Study Guide

Objective

The student:
- takes part in a multiprofessional team and create a natural caring relationship with the patient
- communicates with patients and colleagues in Swedish or Finnish
- follows the general rules and routines in a working environment
- can independently assess the patient´s caring plan for interventions, as well as take part in the implementation of the plan and the evaluation of the given nursing care
- makes decisions concerning the patient´s individual nursing care, under supervision and with increasing independence
- implements the nursing process for patients with multiple diseases and understand holistic care
- can perform safe drug administration
- documents and gives verbal reports of given nursing care, under supervision and with increasing independence
- knows the administration of a ward
- performs necessary procedures when receiving and discharging a patient
- can guide team members in nursing care
- can work as an expert in nursing care

Content

Practice in patient-centered nursing care

Location and time

Supervised Clinical Practice in different hospitals during fall semester 2025

Materials

Jobiili https://www.jobiili.fi
Vasa Centralsjukhus https://www.vaasankeskussairaala.fi/sv/
Terveysportti https://www.terveysportti.fi/terveysportti/koti
Moodle

Teaching methods

Supervised Clinical practice
Practice seminars

Exam schedules

Compulsory attendance at Practice seminars
Approved internship from clinical supervisor and teacher

International connections

It is possible to do the clinical training abroad. The student can do it trough NordPlus or Erasmus networks or find a hospital themselves. A learning agreement must be signed by all three partners before the internship can start.

Completion alternatives

Approved internships
Participation in internship seminar
Approved practice assignments

Student workload

40 h/week during clinical training of what 38 h/week at clinical settings
6 weeks of practice = 228 h at practice, 12 h written assignment

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

See the Plan for Clinical Studies for course specific competencies.

The competencies the Student needs to reach in Vasa Central hospital
Can admit and discharge patients from the ward
Can define / map the patient's care needs, care planning, implementation of the care and
evaluate the care (according to FinCC)
Can be responsible for safe drug handling
Can use HaiPro
Can report the report both orally and in writing, participate in rounds, inform and supervise
patients and relatives
Can act according to ISBAR in non-emergency situations and in emergency situations
Have an ethical approach to the treatment of patients and relatives and consider their
cultural affiliation
Can apply theoretical knowledge in health care
Have the ability to independently acquire new evidence-based knowledge
Can handle complicated occupational assignments under supervision within own
nursing context
Can independently make decisions under supervision regarding the patient's care process
Can be responsible for safe drug treatment under supervision
Demonstrate the ability to supervise and teach patients (and relatives)
Promises to conscientiously follow the commitments the work gives and remembers
professional secrecy
https://www.vaasankeskussairaala.fi/globalassets/studerande_opiskelijat/handbok-for-studerandehandledning-pa-vasa-centralsjukhus-21.12.2018.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

See separate framework for evaluation

Assessment methods and criteria

Clinical Practice 40 h / week in six weeks, 228 h at practice + 12 h for assignment
Mandatory attendance 100%
Mandatory attendance at practice seminars
Approved practice assignments

Qualifications

All core, professional and alternative vocational studies must be completed
Practice: Primary Nursing Care
Practice: Optional Context
Presentation of Thesis and Maturity Exam

Further information

Only for degree students
Not possible to validate
Can be done abroad and as an exchange student