Clinical Practice - Public Health Nursing of Pregnancy and Birth (5 cr)

Objective

Students
- are able to apply the theoretical and clinical competence required by the clinical practice environment to their work
- can follow the ethical guidelines and principles of nursing
- know how to implement public health nursing promoting the health and wellbeing of the mother, the newborn baby and the entire family after childbirth
- can adopt a client-centered approach to counselling families with a baby to promote their health and wellbeing
- work as members of multi-actor work groups responsibly and collaboratively
- are competent in working life skills
- are able to evaluate their competence and develop it further

Content

- clinical practice in a maternity unit of families with a newborn baby

Materials

Paananen, Pietiläinen, Raussi-Lehto & Äimälä: Kätilötyö and Deufel M & Montonen E.: Onnistunut imetys

Teaching methods

-Guided clinical practice on maternity ward
-Breastfeeding counselling proof: Hymy-village Breastfeeding counselling service

Employer connections

Clinical practice on maternity ward.

Exam schedules

N/A

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

Clinical practice 3 weeks, 120 h.
Hymy-village Breastfeeding counselling service 15h: partly family counselling.

Content scheduling

Clinical practice 3 weeks according to the Jobiili reservation.
Hymy-village Breastfeeding counselling service during the autumn 2023 according to the timetable planned by the teacher.

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 Breastfeeding counselling) have to be completed before the 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 and breastfeeding counselling proof.

Qualifications

Prior knowledge requirements
Theoretical studies corresponding to the clinical practice environment