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Vocational Qualification in Social and Health Care (1.11.2020) | Competence area of Nursing and Care

Holders of the vocational qualification in social and health care have wide-ranging basic capabilities for the different tasks in their occupational field and more specialised competence and the vocational skills required in the world of work in at least one competence area in working life activities. Practical nurses or emergency practical nurses (BLS) who have completed a vocational upper secondary qualification are able to carry out their work following the regulations, operating practices, values, and occupational ethics of their field. They are able to work in professional interaction and in multiprofessional and multicultural operating environments. They know how to plan, implement, and assess nursing and care that promotes the client's or patient's health, wellbeing, functional capacity, growth, and social inclusion in different social and health care or educational operating environments. They are able to provide client-oriented guidance on how to use the services, are able to use wellbeing technologies diversely, and develop their professional competence according to the principles of lifelong learning. They are able to take care of patient and client safety, work aseptically and ergonomically, and take care of their occupational safety and wellbeing at work.

In the competence area in children's and youth education and care, they know how to promote the child's growth, wellbeing, and learning in early childhood education and care and are able to promote the child's, the adolescent's, and the family's health and wellbeing. In the competence area in mental health and substance abuse work, they are able to do mental health and substance abuse work and work with the clients and networks in that field. In the competence area in care and rehabilitation of the elderly, they are able to work in home care in a manner that enhances the client's functional capacity and promotes the social inclusion of the elderly. In the competence area in nursing and care, they know how to promote the client's health and are able to work in home care and nursing. In the competence area in care for the disabled, they know how to enhance the social inclusion of individuals with disabilities and to maintain and enhance their functional capacity. In the competence area in podiatric care, they know how to promote the podiatric health of their clients and are able to work in podiatric care. In the competence area in oral health care, they are able to work in oral health care and know how to promote oral health. In the competence area in basic life support (BLS), they are able to enhance health, safety, wellbeing and the functional capacity and are able to work in emergency and acute care.

The optional units provide practical nurses or emergency practical nurses (BLS) with competence required for profiling themselves in the different sectors of activities in social and health care. These sectors include the use of wellbeing technology in the maintenance of functional capacity, terminal care, taking samples, supporting living at home and life management, mental health and substance abuse work for different client groups, patient immobilisation, perioperative care, acting in situations with multiple patients and in disasters, terminal care, use of functional methods, enhancing children and adolescents' mental health skills, oral health care, and podiatric care.

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The Vocational Qualification in Social and Health Care is composed of vocational units (145 competence points) and common units (35 competence points). The scope of a vocational qualification is 180 competence points.

The Vocational Qualification in Social and Health Care comprises eight competence areas:

  • competence area of care and rehabilitation for elderly people, practical nurse
  • competence area of podiatric care, practical nurse
  • competence area of children's and youth education and care, practical nurse
  • competence area of mental health and substance abuse work, practical nurse
  • competence area of nursing and care, practical nurse
  • competence area of oral health care, practical nurse
  • competence area of care for the disabled, practical nurse
  • competence area of basic life support (BLS), emergency practical nurse (BLS).

The competence areas include four compulsory units, of which the first two compulsory units, Promotion of growth and social inclusion and Promotion of wellbeing and functional capacity, are included in all but the Competence area in basic life support, in which the compulsory units are Promotion of health, safety and wellbeing and Maintenance and promotion of functional capacity.

The common units are: Communication and interaction skills, Competence in mathematics and natural sciences, and Society and working life skills

The scope of the optional studies students must include in their qualification is 15 competence points.

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Vocational units

0145

Competence area of Nursing and Care

Practical nurse

0130

Compulsory units

2525

Promoting growth and participation

3030

Promoting wellbeing and functional capacity

4040

Working in home care

3535

Nursing

015

Optional units
Students select 15 competence points.

015

Wellbeing technology in promoting functional capacity

015

Patient immobilisation

015

Mental health and substance abuse welfare work with different client groups

015

Taking samples and client service in practical nursing

015

Working in perioperative nursing

015

Oral health care for different client groups

015

Action-based methods in promoting wellbeing

015

Working as a top expert

05

Workplace instructor training

015

Working in a company

015

Planning a business

015

A unit based on local competence requirements
The unit contains competence that meets local labour market needs. The competence must be suitable for the needs of more than one workplace. The education provider names the unit on the basis of operational entities in the world of work and determines its scope in competence points. The education provider defines the competence requirements and the assessment of competence in a similar manner as for vocational units.

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A unit from another vocational qualification, further qualification or specialist qualification
A unit from another vocational qualification, further qualification or specialist qualification can be included in the qualification. Regardless of the scope of the unit to be included in the qualification, its scope in this case is at maximum 15 competence points.
Select unit from another qualification

015

Higher education studies
The unit contains higher education studies that support vocational competence.

015

Parts of common units, general upper secondary school studies or other studies supporting capacities for further studies

035

Common units

The scope of communication and interaction competence is at least 11 competence points, the scope of mathematics and science competence is at least 6 competence points, and the scope of citizenship and working life competence is at least 9 competence points. The common units must also contain optional targeted learning outcomes from one or several common units and part(s) of units selected by the student, fulfilling the scope of 35 competence points of common units.

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Communication and interaction competence

66

Mathematics and science competence

99

Citizenship and working life competence

09

Optional targeted learning outcomes of common units

The optional targeted learning outcomes of common units may be other optional targeted learning outcomes determined in the qualification requirements or decided by the education provider that support the outcomes determined for that unit and its parts in the qualification requirements. The student's prior learning may also be included in optional targeted learning outcomes if it supports the targeted learning outcomes determined for that unit and its parts in the qualification requirements.