Nursing, Bachelor of Health Care
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
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Campus location
Helsinki, Finland
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
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Full time
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Introduction
Nursing, Bachelor of Health Care
In the Degree Programme in Nursing, you will study in English in a multicultural student group. Metropolia has more than 20 years of experience in educating nurses in English language. The education will open up excellent job opportunities both in Finland and abroad. After completing the degree, you will possess a nurse's qualification in accordance with EU directives. You may work in a hospital, home nursing, various rehabilitation and nursing homes or medical centre. In addition, the nurse's degree will enable you to work as an expert or consultant, with non-profit organisations or in international duties.
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Program Outcome
Degree title: Bachelor of Health Care
Credits: 210 ECTS
About one third of the nursing studies consists of clinical practise, which mostly takes place in various care and operating environments in the health care and social services sector. There are clinical practise periods in every term. Please take into consideration that you may have to work in three shifts in many places where you will be carrying out your clinical training.
The clinical practices take place in Finnish language environments. Therefore fluency in Finnish language is required at least in level B1 in the entrance examination. Also the curriculum includes Finnish language studies for international students.
Your degree will include a Bachelor´s thesis (15 credits), which is usually carried out in pairs in one of Metropolia's workplace-oriented projects.
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Career Opportunities
The core of your work is to guide, support, care and rehabilitate people with different illnesses in cooperation with other health care professionals and patients family. Your job also includes teaching, planning, development project, management and various expert tasks.
You may work in a hospital, home nursing, various rehabilitation and nursing homes or medical centre. In addition, the nurse's degree will enable you to work as an expert or consultant, with non-profit organisations or in international duties.