Laurea is the largest educator of nurses in Finland. In our nursing programme taught in English, you will study in multicultural and diverse student groups. The nursing studies are practically oriented and contain lectures, workshops, and simulation exercises. As a registered nurse, you will work for the holistic wellbeing of individuals, their families, and other groups. Promoting and maintaining good health as well as preventing and treating illnesses will be your main interests. Good interaction skills and communication skills are required in nursing.

Degree studies at Laurea consists of core competence studies, that are obligatory for all students, and complementary studies that allow you to deepen or extend your knowledge. Nurse education contains seven work placements where you work with your future colleagues in various health care settings, developing professional skills and the nursing profession.

Student groups are multicultural and diverse. One of the benefits of The nursing programme is a day-time programme and includes contact teaching and face-to-face instruction contact teaching is the opportunity to discuss diverse viewpoints with others and find a common understanding of nursing concepts such as health, illness, family e.t.c

Multicultural student groups give you the possibility to develop multicultural competence as you get to learn about new cultures every day. Our students speak many different languages, and our groups have many second-generation immigrants.

At the beginning of your studies, you will attend a workshop where you assess your previous studies and design a personal study path. Your previous studies and work experience can be recognized as a part of your nursing studies using methods of recognition of prior studies and demonstration of competence. Previous work and study experience from other fields can also be recognized.

All courses on clinical nursing include theory lessons, workshops and simulation exercises. Nursing skills (such as measuring blood pressure or administering injections) are initially practiced in simulation. After learning practical skills, you will advance to problem-solving situations. You will consider different scenarios and actions for different nursing situations, patients, and illnesses, after which, you will continue to deepen your knowledge and problem-solving skills in work placements in different nursing environments.

Close cooperation with companies, the public and third sector organizations is part of Laurea’s pedagogical model known as Learning by Developing (LbD). During the studies you will carry out projects in authentic environments. For instance, students have carried out projects that include visiting English-speaking schools to give health education for children and teenagers and have participated in different community outreach work on health promotion in collaboration with working life partners.