Clinical Practice - Occupational and Communal Public Health Nursing (5 cr)

Objective

Students
- are able to work in accordance with good occupational health care practices as members of multiprofessional work groups
- follow the ethical guidelines, principles and recommendations of nursing and public health nursing in cooperation companies
- can implement a workplace survey by identifying health promotive factors and factors threatening health as well as evaluate their significance to the workplace environment and employees in cooperation with occupational health professionals, experts and workplace actors
- know how to plan, implement and evaluate working age person/employee’s health, functional capacity, work ability and suitability for his/her work tasks
- are able to work as members of the multiprofessional occupational health care team
- can identify development needs of public health nursing
- are able to evaluate their competence and develop it further

Content

- the clinical practice of occupational health care is implemented in the operating environment of occupational health service producers and in health care units for the unemployed
- public health nurses’ job description in occupational health care

Location and time

3 weeks clinical practice.

Materials

Uitti (toim., 2014. Hyvä työterveyshuoltokäytäntö.Työterveyslaitos
Martimo, K-P., & Uitti, j., Antti-Poika, M. (toim.) Työstä terveyttä 2018. Duodecim

Teaching methods

Field work
Independent learning assignment
Occupational safety and health at Moodle environment (0,5 ect).
Workplace Survey

Employer connections

Opintojaksoon kuuluu 0.5 op työsuojelun teoriaopintoja.
Työpaikkaselvitystehtävä harjoittelussa.

Exam schedules

N/A

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

Harjoittelun voi tehdä myös terveysasemalla tai HyMy-kylässä, jos työterveyshuollon paikkaa ei saa. Opiskelija suorittaa tällöin vain 0,5 op:ta työsuojelua.

Student workload

5cr = 134h students work
Field work 120h / 240h (Assignments, practical work: 8h)
Occupational safety and health course at Moodle (0,5 ect)
Workplace Survey assigments 2h/week

Further information

It belongs 0.5 credits occupational safety and health in course unit

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

Passed/Failed

Qualifications

Prior knowledge requirements
Theoretical studies corresponding to the clinical practice environment