Study Guide

- Functions in accordance with the values, ethical guidelines and principles of nursing care, and evaluates their implementation in daily nursing care
- Complies with current legislation and information guidance in their work.
- Has adopted the professional identity of a nurse and committed to the principles of a service profession.
- Demonstrates ability to function in the role of an expert in nursing care and to accept responsibility for their actions
- Demonstrates ability to assess and develop their own skills.
- Demonstrates ability to intervene in unprofessional conduct.
- Recognizes their limits in coping, seeks support and uses different forms of support available.
- Demonstrates knowledge of career opportunities for nurses.
- Complies with occupational safety regulations.

- Respects clients/patients and encounters them as experts of and actors in their own lives.
- Demonstrates ability to encounter vulnerable patient groups in nursing care.
- Demonstrates ability to encounter client/patients from different cultures individually.

- Complies with the requirements and regulations governing data protection and information security in health care and social welfare services relating to the creation, use, storage and disposal of data.
- Demonstrates knowledge of appropriate recording of the client’s /patient’s nursing care process, and is capable of evaluating whether data recorded in the patient data repository is up to date, correct and of good quality.
- Documents the nursing care of client/patient according to the nursing care process; assesses the client’s/patient’s need for interventions (care) in accordance with the Finnish Care Classification (FinCC), plans and implements interventions using the Finnish Classification of Nursing Interventions (FiCNI), evaluates nursing outcomes using the Finnish Classification of Nursing Outcomes (FiCNO), as well as produces a summary of the nursing care.
- Demonstrates knowledge of information technology, electronic databases and reporting tools used in health care services.
- Complies with netiquette, regulations and practices regarding emails, and assumes the role of a health care professional in social media

- Demonstrates ability to priorize the task flexibly
- Motivates members of their working community and is able to give and receive feedback
- Demonstrates ability to work according to the principles of cost efficiency, Sustainable development taking into account the environment.
- Demonstrates ability to guide fellow students and co -workers.
- Demonstrates ability to develop and adapt their ways of working to changes in the health care and social welfare services.

- Responds to the needs of the client/patient by planning, implementing and assessing appropriate individual nursing care in cooperation with the client/patient, their family members, and other professionals in health care and social welfare services.
- Demonstrates ability to use diverse nursing care methods in psychosocial support of the client /patient.
- Masters the knowledge and skills needed for key nursing interventions as a part of holistic care of the client /patient.
- Masters the knowledge and skills of key nursing diagnostics as a part of holistic care of the client/patient.
- Masters the principles of infection prevention and puts their knowledge into practice in the implementation of infection prevention.
- Applies knowledge of anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, applied pharmacology and medication to the planning, implementation and assessment of medication for treatment of different diseases.
- Applies knowledge of anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology and applied pharmacology to the planning, implementation and assessment of safe medication of different client/patient groups.
- Demonstrates knowledge of legislation governing medication and information guidance.
- Demonstrates knowledge of structure, functions and regulations of the human organ systems and factors affecting them.
- Understands disease mechanisms and their effects on the human organ systems.
- Applies nutrition and care recommendations for different age and target groups for prevention and treatment of national diseases.
- Demonstrates the ability to integrate nutritional care and guidance in holistic nursing care in collaboration with a network of multidisciplinary professionals.
- Evaluates nutrition of customer client/patient and identifies a client/patient at a risk of malnutrition.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of wound treatment and is able to apply their knowledge in treatment of chronic wounds.
- Identifies, assesses and manages the client’s /patient’s pain.
- Applies knowledge about the most frequent internal diseases) to the practical nursing care.
- Masters key nursing interventions and nursing methods used in the nursing care of internal medicine patients.
- Applies their knowledge of major cancers to the nursing care.
- Demonstrates ability to manage key interventions in the nursing care of a patient with cancer.
- Applies their knowledge of key conditions requiring surgical intervention in different phases of perioperative nursing care of a patient.
- Competent in key nursing interventions used in the nursing care of a perioperative patient.
- Applies their knowledge of major diseases of children/adolescents in nursing care.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of family work and is able to put them into practice
- Demonstrates ability to promote the sexual health of client and patient.
- Understands the normal process and monitoring of pregnancy, delivery and puerperium.
- Demonstrates ability to apply their knowledge of key mental health disorders and psychiatric conditions in nursing care.
- Demonstrates knowledge of key interventions used in the nursing care of patients with mental health disorders and psychiatric conditions.
- Demonstrates knowledge of key methods of early intervention in nursing care of substance abusers
- Demonstrates ability to support a person in acute crises.
- Applies their knowledge of changes related to ageing to nursing care.
- Demonstrates knowledge of interventions and methods of assessment and maintenance of health, functional capacity and resources of the aged.
- Applies in practice their knowledge of memory disorders, nursing care of and services for patients with memory disorders
- Applies in practice their knowledge of major developmental disabilities and becoming disabled in their nursing care of persons who have developmental disabilities or who have become disabled.
- Identifies the need of a patient for palliative or end of life care.
- Draws up a nursing care plan for the last phase of a patient’s life in collaboration with the patient, his or her family members, physician in charge and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Implements symptomatic and humane palliative care and end of life care.
- Encounters and implements nursing care of a dying patient and supports the family members.
- Uses various methods to support the psychosocial and conviction needs of patients and their nearest ones
- Assesses the need for emergency care of a critically ill patient
- Demonstrates ability of systematic assessment of the need for emergency care, and takes immediate action in situations requiring emergency care.
- Demonstrates ability to initiate immediate rescue services and to implement interventions in situations of crises and disaster.

