Specific issues in advanced nursing (5cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Content scheduling

14.1. 2026 12-2 pm Online webinar (Helsinki time)
28.1. 2026 1-4 pm Contact session
18.2. 2026 12-2 pm Online webinar (Helsinki time)
4.3. 2026 12-2 pm Online webinar (Helsinki time)
26.3. 2026 9 am - 12 pm Contact session

Objective

The purpose is that you can anticipate the impacts and opportunities of global development and phenomena in advanced nursing care as an autonomous practitioner. You are able to interact, communicate and develop activities internationally in your own field of expertise. You are able to consider how the dynamics and organizational culture in healthcare affect the teams’ performance and outcomes.

Competences: Internationality and multiculturalism, Developing working community, Professional leadership

By the end of the course, you can promote the development of the autonomous advanced practitioner role in clinical, professional, and political contexts. You possess knowledge and skills to act as a mentor, role model, and trainer of advanced practice in multi-professional teams and networks by following ethical codes and principles. You possess competence to renew and develop health services in accordance with the organization's strategy and your own field of clinical expertise as an autonomous practitioner. You can evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the client-oriented services and outcomes and renew those services from a standpoint of sustainability. You have gained competence to educate healthcare professionals to apply the best, current evidence on digital technologies that support safe patient care. You can create and actively participate in and reform professional networks that develop advanced practice and enhance the well-being and health outcomes of the population in focus.

Content

Global perspective in advanced nursing practitioner’s role and scope of practice.

Global phenomena in advanced nursing such as nurse-sensitive indicators, genomi-informed patient guidance, patient safety, magnet hospitals and nurse-led health services.

Sustainability in clinical practice.

Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of the client-oriented services.

Mentor, role model, and trainer of advanced practice in multi-professional teams and networks.

Future challenges in advanced practice nursing

Other relevant, contemporary phenomena in advanced nursing

Location and time

14.1. 2026 12-2 pm Online webinar (Helsinki time)
28.1. 2026 9-11 am Contact session
18.2. 2026 12-2 pm Online webinar (Helsinki time)
4.3. 2026 12-2 pm Online webinar (Helsinki time)
26.3. 2026 9 am - 12 pm Contact session

Moodle learning environment will open to students on January 14, 2026.

Materials

Bahlman-van Ooijen, W., Giesen, J., Bakker-Jacobs, A., Vermeulen, H., & Huisman-de Waal, G. (2025). Low-value and high-value care recommendations in nursing: A systematic assessment of clinical practice guidelines. Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 57(3), 486–499. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.13029

Guidelines on Advanced Practice Nursing. (2020). ICN International Council of Nurses. ICN_APN Report_EN.pdf

Woo, B.F.Y., Lee, J.X.Y. & Tam, W.W.S. (2017). The impact of the advanced practice nursing role on quality of care, clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, and cost in the emergency and critical care settings: a systematic review. Human Resources for Health 15, 63.

Pursio, K., Kankkunen, P.,Mikkonen, S., Kvist, T. (2024). Organizational characteristics of nursing practice environments related to registered nurses' professional autonomy and job satisfaction in two Finnish Magnet-aspiring hospitals: structural equation modeling study. BMC Nursing, 23:100. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-01772-9

Oner, B., Zengul, FD., Oner, N., Ivankova, NV., Karadag, A. & Patrician, PA.(2021). Nursing-sensitive indicators for nursing care: A systematic review (1997–2017). Nursing Open 8, 1005–1022.

Pu et al. (2024). View of Running nurse-led clinics: A qualitative descriptive study of advanced practice nurses’ experiences and perceptions. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing 41(3).

Mahat, S., Rafferty, A.M., Vehviläinen-Julkunen, K. & Härkänen, M. (2022). Negative emotions experienced by healthcare staff following medication administration errors: a descriptive study using text-mining and content analysis of incident data. BMC Health Service Research 22, 1474.

Global patient safety action plan 2021–2030: towards eliminating avoidable harm in health care. Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) 2021. https://www.who.int./teams/integrated-health-services/patient-safety

Global patient safety report 2024. World Health Organization (WHO) 2024. 9789240095458-eng.pdf

Teaching methods

Flipped learning: home tasks prior to contact sessions and webinars
Problem-based learning: cases, group discussions.
Online pedagogy: lectures, quizzes, different types of pedagogical solutions

International connections

International research literature is used in the course.

Student workload

Contact sessions: 6 hours
Webinars: 6 hours
Familiarizing with the course literature: 24 hours
Home tasks: 16 hours
Assignment: 83 hours

The total student workload for the course is 135 hours (1 ECTS credit corresponds to 27 hours).

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Pass, fail

Pass: You will be able to anticipate the impacts and opportunities of global development and phenomena in advanced nursing care as an autonomous practitioner. You can develop activities in your own field of expertise. You understand how the dynamics and organizational culture in healthcare affect the teams’ performance and outcomes. You can renew client-oriented health services from the standpoint of sustainability and cost-effectiveness. You are able to ensure patient safety and promote high-quality of care by training and mentoring healthcare professionals to apply the best evidence on digital technologies into practice. You participate actively in the webinars as well as in-person classes. You do your home tasks and the final assignment according to given instructions.

Qualifications

Bachelor degree in nursing.

Further information

Assessment methods: self-assessment, peer assessment, and teacher feedback. The assessment is criteria-based.