ABIO6100 Being Acute and/or Critically Ill Course description

In this course, the students are expected to acquire in-depth knowledge and understanding of the experiences, reactions and coping strategies of patients and next of kin in connection with acute and/or critical illness and examinations, treatment and death. Emphasis is placed on understanding important patient phenomena including pain, anxiety, hope, suffering, quality of life and dignity in an age-related and multicultural perspective. Students are expected to further develop their self-understanding and improve their ability to interact with people who are acutely and/or critically ill. Knowledge gained through this course will form a necessary basis for students being able to provide guidance to patients and caregivers in relation to their experience of and reactions to acute and/or critical illness. This knowledge will also be necessary to enable students to process their own reactions to events and provide guidance to colleagues in relation to their experiences and reactions.

Admission to the programme.

To start this course, you must have passed:

• SYKP/SYKP1010 Foundations of Nursing 1, 15 credits.
• SYKK/SYKP1110 Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, 15 credits.
• SYKK/SYKPPRA10 Foundations of Nursing 2, 15 credits.

or equivalent.*

* For year group 2023 at OsloMet, the equivalent is:

• Approved work requirements from SYKK/SYKP1300 Pharmacology and Drug Administration, 5 credits.

Passed course:

• SYKP/SYKP1000 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing/Foundations of Nursing 1, 13 credits.
• SYKK/SYKP1100 Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, 12 credits.
• SYKK/SYKP1200 Microbiology and Infection Control, 5 credits.
• SYKK/SYKPPRA10 Fundamentals of Nursing/Foundations of Nursing 2, 15 credits.

On successful completion of the course, the student has acquired the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge

The student can

• explain the concept of person-centered nursing for children and adults
• describe normal development from childhood to adulthood
• explain the interaction between physical and mental health across different stages of life
• describe depression, anxiety (mental illness), and substance abuse as possible part of a patient's reaction to illness
• describe the care perspective related to hope and coping
• define what Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is and understand the rationale behind EBP and shared decision-making
• explain the relationship between scientific theory and research methodology.
• describe various types of studies and characteristics of different issues and scientific articles, and explain how knowledge is placed in the knowledge pyramid

Skills

The student can

• apply knowledge of person-centered nursing to discussions about disease, mental health, and substance abuse issues
• describe methods for collecting and analysing quantitative and qualitative data, including various categorical and continuous measures of association and effect
• develop a relevant search strategy using PICO for a professional/clinical question related to disease, mental health, and substance abuse, and conduct the search for summarised research (from the top of the knowledge pyramid)
• critically evaluate health claims in the media and analyse and interpret the processes by which information and misinformation are distinguished, disseminated, and used in various contexts

General competence

The student can

• reflect on how person-centered nursing, as a working process, can contribute to caring for patients with disease, mental health, and substance abuse issues
• assess research ethical aspects especially related to patients with disease, mental health problems, and substance abuse issues

Lectures, group work, teaching programs from the University Library, seminars with presentations and self-study.

The following must have been completed and approved in order for a student to take the exam:

• Group assignment, 3-5 students, scope of 1,500 words (+/- 10 %) with a chosen problem that involves the design and implementation of a relevant literature search related to the course's theme, which is based on KBP.

Supervised individual written exam.

• 5 hours.

None.

Grade scale A-F.

• 5 ECTS overlap with SYKK/SYKPPRA20x Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 1, 20 ECTS.
• SYKK2100 and SYKP2100 are fully overlapping.