with the individual, communal and societal factors that have a positive effect on wellbeing and the factors that weaken equality. The student recognises the effect that societal factors have on the wellbeing of customers and customer groups and considers how these factors could be influenced. He/she is familiar with essential infectious diseases and ways to prevent them. His/her competences related to the significance of environmental health and culture in the promotion of wellbeing are good. The student understands the significance of a strong professional identity to the development of his/her nursing skills and public health nursing as a profession. The student is able to acquire information, learn and develop his/her learning methods. He/she is familiar with different channels that can be used to influence the promotion of health and wellbeing.
The student has the skills required in public health nursing which enable continual development, working in a professionally changing society and interacting with various customers and customer groups. He/she is able to take the individual needs of customers into consideration and interact with customers from various cultural backgrounds. He/she is able to assess his/her own improving skills in relation to the competence requirements of a public health nurse. He/she has enthusiasm and motivation to improve his/her professional identity, skills, and public health nursing in general. He/she is able and motivated to justify his/her planned and implemented activities based on evidence-based information and personally internalised and communal values.
The student has enthusiasm to develop as a public health nurse and strengthen his/her professional identity and skills. He/she is motivated and shows initiative in assuming responsibility for promoting health, ability to function and wellbeing in his/her own field. He/she is able to take into consideration in a versatile manner the special features of encountering various customers and the ethical principles of public health nursing. His/her actions are comprehensive and customer-oriented. He/she has a clear personal opinion on what is good public health nursing and acts according to his/her individual and justified ethical values, taking into consideration the value base of the community. He/she is able to plan, organise and continually improve his/her own activities in responding to the individual needs of customers. He/she is able to act in a target-oriented manner in multidisciplinary expert networks. His/her activities demonstrate an ambition to affect the communal and societal level of matters.