Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- define the meaning of evidence-based information and how it is produced, summarised and distributed
- describe the nurse's/public health nurse's role in evidence-based care and commit to implementing it
- describe the significance of different types of information in client contacts and evidence-based nursing in health care services
- search for information from the most common health science databases
- critically assess different sources of information and the reliability of the material
- read and utilise research data
- understand the basic Information related to copyright and reference sources
- apply the basics of reporting and scientific writing
- present information in different ways, taking the target group and its needs into account
- acquire basic presentation skills and use them in practise
- have a positive attitude towards research and evidence-based nursing
- discuss the significance of human rights, values of nursing, ethical principles and instructions in nursing and his / her own work
- recognise the existence of ethical conflicts and propose justified solutions to them

Grading scale

Approved/Failed