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Nursing Finnish (5cr)

Code: NURSFIN-3003

General information


Enrollment
24.03.2025 - 31.07.2025
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.08.2025 - 31.12.2025
Implementation is running.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Campus
Kosmos, Tietokatu 1, Kemi
Teaching languages
finnish
Seats
0 - 50
Degree programmes
Nursing, Kemi
Teachers
Riikka Partanen
Teacher in charge
Riikka Partanen
Course
NURSFIN

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students develop oral and written communication skills at level B1.1 (CEFR) and are familiar with the nursing language in the Finnish context. Students expand their vocabulary and structures to the topics related to nursing. Students can communicate in simple, familiar, and routine nursing-related tasks in the hospital, health care center, elderly care, and home care. Students are able to describe in simple terms aspects of his/her working environment, and matters in areas of immediate need using professional social interaction.

Accomplishment methods

Online course

Content

Content

Practicing B1 level Finnish in
• reading comprehension
• writing
• listening comprehension
• speaking

in/with the following themes:
• health care and nursing
• sicknesses and medicines
• professional oral and written communication situations

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Approved - Failed

Approved: Student completes compulsory assignments according to the instructions and timetable of the study unit.

Failed: Student does not complete compulsory assignments according to the instructions and timetable of the study unit.

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