Satakunta University of Applied Sciences offers a bachelor’s degree program in Nursing that gives you a broader knowledge of ethics, health care innovations and interactions with patients in an international environment. Health care services maintain and promote health, functional capacity and social security in society. An important part of the work in the field of nursing also includes prevention and treatment of illness. The aim of health care education is to prepare students for working as experts in nursing both independently and in multidisciplinary teams.

The aim of health and welfare policies in Finland is to improve the well-being of Finnish people and to make them feel they can cope in a variety of living conditions. In social services and health care emphasis is placed on prevention, smooth progress of the nursing chains, well-being of the staff and security in the functions of the data systems.

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SAMK students will be employed
As a graduated nurse you can work in different care settings from clients´ homes and open counselling centres to intensive care units in hospitals as well as a private entrepreneur.

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The entrance examination consists of two parts:

• Written exam .                   

• Online interview

Written exam measures applicant’s learning skills, mathematical skills, motivation and understanding of written English. The time for the written exam will be limited.

In the online interview, applicant will be interviewed through a video negotiation platform with his/her own computer, webcam, headset/microphone and Internet connection. Applicant’s skills of understanding and producing spoken English are measured. Applicant is given a time of 20 minutes for the interview by invitation – the applicant cannot change the date and the time of the interview.

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Those applying to the field should bear in mind that:

• studying and working in a profession of this field require good mental balance;

• the field is not suitable for illegal drug users or for alcohol or legal drug abusers;

• conditions such as musculoskeletal diseases, chronic skin diseases, allergies and mental health disorders may lead to health issues during studies or later in working life;

• a blood-borne disease may restrict the progress of studies and employment;

• several operational units of social and health care treat patients that are exposed to infections, and work in those units requires that the staff’s immunisation is in order.

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Satakunta University of Applied Sciences may cancel admission for the following reasons:

• an applicant fails to submit certificates by the deadline specified by the university of applied sciences

• an applicant has provided false information about his or her grades

• an applicant admitted to the Degree Programme in Biomedical Laboratory Science cannot be considered fit for the programme based on a certificate of visual acuity

• it is obvious that the student, in terms of his or her health status and functional capacity, does not meet the admissions criteria (Polytechnics Act 932/2014)

• an applicant has concealed the cancellation of his or her prior study entitlement (Polytechnics Act 932/2014).