Nursing
The students who graduate from Degree Programme in Nursing are registered nurses who have competency in health promotion, ethics, nursing decision making, clinical nursing and medication, guidance and education, research and development, management and leadership, societal collaboration and culture conscious care. Nurses’ operating environments include the clients’ homes, health care service communities, primary health care, specialist medical units, private companies, associations, organisations as well as ICT and other welfare networks.
In the beginning of the studies the student participates in a real life project in a nursing home or health centre ward of Espoo city and encounters clients and patients. During the second year the student develops his/her investigative approach in different fields of nursing. During the third and fourth year the student will actively search for targets to develop in nursing. In clinical area the student can choose the nursing area that he/she is interested to deepen as the future career choice.
The language of instruction is English. In the clinical studies tutoring is arranged mainly in English. However also Finnish language is needed. Therefore Finnish language studies are offered throughout the programme. At the end of the studies most students are able to communicate also in Finnish.
For further information on the study contents please contact
ulla.parviainen[at]laurea.fi