Bachelor of Health Care, Public Health Nurse, full-time studies, Lappeenranta, 240 ECTS

Registered Nurse and a Public Health Nurse 

Do you want to study in Finland to become a Registered Nurse and a Public Health Nurse? At LAB University of Applied Sciences, in the Bachelor of Health Care (RN) and Public Health Nurse degree programme, you will gain qualifications as both a Registered Nurse and a Public Health Nurse. 

As a Public Health Nurse, your future job opportunities will be wide. You can work with individuals and families while promoting the health of the entire population. Additionally, as a Registered Nurse, you can work in all areas of medical care.

To work as a nurse in Finland you must learn the Finnish language. The language of your studies is English, but we provide several Finnish language courses during your studies. In addition to this, our big student community and clinical practice placements offer you a good opportunity to practice the Finnish language. 

As a Public Health Nurse, you can promote the health, functional capacity, and well-being of people and families of different ages in a wide range of areas. You know the field's theory and nursing practices, and how to apply them in varying client situations. You can identify clients and their families who are part of risk groups. You support and help them and guide them to the necessary help resources.

As a Public Health Nurse, you must know how to act independently and collaborate with multidisciplinary and multi-professional teams. At work, you must be ready to make independent decisions based on researched information and treatment instructions. Working as a Public Health Nurse requires sufficient mental and physical health and functional ability because you face changing situations in your work and are responsible for patient safety. 

Your studies include general nursing studies, so in the future, you will have the opportunity to choose your workplace according to your interests from the wide field of nursing and health care. 

Studying Public Health Nursing in a versatile way

The Public Health Nursing education at LAB University of Applied Sciences gives you good theoretical and practical skills to work as a nursing and health care expert.

Teaching takes place on campus approximately five days a week. Community study creates networks and cooperation skills that are important in working life. Intermittent online study courses, as well as courses that blend online and face-to-face teaching, provide variety and flexibility to your study methods and schedules. You will find out the course timetables at the start of the semester.

A large part of Registered Nurse and Public Health Nurse studies is clinical training in a genuine nursing environment. You will do clinical practice in hospitals, sheltered housing, schools, mental health services, maternity clinics etc. During the clinical training, you will gain skills for promoting equality in work with individuals and work communities. Clinical training requires you to study full-time. You may not be able to find all your clinical placements in Lappeenranta. You might need to move to another city for a few weeks. These costs are not included in the academic year fee, so you must pay them yourself.

The bachelor's (in Finnish AMK) degree programme in Public Health Nursing qualifies you to work as a Registered Nurse (RN) and a Public Health Nurse throughout the European Union. At LAB University of Applied Sciences, the diversity of people is seen as wealth, and every person is valued regardless of their background or status.

Feel free to join our big community of international students and acquire wide-ranging skills for the duties of a future Public Health Nurse!