Clinical Practice - Public Health Nursing of Children and Families (8 cr)

Objective

Students
- know how to apply the theoretical and clinical competence required by the clinical practice environment to their work
- are able to work adopting a client-oriented approach to maintaining and promoting clients’ and families’ health and wellbeing
- can implement public health nursing to support families’ resources and coping
- can apply evidence-based practices and methods to family-centered nursing
- can implement evidence-based public health nursing in maternity and child health clinics
- can adhere to ethical guidelines and principles of nursing and the ethical recommendations on public health nursing
- are able to work as responsible members of multiprofessional work groups and work communities
- are able to evaluate their competence and develop it further
- identify the development needs of public health nursing

Content

- public health nursing in maternity and child health clinics/family counselling centres
- work environment and work methods of child health clinics
- work environment and work methods of maternity clinics
- work environment and work methods of family counselling centres

Materials

The material of theoretical studies

Teaching methods

- Clinical practice at Maternity and child health clinic

Employer connections

Clinical practice at Maternity and child health clinic

Exam schedules

N/A

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

The extent of the practice: six weeks, 240h.

Content scheduling

N/A

Further information

This clinical practice is part of Public Health Nurse advanced studies. Nursing studies must be completed before this practice.
Public Health Nursing of Pregnancy and Birth and Public health nursing of Children and Family have to be completed before the clinical practice.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Pass/Fail

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

Assessment methods and criteria

Employer feedback
Accepted clinical practice

Qualifications

Prior knowledge requirements
Theoretical studies corresponding to the clinical practice environment