Public Health Nursing of Children and Families – Clinical Practice (10 ECTS)

Objective

Students
- can apply the core theoretical and clinical competence of the clinical practice environment to the public health nursing of pregnant women, children and families
- are able to work as public health nurses to maintain and promote the health of pregnant women, children and families in a client-oriented way.
- follow the ethical guidelines and principles of nursing and public health nursing
- work responsibly as members of work groups and work community
- are able to assess their competence and develop it further.

Content

Clinical practice includes learning laboratory and simulation studies 2.5 ects
Family counselling; supporting growth in parent-, mother- and fatherhood as well as couple relationship
Supporting early interaction
Follow-up during pregnancy
Emergency childbirth
LENE examination: evaluation of the neurological status of preschoolers
Vaccinating children
Detection, prevention and care of children’s infectious diseases
Special questions related to promoting children’s health
Outreach work of public health nurses in child health clinics
Documentation in public health nursing

Materials

Information in the orientation will be given.
Sinkkonen J & Kalland M. (toim.) 2011. Varhaislapsuuden tunnesiteet ja niiden suojeleminen. WSOYpro.
THL. Lastenneuvolakäsikirja: Vavua koskeva teksti https://thl.fi/fi/web/lastenneuvolakasikirja/terveystarkastusten-menetelmat/psykososiaalinen-kehitys/vavu
Terveystarkastukset lastenneuvolassa -Menetelmäkäsikirja https://www.julkari.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/135858/URN_ISBN_978-952-302-964-4.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Teaching methods

Early interaction: interactive lecture and laboratory practice
Family courses for families (Myllypuro campus services)
Guided assignments
Laboratory instruction
Simulation
Supervision of workplace training in maternity and child health clinic

Employer connections

Maternity and child health clinic clinical practice 5 weeks

Exam schedules

N/A

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

Early interaction and family course: workshop anf family groups 2,5 etc
Clinical practice 7,5 etc

Content scheduling

Workshop and simulation at school before the clinical practice. Attendance compulsory.
Clinical practice in maternity and child health clinics.

Further information

Work methods of health promotion and Vaccination competence (basic and advanced studies) must be completed and accepted before the clinical practice.

Family course presentation planned and carried out in groups as instructed by the teacher.
Laboratory work in early interaction
Group meetings at school during the clinical practice.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Evaluating competences
evaluation criteria competent/intermediate level and expert are used.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Student
- can search for professional knowledge regarding a single issue
- is familiar with the professional knowledge base of the field
- distinguishes informal information from research knowledge
- can act in individual professional situations according to instruction
- aims to act in a client-oriented way
- proves to have adequate skills to act in professional situations
- is familiar with the ethical principles of the field
- can work as a member of a work group
- is able to evaluate personal strengths and development needs.

Assessment methods and criteria

Passed / Failed
Accepted learning assignments
Seminar presentation
Self evaluation
Employer feedback