NURSING EDUCATION and NURSING SCIENCE IN FINLAND

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NURSING EDUCATION and NURSING SCIENCE IN
FINLAND Eloranta Sini and Mört Susanna, RN,
MNSc Summer 2005 Department of Nursing
Science University of Turku, Finland http//www.me
d.utu.fi/hoito/index.html
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SOME FACTS OF FINLAND

• Population 5.2 million
• - 62 in urban areas
• 279 health centres - primary health care
• 20 hospital districts - specialized health care-
  5 university hospitals, 15 central hospitals

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NUMBER OF NURSES IN FINLAND
40 000 REGISTERED NURSES
5 800 NURSE MANAGERS
1 400 MASTERS OF NURSING SCIENCE Nursing
Teachers Clinical Nurse Specialists
140 PhD, Nursing Science
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THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF FINLAND

• Preschools
• Comprehensive schools
• Upper secondary schools
• Vocational institutions
• Polytechnics
• Universities

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• NURSING EDUCATION IN FINLAND
• 31 Polytechnics
• Registered nurses, midwifes,
• public health nurses,
• physiotherapists etc.
• Length of education
• 3,5 years (nurse)
• 4,5 years (public health care nurse and
  midwife)

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NURSING EDUCATION IN AT THE POLYTECHINICS

• Studies includes
• basic and professional studies
• clinical practice
• maturity test and thesis

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STUDIES OF NURSING SCIENCE IN FINLAND

• Since 1979 (started in Kuopio)
• Now at 5 Universities (Kuopio, Tampere, Turku,
  Oulu, Åbo Akademi/Vaasa)
• Degrees
• Master of Health Sciences in Nursing
• Licentiate of Health Sciences in Nursing
• Doctor of Health Sciences in Nursing (PhD)

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NURSING SCIENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF TURKU

• Masters degree programme in 1986
• In 1988 the doctoral education started within
  Faculty of Medicine
• Department of Nursing Science in 1988
• Masters degree programme (160 credit units)
• Nursing teacher
• Clinical Nurse Specialist in elderly nursing care
  or in acute nursing care
• Main discipline Nursing Science
• Philosophy of Nursing Science
• Theory of Nursing Science
• Methodology of Nursing Science

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Admission to the masters programme in nursing
Science in the University of Turku

• Students are reguired
• To hold a prior professional gualification in
  nursing
• to pass an entrance examination
• Intake 45 students/year
• About 220 master students
• 97 of students are women

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MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMME (160 cr)

• Major subject Nursing Science (87 cr)
• Minor subject Nursing teacher or
• Clinical nursing science and management (35
  cr)
• General studies (23 cr)
• Optional studies (15 cr)

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MAIN ELEMENTS OF THE PhD PROGRAMME IN NURSING

• Students are required
• To have at least master level education
• To pass an entrance examination (study proposal)
• Intake varies every year
• About 70 post-graduate students

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PhD programme in nursing

• Each doctoral student plans her/his individual
  programme
• Coursework of 40 cr
• - General scientific and methodological
  studies
• - Studies in nursing science
• - Studies from other fields supporting the
  students own research interest
• Doctoral dissertation

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NURSING SCIENCE RESEARCH IN THE UNIVERSITY OF
TURKU

• The aims set out for research
• 1. Analysing the theoretical basis for nursing,
  particularly value basis and ethics
• 2. Evaluating and developing the base of
  nursing knowledge, practice and education in
  clinical and elderly nursing care
• 3. Evaluating and developing the learning and
  teaching in health care and nursing and health
  care organizations

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Thank you !