Management and Development in Public Health Nursing (5 ECTS)

Objective

Students
- can assess and develop their professional competence in accordance with the challenges of working life
- can apply health and welfare strategies to the work of public health nurses and management
- are able to work in multi-actor work groups and networks as well as manage their activities as experts of public health nursing
- are capable of decision-making in unexpected situations and in diverse operating environments
- can develop the quality of public health nursing considering evidence-based practices and utilize quality recommendations in their wor
- can estimate costs and the effectiveness of preventative work and early intervention in public health nursing
- can develop their work community skills in public health nursing and their management and development
- understand the possibilities of entrepreneurship to public health nursing
- can increase their evidence-based development, innovation and research competence in their expert task of health promotion.

Content

Development-oriented approach to work, self- and peer evaluation
Career development
Management of health promotion
Welfare strategies and welfare narrative
Cross sectional and multidisciplinary networking, partnership
Role of management and responsibilities, rights and obligations of employees
Managing one’s own work and reflective approach to work
Quality and quality criteria for health care and public health nursing
Measuring effectiveness
Cost control and effectiveness
Welfare of the work community and work counselling
Client service competence, client feedback, service counselling
Anticipating change and reacting to it
International aspects to the work of public health nurses
Service design

Location and time

Orientation
Moodle, Learning tasks
Exam


Students must confirm their attendance for a course implementation by being present when tuition begins or in another manner agreed with the lecturer; for example, by returning the first course assignment. Students who are unable to attend the first teaching session due to illness may also confirm their attendance by informing the lecturer of this in advance.

Materials

Moodle materials.
Exam materials

Teaching methods

Orientation
Moodle, Learning tasks
Exam

Employer connections

-

Exam schedules

Exam

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

5 op

Content scheduling

Orientaatioluento, läsnäolo
Moodle-työskentely ja tehtävät
Yksilötentti, arviointi T1-K5

Further information

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.

Previous studies: Accepted completion of the Management and Entrepreneurship course 5 ECTS

Evaluation scale

0-5

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

Exam