Introduction of Evidence-based Nursing (3 cr)

Code: SU00CE96-3001

General information

Enrollment: 02.07.2025 - 31.07.2025
Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 01.08.2025 - 31.12.2025
Implementation is running.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 3 cr

Local portion: 3 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Unit: 20 Sosiaali- ja terveysala

Campus: Laurea Otaniemi

Teaching languages: Finnish

Degree programmes: Detached Joint Degree Studies in Nursing (USV49), täydennyskoulutus, Laurea Tikkurila

Teachers: Kati Rintakorpi; Kirsi Tulus

Teacher in charge: Kirsi Tulus

Groups: USV4925SU
Detached Joint Degree Studies in Nursing, täydennyskoulutus, Tikkurila, S25

Study unit: SU00CE96

Learning outcomes

(3 ECTS; 5 Chinese credits)
Total 1 course: 81 hours: 32 offline lessons; 2 online lessons; 47 h independent work, group work, pair work, practical work.

The student is able to
• define the meaning of evidence-based information and how it is produced, summarised and distributed
• describe the 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
• discuss the significance of human rights, values of nursing, ethical principles and instructions in nursing and their own work
• recognise the existence of ethical conflicts and propose justified solutions to them
• have a positive attitude towards research and evidence-based nursing

Content

• The key concepts of nursing science
• Evidence-based nursing and patient safety
• Navigation and information retrieval in academic studies
• Values and attitudes; professional values in nursing
• Basic concepts in ethics
• Ethical principles in health care

Materials

Literature: Berman, A., Snyder, S., Frandsen, G. 2022. Kozier & Erb's fundamentals of nursing: concepts, process, and practice. 11th Edition. Global Edition. Pearson Education Limited

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed