Intercultural Communication Competences in Multicultural Nursing Environment (5 cr)

Learning outcomes

The students will be able to   
communicate professional in a multicultural nursing environment
identify personal developmental needs in communication skills and develop realistic strategies for improvement
communicate empathetically with oneself, colleagues and patients

Location and time

For timetable see lukkari and Optima.

Materials

Health Promotion for Nurses , Theory and Practice by Steward Piper https://laurea.finna.fi/Record/laurus.81840
European center for disease prevention and control : http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/Pages/AZIndex.aspx
All other material is available in Optima

Teaching methods

The aims of this course are that a student is
- aware of field-related intercultural influences and possibilities
- can demonstrate professional English oral and written communication competences
- can utilise constructive and empathetic dialogue in multicultural encounters
- can implement health promotion concepts for infectious diseases in multicultural situations
This course contains the following:
- Health promotion concepts and prevention and control of infectious diseases from multicultural aspects
- Oral communication skills needed for the workplace
- Written skills necessary for the workplace
- Constructive communication (nonviolent communication)

Student workload

5 Cr equals 135 hours of work

Contact lessons 44 hours
Reading of study material 41 hours
Presentation preparation 10 hours
Writing learning diary 20 hours
Writing essay 20 hours

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Further information

Compulsory attendence of all the lectures is expected (75%)