PROMOTE CLIENTS HEALTH AND WELLBEING AND TREAT THEIR DISEASES
The degree programme in Nursing will prepare you for a valued profession, in which you will be working with clients of different age groups promoting their health and wellbeing and treating their diseases.
Nursing education gives you qualifications to work as an expert in different areas of health care, e.g. in primary health care, hospital, private services, third sector organizations or as an entrepreneur. Finnish nursing degree is highly valued and provides good opportunities for working and being employed also internationally.
The goal of the education is to train health care professionals so that a graduating nurse responsible for general nursing care knows how to promote and maintain the health of the population, to prevent illnesses and to provide evidence-based nursing care comprehensively for clients and patients of all ages and suffering from different illnesses, and to alleviate the suffering of the patients and their close ones.
Versatile teaching methods are used in education. About one third of the studies is carried out as traineeships in social and health care environments together with clients and health care professionals. The student is responsible for his/her own learning and a lot of studies are conducted independently or in groups. Guidance and mentoring are usual teaching methods for the teacher to support the student´s learning during the studies.
If the student´s mother tongue is not Finnish, the student will study Finnish in accordance with the curriculum in order to achieve the Finnish language skills needed to pursue profession. In addition, the student is offered Finnish as elective studies. In these cases, the language proficiency skills under the Degree can be demonstrated by separate language proficiency tests arranged by the state administration or by general language proficiency tests.
In Finland, Finnish language shall be used in clinical practices.
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