Public Health Nursing, Bachelor of Health Care
As a public health nurse, you are an expert in health promotion, preventive health care and activities for public health. You can work in, for example, maternity and child health clinics, school and student health care, occupational health care or home care.
During the studies, you will gain a broad and diverse professional background in health care for people of different ages and communities. The education also includes the qualification of a registered nurse.
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Bachelor of Health Care
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Educating experts in Public Health Nursing
A Public Health Nurse is an expert in nursing, with a special emphasis on health promotion, preventive health care and public health work. The work is independent but requires close multidisciplinary and professional cooperation.
As a public health health nurse, you can work in
- maternity and child health clinics,
- family planning and contraception clinic,
- school and student health care,
- in occupational health care,
- home care,
- community health care, or
- services for the elderly, amongst others.
The degree programme in Public Health Nursing includes both public health nurse and registered nurse degrees.
This degree programme is conducted only in Finnish. Read more and see the application instructions on the Finnish site.
Exchange Studies at Turku UAS
At Turku UAS, we embrace internationality and warmly welcome exchange students for a semester or an entire academic year. All our faculties offer a range of courses taught in English, which guarantees that you can get full advantage of the time you spend with us. Every year over 300 students select Turku UAS as their exchange destination.
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