Preventive NursingLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The students know the national and international programmes and recommendations governing health promotion, their focal areas, health promotion settings, strategies and levels.

They can identify the implementers and service providers of health promotion. They understand the significance of preventive work and lifestyle counselling for the prevention of national diseases.

They can plan, implement and evaluate the health education of individuals based on empowerment.

They understand, in particular, the significance of nutrition and health-promoting physical activity, as well as related counseling, for health promotion.

Content

National and international strategies, programmes and recommendations governing health promotion

The value basis and frame of reference of health promotion

The determinants of health and central issues of health promotion by age and population group

The planning, implementation and evaluation of health education; collaboration of the implementers

Transtheoretical model and empowering counselling at individual and collective level

Physical exercise and nutrition in health promotion context

Health counselling material

Qualifications

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Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Excellent (5): The student has mastered the knowledge base of clinical nursing practice and is able to examine it in a versatile manner, giving justifications and from various perspectives. The student is able to apply the skills he/she has acquired and demonstrated to innovatively solve problems in nursing practice. The student is able to draw on his/her wide-ranging clinical knowledge base in a versatile manner in written assignments. He/she is motivated to independently acquire information and to make critical use of it.
Very good (4): The student has mastered the knowledge base of clinical nursing practice and is able to examine it. The student is able to apply his/her knowledge to implementing medical treatment in clinical nursing practice and is motivated in this. The student has a wide-ranging basic knowledge, and he/she is able to draw on of his/her knowledge to solve various problems in nursing practice. He/she is motivated to independently acquire information.
Good (3): He/she has mastered the basics of medical treatment and aseptic principles and is partly able to draw on the knowledge he/she has learnt, and he/she understands their significance in nursing practice.
Satisfactory (2): The student is familiar with the structure and functioning of the human musculoskeletal, circulatory and respiratory system. He/she is familiar with pathology, medical treatment, pharmaceutical calculation, basics of aseptic techniques, microbiology and basics of preventing the spread of infections as well as the defense mechanisms of the body. The student understands a nurse's ethical, judicial and aseptic responsibilities in medical treatment.
Adequate (1): The student has mastered basic mathematics and is able to perform pharmaceutical calculations correctly. The student has basic clinical knowledge and is able to acquire information independently and with initiative.
Fail (0): The student has not mastered the basic knowledge of his/her field, nor does he/she have the skills to solve problems encountered in the field. The student does not have the skills to solve problems in his/her field, especially in unexpected situations. The student does not demonstrate an ability to assume his/her share of responsibility for professional assignments and projects. The student does not pass pharmaceutical calculations.