Public Health Nursing of Children and FamilyLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

Student
- know how to plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based child health care
- are able to implement multiprofessional and multi-actor collaboration in the child health clinic environment
- can use effective health promotion work methods
- implement regional health policy recommendations on public health nursing
- can implement their expertise in public health nursing at individual, family, group and societal level

Content

- Finnish child health clinic system
- work methods of public health nurses in child health clinics
- growth and development of a child
- follow up on the growth and development of a child
- early identification of irregularities in growth and development
- healthy lifestyle of the child and family
- family counselling
- parenthood
- couple relationship
- medical studies: specific questions related to growth and development

Qualifications

The student may choose professional studies of public health nursing after successfully completing the theoretical requirements of professional nursing studies as well as all the clinical practices in medical and surgical operating environments, unless otherwise agreed in the student's PSP.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"
Evaluation criteria expert level is used.