English for Nurses (3cr)
Code: SH10109-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.10.2025 - 31.10.2025
- Registration for introductions has not started yet.
- Timing
- 07.01.2026 - 31.05.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Kielten ja viestinnän opetus (KVO)
- Campus
- Tikkarinne Campus Tikkarinne 9
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 5 - 50
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
- Teachers
- Henna Kakkonen
- Tuulia Sunikka
- Juha Pesonen
- Terhi Hagman
- Sanna Lötjönen
- Teacher in charge
- Sanna Lötjönen
- Groups
-
SHKS24Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing, Full Time Studies, Fall, 2024, KV
- Course
- SH10109
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
After completing the course, you can
- communicate with patients and clients in typical nursing situations
- use essential vocabulary related to nursing
- read general texts related to your field, and summarise the main points of the text to a patient/client
Content
- admission interview questions
- daily programme on the ward
- describing pain
- words and phrases related to medication
- ADLs and assistive equipment
- nursing procedures and typical instruments
- general terminology related to surgical nursing
- core anatomy vocabulary
Location and time
Contact teaching on campus, 80% attendance
Materials
Moodle materials
Teaching methods
After completing the course, you can
- communicate with patients and clients in typical nursing situations
- use essential vocabulary related to nursing
- read general texts related to your field, and summarise the main points of the text to a patient/client
Content:
- admission interview questions
- daily programme on the ward
- describing pain
- words and phrases related to medication
- ADLs and assistive equipment
- nursing procedures and typical instruments
- general terminology related to surgical nursing
- core anatomy vocabulary
Exam schedules
The exam will be in two parts.
There will be two re-exams available.
Completion alternatives
RPL (recognition of prior learning), contact the lecturer in charge.
Student workload
3 credits = 80 hours of student's work
xx contact lessons
Course exams 2x2 hours