Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing, top-up degree, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

About this programme

The purpose of the Nursing degree programme is to train nursing experts. The students will receive a theoretical basis, learn professional clinical skills and establish an ethical foundation that is necessary for nurses. The studies will prepare the students for the following: customer-oriented nursing, management and entrepreneurship, clinical nursing, social welfare and health care operating environment, evidence-based operation and decision-making, guidance and teaching expertise, promoting health and an ability to cope with daily situations, and the quality and safety of social welfare and health care services. Nursing graduates will be able to guide, support, treat and rehabilitate people with different illnesses in cooperation with their next of kin and other professionals. They will also know how to take care of the persons close to the customer, as guiding them is an important part of their work. Evidence-based nursing expertise is enhanced in a variety of learning and operating environments. Nursing degree graduates will be able to work with customers of different ages, promoting their health and wellbeing and treating their illnesses. The students will also learn to participate in and coordinate various multidisciplinary working groups and networks and to develop their own work practices.