Professional English for Nursing and Health Care (3 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

The Professional English for Nursing and Health Care course focuses on key communication situations between a nurse (or other healthcare professional) and a patient. The course covers a lot of terminology related to everyday nursing work. If necessary, students also have the opportunity to focus on the contents of their own specialty (e.g. midwives, paramedics, public health nurses). The core objective of the course is that the student: understands the significance of English skills, interaction and communication as part of their professional skills recognizes their own role as a communicator in patient situations in the field of Health Care and Nursing

Content

The importance of guidance and patient education Admission Patient interview, obtaining information Describing pain Wound care Successful discharge, giving home care instructions Medical terminology Human anatomy

Teaching methods

Online studying (Moodle). Independent and collaborative studying (participating in activities together with student colleagues). Weekly messages from the teacher. (Instructions and reminders via Moodle, instructing the activities, commenting students' contributions). The course starts on 15th September 2025 and ends on 30th October 2025.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Material in Moodle Activities in TuniMoodle (e.g., H5P -exercises, Quizlet) Study book: Karhumäki, M., Metsäportti, M. & Tuohimäki. Dear Patient - English for Nursing. SanomaPro 2017.

Exam dates and retake possibilities

The final (written) exam will take place in electronic EXAM classroom at TAMK campus (or at the campus of other University of Applied Sciences). You will have to enroll to an electronic exam (the link will be provided during the course). The exam period is 16th - 30th October 2025. https://intra.tuni.fi/en/teaching/teaching-0/electronic-assessment/instructions-students-use-exam-system

Student workload

3 ECTS credits = 3 x 27h = 81h student work. (This is an estimation as the time spent on completing the course depends on the student's current level on English.)

Content scheduling

Assignments: - Moodle activitites: (discussion forum tasks, Flinga, H5P, GoogleDocs etc.) - The written assignment submitted at the end of the course (evaluated on a scale of T1-K5) - Oral video presentation at the end of the course (evaluated on a scale of T1-K5) - Final exam (T1-K5) in EXAM The final exam will take place in EXAM (electronic exam) at TAMK campus, or at the campus of your own University of Applied Sciences. Assignments: - Moodle activitites: (discussion forum tasks, Flinga, H5P, GoogleDocs etc.) - The written assignment submitted at the end of the course (evaluated on a scale of T1-K5) - Oral video presentation at the end of the course (evaluated on a scale of T1-K5) - (Final exam on week ) The final grade will be based on the above assignments. Topics: Orientation & Introduction to the Course Successful Professional Communication Patient Interview & Obtaining Information Instructing the patients: Admission to hospital & daily programme Preoperative guidance Vital signs Asepsis & PPE (Personal protective equipment) Administration of medication:IV-cannulation Wound care Describing and evaluation PAIN Post-operative nursing Discharge from hospital & home care instructions Tele Health Human anatomy Medical/scientific terminoloy

Evaluation scale

0-5