Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

During the course, you will dive into the world of nursing, where you will learn a diverse range of basic nursing skills as well as client interactions. You will learn how psychological factors affect the well-being and development of clients of different ages. During the course, you will acquire the skills to respond to the most common illness and accident situations requiring first aid.


After completing the course, the student

Nursing 1, 4 cr
• Knows how to works as a primary nurse and knows the principles of individual responsibility in nursing care.
• Knows how to work according to aseptic and ecological principles.
• Possesses basic knowledge related to the patient's daily activities and assistance methods.
• Knows the principles of rehabilitative nursing care.
• Knows the principles of ergonomic work in nursing.
• Knows the basics of promoting health through nutrition.
• Recognizes the importance of considering the patient's sexuality in nursing care.
• Become trained in the patient guidance.
• Takes responsibility for their own learning and actively participates in small group activities.


Nursing 2, 3 cr
• Understands the normal functioning of basic bodily functions and recognizes changes in them.
• Knows how to observe/monitor and ensure the client's basic bodily functions using nursing assistance methods.
• Understands the concepts of ABCDE, NEWS, and ISBAR methods and knows how to use them.
• Understands the basics of pain management.
• Become trained in the patient guidance.
• Takes responsibility for their own learning and actively participates in small group activities.

Psychology, 1 cr
• Understand the link between psychological factors and client well-being.
• Take into account the psychological development of people of different ages in client encounter.

First aid, 1 cr
• Knows how to act independently based on evidence and give first aid in the most common illness and accident situations, taking into account the need for safety and emotional first aid.

Content (course unit)

Nursing 1, 4 cr
• Primary nursing and the responsibility and principles of primary nursing.
• Aseptic and sustainable work in the nursing environment.
• Adherence to general cleanliness and orderliness during practice sessions.
• Considering and maintaining ergonomics for both the client and the nurse in nursing care.
• Acknowledging and addressing basic human needs.
• Rehabilitative nursing care as a method in daily activities.
• Finnish dietary recommendations.
• Recognizing and addressing the diversity of sexuality in nursing care and methods for discussing it.
• Active participation and goal-oriented problem-solving in a small group.

Nursing 2, 3 cr
• Monitoring, measuring, and nursing assistance methods related to circulation, respiration, and temperature balance.
• ABCDE, NEWS and ISBAR methods in patient care and reporting.
• Pain assessment, the basics of pain and its management.
• Fundamentals of gas calculations.
• Guiding in various nursing situations.
• Active participation and goal-oriented problem-solving in a small group.


Psychology, 1 cr
• Psychological reactions in crisis situations: illness, traumatic crises from the individual and community perspective.
• Health psychology in promoting client well-being: e.g. resilience, stress, state of alertness regulation, psychological self-regulation.
• Developmental psychology in promoting client well-being.

First aid, 1 cr
• Recognizing an emergency situation and alerting additional help.
• First aid for an unconscious person who has had a seizure.
• Basic CPR for children and adults, PPE-D (defibrillation).
• First aid for an accident patient.
• Mental first aid.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

Nursing 1: The Student
• Knows the principles of individual responsibility in nursing care and acting as a primary nurse.
• Knows how to work according to aseptic and ecological principles.
• Knows the basic information related to the patient's daily activities and assistance methods.
• Knows the principles of rehabilitative nursing care.
• Knows the principles of ergonomic work in nursing.
• Knows the fundamentals of promoting health through nutrition.
• Understands the importance of considering the patient's sexuality in nursing care.
• Recognizes the significance of patient guidance situations.
• Has participated in small group work.


Nursing 2: The Student
• Knows the normal functioning of basic bodily functions and can recognize changes in them.
• Knows how to observe and secure the client's basic bodily functions using nursing assistance methods.
• Understands the meaning of ABCDE and NEWS methods and knows how to use them.
• Knows the basics of pain management.
• Recognizes the significance of patient guidance situations.
• Has participated in small group work.

Psychology: The Student
• Knows about the link between psychological factors and client well-being.
• Knows about the psychological development of people of different ages in client encounter.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

Nursing 1: The Student
• Knows how to work according to the principles of individual responsibility in nursing and self-care.
• Knows how to work according to aseptic principles and ecologically.
• Has basic knowledge of patient's daily activities and assistance methods.
• Knows the principles of rehabilitative nursing.
• Knows the principles of ergonomic working methods in nursing.
• Knows the basics of promoting health through nutrition.
• Understands the importance of considering the patient's sexuality in nursing.
• Becomes skilled in guidance situations.
• Takes responsibility for their own learning and actively participates in small groups.

Nursing 2: The Student
• Knows how to work according to aseptic principles and ecologically.
• Understands the normal functioning of basic bodily functions and can identify changes in them.
• Knows how to observe and ensure the client's basic bodily functions using basic nursing assistance methods.
• Understands the concepts of ABCDE, NEWS, and ISBAR and knows how to use them.
• Understands the basics of pain management, such as pain monitoring, assessment, and basic pain management methods.
• Becomes skilled in face-to-face guidance situations.
• Takes responsibility for their own learning and actively participates in small groups.

Psychology: The Student
• Can identify the link between psychological factors and client well-being
• Can identify issues related to the psychological development of people of different ages in client encounter

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Nursing 1: The Student
• Excels in working according to aseptic principles and considers sustainability.
• Reflects on, justifies, and connects theoretical knowledge to practice.
• Knows how to work using basic clinical nursing skills.
• Knows how to consider and adhere to the principles of individual responsibility in nursing.
• Takes active responsibility for their own learning and working in a small group and commits to a goal-oriented problem-solving process with the small group.


Nursing 2: The Student
• Excels in working according to aseptic principles and considers sustainability.
• Knows how to use various nursing assistance methods in problems related to adult thermoregulation and the respiratory and circulatory systems, and can justify their actions from a nursing perspective.
• Knows how to work using basic clinical nursing skills.
• Knows how to consider and adhere to the principles of individual responsibility in nursing.
• Takes active responsibility for their own learning and working in a small group and commits to a goal-oriented problem-solving process with the small group.

Psychology: The Student
• Recognize the link between psychological factors and client well-being in a variety of ways.
• Can identify a wide range of issues related to the psychological development of people of different ages in client encounter.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

First aid: pass/fail

Pass: The Student
• Can give evidence-based first aid on her/his own initiative in the most common cases of illnesses and accidents.
• Takes safety into consideration when giving first aid.
• Considers the need for mental first aid.

Fail: The Student
• Is not able to give first aid on her/his own initiative.
• Is not able to validate the given first aid with evidence-based knowledge.
• Does not take safety into consideration when giving first aid.
• Does not consider the need for mental first aid.

Assessment scale

0-5