Public Health Nurse, Full-time Studies, Spring, 2022: STNK22

- understands holistic human behaviour and the significance of nursing care
when encountering clients
- is able to establish client-centred and professional relationships when
encountering patients, next of kin and communities of various ages and
cultural backgrounds
- is able to act according to ethical principles and regulations in health care

- acquires a strong base of theoretical knowledge of health promotion and
essential methods used in various operational environments
- identifies, activates and assesses together with patients of various ages their
health literacy, resources and self-initiative
- is able to use and utilise social and health care technology and information
technology

- is able to base one’s actions on various disciplines
- is capable of evidence-based professional decision-making and taking
responsibility
- is able to identify, plan, implement and assess needs for nursing care
- has a good command of the essential, safe nursing interventions in various
situations and is able to assess the effectiveness of nursing care
- is able to take responsibility for the patient’s physical, psychological,
spiritual and social safety
- is able to guide and educate the patient in various operational
environments
- takes into account the principles of nursing that promote rehabilitation as
well as the principles of continuity of care
- is able to use and utilise social and health care technology and information
technology

- depending on the situation, is able to be in charge of the client’s nursing
and service process in cooperation with various occupational groups
- is able to apply and develop competence in aging in various operational
environments
- is able to act in multidisciplinary work communities and practice nursing
expertise in them
- recognises areas for improvement in nursing practice and is able to develop
them
- knows how to exercise influence on a societal level decision-making system
- participates in social development in the field of social services and health
care
- is able to apply and develop competence in ageing in various operational
environments

- is able to assess and develop one’s competences and learning methods
- is able to search, process and analyse information critically
- can assume responsibility for team learning and knowledge sharing
- is able to apply methods of client-centred guidance and counselling

is able to assume responsibility for one’s own actions and their
consequences
- is able to work according to the code of professional ethics of one’s field
- is able to take different parties into account
- is able to apply the principles of equality
- is able to apply the principles of sustainable development

- is able to function as a member of a work community and contribute to its
well-being
- is able to function in various communication and interactive situations at
work
- is able to use information and communication technology in the tasks of
one’s field
- is able to establish personal occupational contacts and work in networks
- is able to manage one’s own work and work independently in tasks
requiring expertise
- has developed entrepreneurial skills

- is able to solve problems and develop working methods innovatively
- is able to work in projects
- is able to plan and carry out research and development projects
- is able to find client-centred, sustainable and profitable solutions

- has the language competence necessary for the work in the field and its
development
- is able to cooperate with people from different cultural backgrounds
- is able to take into account the opportunities and effects of
internationalisation