Bachelor of Health Care, Registered Nurse
Kuopio, Finland
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
17 Jan 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 8,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* For non-EU/EEA citizens, per year. Scholarships available.
Introduction
Why study nursing at Savonia?
Name of the study programme: Bachelor's degree programme in Nursing
Degree title: Bachelor of Health Care
Extent of the study programme: 210 credits
City: Kuopio, Finland
Mode of teaching: Full-time, on Campus
Application period: January 2023
Objectives of Studies
After having completed the nursing studies you will be a competent and skilled nursing expert. You will have extensive knowledge of nursing; you will master the required concepts, methods and skills to enable the critical assessment and decision-making in changing and unpredictable nursing situations.
After graduation, you will be an expert in nursing patients and have the ability to apply your knowledge and skills when solving complex and unpredictable nursing problems.
During your studies, you will learn to be in charge of professional work or projects as well as to work in expert jobs in the field of nursing. You will also learn to assess your own skills and the skills and development of other people and teams. You will be able to apply, assess and analyze your nursing skills in different situations. You will also be able to coordinate the work and to work independently as a nursing expert both in your home country and abroad. You will be prepared for lifelong learning and have the ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with different audiences in and outside the field of nursing. You will also have good communication skills both in Swedish and in English.
Choosing the Major or Specialisation
The degree consists of 180 ECTS of common studies and 30 ECTS of alternative studies.
At the final stage of the studies, you can choose 30 ECTS of alternative professional studies. The study modules include eg Mental Health and Addiction Care in different environments, Clinical Nursing of Medical Patients in different environments, Perioperative Nursing in different environments, and Acute and Intensive Care Nursing. You can also include courses in foreign languages and entrepreneurial courses into the alternative studies. You can develop your entrepreneurial skills also during the training periods.
Qualification
The National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (VALVIRA) grants licensing, upon application and upon the announcement of the UAS, to practice nursing as a licensed professional. The professional qualification of a nurse and the education of a nurse working in general nursing are regulated by the directive 2013/55/EY of the European Parliament and of the Council as well as by the European Qualifications Framework, 2006.
Internationality
You can study international issues and develop your intercultural skill at different stages of your studies both at Savonia UAS in a multicultural environment and at our foreign partner universities. In addition, you can improve your intercultural skills by being a peer tutor-student and/or by hosting our foreign exchange students.
Our exchange partners are eg in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, India, Kenia, Mozambique, Namibia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand and the UK.
Cooperation
At Savonia UAS we implement OIS (Open Innovation Space) where high-quality learning and teaching are combined with work-based RDI. The student is active and works on different premises, groups, communities and eLearning environments. Students from different fields, teachers and people working in RDI together with representatives from the working life work on different types of assignments and solve various practical problems. Part of the studies is completed by working on various work-based projects.
Research
At Savonia UAS we have assigned RDI focus areas. The Degree Programme in Nursing focuses on applied welfare technology.
Possibilities to continue studies after graduation
Different types of additional, further and continuing education and training support and enhance your nursing career development. After gaining three years of work experience, you can continue your studies at a UAS and complete a Master’s degree there. Universities also provide possibilities for further education.
Admissions
Curriculum
The degree studies are full-time studies and attendance is required in major parts of the courses. The study methods include contact lessons, distance and independent studies, e-learning, internships, and RDI work. Internship periods are full-time studies and attendance is required. To confirm your internship placements, you are required to be active in placements search, and may be required to travel outside Kuopio municipality.
We use versatile methods in our education, such as skills workshops and simulations. The guiding principles in nursing education are intercourse between theory and practice, contact lessons and independent studying both by oneself and in teams as well as learning in different expert cultures. The student takes an active role in the studies.
During the first year of your studies, you will learn to observe a human being as a psychophysical entity, and you will learn the basics of nursing. You will learn to use the nursing values and principles to enhance health and functional ability as well as in nursing medical patients.
During the second year, you will learn to use evidence-based information in the medication of the most common diseases in Perioperative nursing, Pediatric and Family nursing and Mental Health and Substance Abuse nursing fields. After the theoretical studies, you will have internship periods, where you will learn to apply and expand your nursing knowledge in those fields.
During the third year, you can apply and analyze information on gerontological nursing and home care services and, also, implement health promotion, based on the clients’ needs. You will be able to assess the development needs in nursing as well as plan and implement solutions to renew and develop nursing. You will also be able to apply the RDI skills you obtained during your studies when planning and writing your thesis.
During the final year of your studies, you will be able to apply, assess and analyze your nursing skills in different fields, coordinate your work and work independently as a nursing expert in an international environment. You will have the ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with different audiences in and outside the field of nursing.
The content of nursing studies starts with becoming familiar with nursing and proceeds to applying the nursing skills in different patient work situations, for example, with patients of different ages and with different diseases. Your skills are developed and deepened during the study process.
Career Opportunities
Career Possibilities
You can work as a nursing expert eg at health clinics, in hospital wards and home care services. In addition, care and healthcare companies, special health care outpatient clinics, wards and operating theatres, as well as mental health clinics, can be your future employers. You can also have an international career or become an entrepreneur.