- Demonstrates knowledge of professional communication.
- Demonstrates knowledge of professional interaction in nursing care with client/patients of different ages and backgrounds and their family members and loved ones
- Demonstrates knowledge of independent communication and interaction in his or her native language, the second official language of Finland, and at least one foreign language.
- Understands his or her own responsibilities and those of other professionals in health care and social welfare services, as well as the significance of controlled and flexible division of duties in the client’s /patient’s holistic care.
- Demonstrates good work community skills when working in multidisciplinary teams, environments and networks.

- Evaluates the quality of nursing care in order to develop the client’s /patient’s care, and their own practices.
- Participates in quality management as a member of the work community.
- Understands the impact of their own activities on the quality of the organization
- Understands the use of patient safety reports as a part of quality control of the organization.

- Understands that work of a nurse is evidence based and commits to it.
- Demonstrates ability to plan, implement and evaluate evidence based nursing safely.
- Participates in developing evidence based practices in their own work
- Demonstrates ability to search information in major databases of health sciences and to read scientific publications critically.
- Demonstrates ability to make evidence based clinical decisions.
- Demonstrates ability to exploit scientific data in clinical decision making

- Assesses the needs, resources and responsibility of the client/patient in planning guidance and self care.
- Plans, implements and assesses individual and group guidance in cooperation with the patient/client, and other professionals.
- Uses client/patient centred education and guidance methods.
- Demonstrates ability to evaluate guidance outcomes together with the client /patient, their nearest ones and health care professionals.
- Uses pedagogy and ethics in plans, implementation and evaluation of guidance supporting the client’s /patient’s self care.
- Encourages the client /patient and their nearest ones commit to the care.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the clinical pathway of the client/patient and masters the basics of service guidance.

- Demonstrates knowledge of key factors regarding patient and client.
- Promotes patient safety and prevents patient safety incidents in every phase of the nursing process of the patient.
- Communicates clearly to ensure patient safety.
- Takes immediate situation specific action in a hazardous situation.
- Recognizes potential patient safety incidents and reports them.
- Understands how a report on patient safety incident is handled.

- Understands how health care and social welfare services are produced and organized, and how they are controlled and monitored in Finland
- Understands the roles of different action and service units as part of the care and service chain.
- Understands their personal role in promoting the organization’s reputation, brand and image, as well as in creating a positive service experience for the client.
- Demonstrates competence in using digital services as a part of holistic care of the client/patient.
- Demonstrates ability to function in changing environments and to provide service guidance.

- Demonstrates ability to apply current research data and other information from the field of health promotion to their work with client/patients
- Identifies risk factors of clients/patients and provides early support to those in need.
- Plans and implements interventions promoting health and functional capacity of individuals and groups of clients/patients in multidisciplinary collaboration.
- Recognizes existing and new threats to health and knows how to integrate them in the promotion of health of clients/patients.

- Understands the idea of intrapreneurship and commits to it in his or her work.
- Has the basic qualities required for an independent entrepreneur in the sector.
- Masters the principles of cost consciousness in nursing and works cost efficiently.
- Reflecting with his or her work community, he or she is able to identify practices to be developed and things that need to be changed in their own work.
- Demonstrates ability to participate in development, innovation and research processes as a team member.

Ecological sustainability can relate to biodiversity, ecosystem functions, sustainable and just use of resources (e.g. circular economy), and ways of mitigating human activities regarding nature’s carrying capacity (e.g. climate change).

Cultural sustainability relates to knowledge of culture, pluralism, tolerance, valuing cultural diversity, and contributing to intercultural communication.

Social sustainability relates to equal distribution of well-being, realization of fundamental rights, engagement in societal action and decision making, as well as to coping with individual challenges, taking responsibility, and pursuing sustainable lifestyle.

Economic sustainability can manifest in combining environmental and economic perspectives in decision making, discussing responsible consumption and business, or addressing different forms of debts (economic, resource-related, social).

Future orientation can appear as dealing with megatrends or powers of transformation, or as discussing and creating scenarios, or as future oriented career counselling or coaching.