Professional Development in Practice 4. (15 op)

Tavoitteet

The student is able to
- assess the need for care and services of patients in different life stages and situations and to support their functional capacity and resources
- plan, implement and evaluate nursing care of patients at different life stages (child, young person, older person, a pregnant woman and a woman who has given birth, vulnerable clients) using evidence-based information and recommendations
- apply client-oriented working methods to identify factors that increase vulnerability and improve client’s inclusion
- assess and develop their interaction skills and care relationship with different client groups in demanding client and interaction situations
- implement and assess safe medication treatment, taking the special characteristics of the patient into consideration
- assess the patient's needs from the perspective of sexual and reproductive health and to address related issues with the patient
- analyse and assess service paths for paediatric patients, families, elderly and patients with disabilities and propose solutions to improve the efficiency of care and support
- assess the success of multiprofessional cooperation and use it for the benefit of the patients and their significant others
- guide patients regarding their care (for example clinical nursing, home care guidelines, medication treatment, etc.) in Finnish

Sisältö

Theme: Evidence-based decision-making on clinical nursing in nursing of different age groups and vulnerable clients.

LbD assignment during placement: Evidence-based nursing
- auditing task/forming a clinical research question (e.g. PICO/PICoa/PCC)
- searching for research data, critical assessment and comparison of nursing practices, summarising conclusions and oral presentation in the practice environment.

Toteutustapa

Clinical Practice 14 ECTS
- EU Directives: Home care and Paediatrics

Maternity Care Directive1 ECTS
-Can be performed as part of clinical practice or by an assignment (Directive of Maternity Care orientation and seminar can be found in the schedule)

SUITABLE PLACEMENTS

- Home care unit refers to the home care units of health care centres or private health care service providers, home hospitals, children's home hospitals, and acute home care
-Family nursing unit refers to the places mentioned below:
• Nurse receptions at health care centres. (Make sure patients are from babies to the elderly. Practice objectives should include pediatric nursing objectives.)
• Units for the care of children and adolescents (e.g. family centres, wards and outpatient clinics for children and young people, places of care for disabled people.
• Maternity care units
• Gynaecological departments and outpatient clinics
• Organisations providing special support for children, young people and families (e.g. special education institutions, social welfare and child protection units, low threshold places)
• Reception centres for asylum seekers (children and/or families with children)
• Third Sector and Volunteering (e.g. Population Union)
and other suitable places

Kansainvälisyys toteutuksella

It is possible to do clinical practice 4 abroad. Please contact your tutor and supervising teacher.

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

Maternity Care Directive 1 ETCS
-Can be performed as part of clinical practice or by an assignment (Directive of Maternity Care -course orientation and seminar can be found in the schedule)

How do you fulfill the maternity care directive?

Option 1. Clinical practice in maternity care environments. In this case, the student reserves one additional week of practice and completes an additional number of hours equivalent to one credit (26.7 hours) during the placement. A total of 9 weeks are reserved for the 4th placement.
Please note that, for example, in the USA, to fulfill the EU directive in maternity care, practical training in a maternity care environment must be at least 3 weeks. For licensure, the nursing degree must be equivalent to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree in the United States, covering all specialties in theory and practice. If you intend to pursue an international career, we recommend acquiring competence in accordance with the maternity care directive through practical training in a maternity care environment.
If you plan to work in the future for example in the USA, Canada, or Australia, in that case, your Finnish nursing license will not be accepted due to the lack of clinical practice hours in Maternity Care.To be able to work abroad (e.g. at least in the USA, Canada, or Australia) one must have a nursing education and license compared to the receiving countries' requirements. This usually happens by contacting an agent in the receiving country and the agent will request Laurea UAS to fill in a set of paperwork, where the whole nursing program is explained and broken into study hours and practices. In Laurea, Head of Student Affairs Riikka Mulder is the one who fills in these documents.

Option 2. If a student is unable to secure a maternity care placement, they can participate in a separate 1-credit implementation (attendance required). Maternity care competence is acquired through theoretical exposure to maternity care environments. In this case, a total of 8 weeks are reserved for the 4th placement.

You can book your placement in any order you like:
1. Home care and 2. Pediatric nursing / 1. Pediatric nursing 2. Home care

It is possible for you to credit paid work as an practice if you are working as a substitute nurse. You can perform nursing tasks if you have completed 2/3 (140 ECTS credits) of the nursing degree. In practice, this means that crediting is possible from practice 4 onwards. The employer decides whether to hire you for tasks requiring a bachelor's degree and signs a employment contract with you. Always agree on the crediting of work-based learning in advance with your own teacher tutor, the responsible teacher for the practice period, or the placement coordinator.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

Clinical practice 14 ECTS: 14x 27h = 378 h
Maternity Care 1 ECTS: 1x 27h = 27h

Practical training info and reflection 5 h
Practical training LbD assignment Nursing interaction skills 8 h.
Clinical Training in a Nursing Environment = 338 h
The practical training takes place in home care and in the environment of family nursing, for example. 5 + 5 or 4 + 6, that is, a total of 10 weeks.
You can do the internships in the order you want, i.e. you can choose which environment you go to first.

Arviointikriteerit, hyväksytty/hylätty

Professional development in practice 14 ECTS:
-Approved/Failed/Re-do

Maternity Care 1 ECTS:
-Approved / Failed /Re-do

Sisältö ja sen jaksotus

Clinical practice

Arviointiasteikko

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Esitietovaatimukset

The student has actively participated in the study unit "Medication Treatment and Medication Calculations 4." and has passed the medication calculations prior to the clinical practice placement starts.

Lisätiedot

Previous studies before practice:
Modules I-III - mainly completed
SN00BS37-Nursing Care of Children, Youth and Families -completed
SN00BS41- Medication Treatment and Medication Calculations 4. -completed

Clinical practice in maternity care, home care and pediatric nursing has to be completed during nursing degree studies (EU Directive)

- A criminal record extract must be ordered and presented if in your clinical practice you will work with patients under 18 years of age.
- Vaccinations: Please make sure that your vaccinations are up to date. Whooping cough (pertussis) –vaccination DTaP (booster every 5 years, if working in placements caring for children under the age of 12 months.)