2025 Terveydenhoitaja (AMK): Syksy 2025 th
Code: 2025TH
- Degree title
- Bachelor of Health Care, Public Health Nurse (terveydenhoitaja AMK)
- Credits
- 240 ects
- Duration
- 4 years (240 cr)
- Start semester
- Autumn 2025
- Teaching language
- Finnish
Descriptions
The curriculum fulfils the Act (559/1994 and 1200/2007), Decree (564/1994) and EU directives (updated 2013/55/EU) on health care professionals as well as nationally agreed competence requirements of registered nurse and public health nurse education (2019). The public health nurse programme (240 ECTS) includes the education of a registered nurse.
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE 240 ECTS
BASIC STUDIES 10 ECTS
VOCATIONAL STUDIES 205 ECTS
ELECTIVES 5 ECTS
THESIS 15 ECTS AND DEVELOPMENT ASSIGNMENT 5 ECTS
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| Code | Name | Credits (cr) | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | Autumn 2025 | Spring 2026 | Autumn 2026 | Spring 2027 | Autumn 2027 | Spring 2028 | Autumn 2028 | Spring 2029 | 1. / 2025 | 2. / 2026 | 1. / 2026 | 2. / 2027 | 1. / 2027 | 2. / 2028 | 1. / 2028 | 2. / 2029 |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 240 |
th ops2025 lukukausittain
| Code | Name | Credits (cr) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025TH-PEO |
BASIC STUDIES
(Choose all ) |
10 |
| 2025TH-ORI |
Orientation to higher education studies
(Choose all ) |
2 |
| ORI0002A25S | Orientation to higher education studies | 2 |
| 2025TH-ENGO |
English
(Choose all ) |
3 |
| 2025TH-ENG0003A25S |
Professional English
(Choose all ) |
3 |
| ENG0101A25S | Oral language skills in English | 1.5 |
| ENG0201A25S | Written language skills in English | 1.5 |
| 2025TH-RUOO |
Swedish
(Choose all ) |
5 |
| 2025TH-RUO1002A25S |
Introduction to Swedish
(Choose all ) |
2 |
| RUO1002A25S | Introduction to Swedish | 2 |
| 2025TH-RUO2003A25S |
Professional Swedish
(Choose all ) |
3 |
| RUO2101A25S | Oral language skills in Swedish | 1.5 |
| RUO2201A25S | Written language skills in Swedish | 1.5 |
| 2025TH-AMO |
PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
(Choose all ) |
205 |
| 2025TH-SAP |
Basics of nurse’s professional competence
(Choose all ) |
12 |
| SAP0103A25S | Expertise and ethics in nursing | 3 |
| SAP0204A25S | Service systems and customer encounters in social, health and church sector | 4 |
| SAP0302A25S | The decision-making process and documentation in nursing | 2 |
| SAP0403A25S | Human growth and development | 3 |
| 2025TH-KLI |
Basics of evidence-based clinical nursing
(Choose all ) |
15 |
| KLI0103A25S | Basics of clinical nursing | 3 |
| KLI0202A25S | Clinical nursing skills workshops and simulations | 2 |
| KLI0303A25S | Anatomy and physiology I | 3 |
| KLI0402A25S | Anatomy and physiology II | 2 |
| KLI0505A25S | Health and wellbeing promotion | 5 |
| 2025TH-MYH |
Multidisciplinary common studies
(Choose all ) |
4 |
| MYH1002A25S | Disability | 2 |
| MYH2002A25S | Social and health economy | 2 |
| 2025TH-SIS |
Evidence-based nursing in internal medicine and cancer care
(Choose all ) |
7 |
| SIS0103A25S | Internal medicine and cancer care | 3 |
| SIS0204A25S | Internal medicine and cancer care skills workshop and simulation | 4 |
| 2025TH-KIG |
Evidence-based surgical nursing
(Choose all ) |
4 |
| KIG0102A25S | Surgical nursing | 2 |
| KIG0202A25S | Surgical nursing skills workshops and simulations | 2 |
| 2025TH-IKA |
Evidence-based nursing of older people
(Choose all ) |
6 |
| IKA0104A25S | Nursing of older people | 4 |
| IKA0202A25S | Methods of rehabilitative health promotion | 2 |
| 2025TH-AMM |
Professional development activities
(Choose all ) |
4 |
| AMM004A25S | Professional development activities | 4 |
| 2025TH-MPH |
Evidence-based mental health and substance abuse work
(Choose all ) |
5 |
| MPH0005A25S | Mental health and substance abuse work | 5 |
| 2025TH-PHH |
Palliative and spiritual nursing
(Choose all ) |
4 |
| PHH0004A25S | Palliative and spiritual nursing | 4 |
| 2025TH-LHO |
Evidence-based nursing for children, adolescents and families
