Bachelor's Degrees
Nursing
| Degree: | Bachelor of Health Care, 210 cr |
| Field of Education: | Social Services, Health and Sports |
| Place of Study: | Tampere, Kuntokatu |
| Applications: | Joint application for English degree programmes 11 Jan to 12 Feb 2010 Application instructions |
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The core competences in nursing and health care cover both knowledge and practical skills such as observation skills. These competences include the ability to analyse and interpret the gained information for sound decision-making embracing basic nursing as well as different specialised areas. Bachelors of Health Care are required to have skills in information management, professional communication and foreign languages, as well as openness to lifelong learning. Nurses’ professional competence is based on an information base which embraces both nursing science and other disciplines.
Bachelors of Health Care, or registered nurses, assist, guide, support and rehabilitate people in different age groups. They help people to cope, and to adapt to illnesses, disabilities, and death. As experts in the nursing field, they implement and develop a nursing process that promotes and maintains health, prevents illnesses and improves the healing process. They act as experts in multiprofessional work groups, using their managerial skills. The degree programme enables the graduate nurse to act flexibly in the changing work environments of primary health care and specialised nursing sectors as well as in private organisations and in the third sector.
The degree programme is implemented according to the legislation governing Universities of Applied Sciences and it consists of core studies, professional studies, a bachelor’s thesis and elective studies.
On-the-job learning, i.e. clinical training (75 cr) is an essential part of the professional studies; there, professional growth takes place, supported by the theoretical studies. On-the-job learning takes place in different types of health care settings which have a clinical training agreement with TAMK. Hospitals and other clinical training places are required to provide supervision at higher education level during the clinical training. The aim of the clinical training is to familiarise the students with the different areas of nursing and health care while performing key practical duties.
Key contents of the degree programme are studies in basic nursing, public health, women’s health, mental health, paediatric nursing, perioperative nursing, gerontological nursing, and medical-surgical nursing.
The studies are implemented according to an investigative and critical work approach. Students learn to produce practical information both for professional use and to enhance the wellbeing of patients and their immediate family members. Part of the studies may also be done on an international student exchange.
The degree is comparable with equivalent degrees in other EU countries. Bachelors of Health Care are authorised by the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health.
More information
For information regarding the application process: admissions(at)tamk.fi
For information regarding programme contents:
Ms Irma Salokoski, Head of Degree Programme
Study Secretary: Ms Karoliina Kaarre
Study Advisor: Ms Tuulikki Räsänen
Contact: Search from TAMK staff members
E-mail addresses: firstname.lastname@tamk.fi
Updated 08/26/2010