(Choose all ) |
5 |
| LHO0203A25S | Clinical nursing of children, adolescents and families | 3 |
| LHO0302A25S | Nursing of children, adolescents and families skills workshop and simulations | 2 |
| 2025TH-KOU |
Health promotion with school-age children, young people and families
(Choose all ) |
5 |
| KOU0103A25S | School nurse work | 3 |
| KOU0202A25S | Health promotion with school-age children and young people | 2 |
| 2025TH-SOA |
Applied evidence-based expertise
(Choose all ) |
3 |
| SOA0103A25S | Management and entrepreneurship | 3 |
| 2025TH-NEU |
Public health nurses at maternity and child health clinics
(Choose all ) |
9 |
| NEU0104A25S | Public health nurse work at maternity clinics | 4 |
| NEU0205A25S | Public health nurses at child health clinics | 5 |
| 2025TH-KHY |
Kestävä hyvinvointi / Sustainable wellbeing
(Choose all ) |
2 |
| KHY0002A25S | Kestävä hyvinvointi / Sustainable wellbeing | 2 |
| 2025TH-TYO |
Occupational health nurse
(Choose all ) |
4 |
| TYO0004A25S | Occupational health nurse | 4 |
| 2025TH-AVO |
Clinic nursing in outpatient healthcare
(Choose all ) |
4 |
| AVO0004A25S | Clinic nursing in outpatient healthcare | 4 |
| 2025TH-TEA |
Professionally ethical activities of a public health nurse
(Choose all ) |
2 |
| TEA0002A25S | Professionally ethical activities of a public health nurse | 2 |
| 2025TH-TER |
Expertise as a public health nurse and work management
(Choose all ) |
5 |
| TER0005A25S | Expertise as a public health nurse and work management | 5 |
| 2025TH-YMP |
Environmental health promotion
(Choose all ) |
3 |
| YMP0003A25S | Environmental health promotion | 3 |
| 2025TH-LAA |
Pharmacotherapy and medical calculation
(Choose all ) |
17 |
| LAA1002A25S | Safe pharmacotherapy and medical calculation | 2 |
| LAA2003A25S | Adult pharmacotherapy and medical calculation | 3 |
| LAA3002A25S | Pharmacotherapy and medical calculation for older people | 2 |
| LAA4002A25S | Vaccinations and the prevention of infectious diseases | 2 |
| LAA5002A25S | Pharmacotherapy and medical calculations in mental health and substance abuse work | 2 |
| LAA6002A25S | Pharmacotherapy and medical calculations for children and adolescents | 2 |
| LAA7201A25S | Pharmacotherapy and drug calculations at maternity and child health clinics | 1 |
| LAA8002A25S | Pharmacotherapy and drug calculations of a working-age customer | 2 |
| LAA9001A25S | Advanced vaccination competence | 1 |
| 2025TH-HARK |
Work placements
(Choose all ) |
85 |
| HAR1005A25S | Basic clinical work placement in nursing | 5 |
| HAR2104A25S | Promotion of children’s health – work placement | 4 |
| HAR2204A25S | Adults’ health promotion and clinical nursing – work placement | 4 |
| HAR3006A25S | Work placement in internal medicine | 6 |
| HAR4006A25S | Work placement for surgical nursing | 6 |
| HAR5006A25S | Work placement for the care of older people/home care | 6 |
| HAR6007A25S | Work placement in mental health promotion and substance abuse work/home care | 7 |
| HAR7006A25S | Work placement in the nursing children, adolescents and families | 6 |
| HAR8005A25S | Work placement as a school healthcare nurse | 5 |
| HAR9110A25S | Public health nurse work at maternity and child health clinics – work placement | 10 |
| HAR1006A25S | Occupational health nurse – work placement | 6 |
| HAR1109A25S | Outpatient healthcare and sustainable wellbeing – work placement | 9 |
| HAR1211A25S | Expertise as a public health nurse – work placement | 11 |
| 2025TH-VAO |
ELECTIVE STUDIES
(Choose ects: 5 ) |
5 |
| 2025TH-OPO |
THESIS
(Choose all ) |
20 |
| 2025TH-OPNT |
Thesis
(Choose all ) |
20 |
| KEH0103A25S | Development and research 1: Principles and basis | 3 |
| KEH0202A25S | Development and research 2: Planning | 2 |
| KEH0305A25S | Development and research 3: Implementation and reporting | 5 |
| KEH0405A25S | Development and research 4: Publication | 5 |
| KEH0505A25S | Development and research 5: Development work for public health nurse | 5 |
Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.