BV1300 Law - legal methods, sources of law and administrative law Course description

In this course, the students will acquire knowledge of the regulatory framework and welfare law system that governs professional practice. They will learn about children’s rights in society (welfare law) and in the family (children’s rights), case processing rules in public administration (general and special administrative law) and how to proceed when seeking to solve legal issues (theory of sources of law and legal method). The course also includes an introduction to fundamental human rights and child welfare law.

None.

Knowledge

The student

· has broad knowledge of legal method and sources of law, power distribution and the structure of the administration

· has broad knowledge of principles of law and basic concepts in welfare law

· has broad knowledge of the rules on children’s right to participation and self-determination

· has broad knowledge of the rules on duty of confidentiality, duty of disclosure and right of disclosure, and the duty to avert a criminal offence

· has broad knowledge of case processing rules for individual administrative decisions

· has broad knowledge of children’s right to protection and care pursuant to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and other welfare rights of particular importance to children and young people in vulnerable life situations and their families

· has knowledge of the provisions of the Children Act on parental responsibility, custody and right of access

· has knowledge of the development and main content of the Child Welfare Act

Skills

The student

· can identify and discuss legal issues in accordance with legal method

· can apply case processing rules in child care and welfare work

· can safeguard the child’s best interests, children and young people’s due process protection and other legal principles in case processing

· can contribute to ensuring that children’s (and parents’) welfare rights are safeguarded

· can cooperate with different agencies within the applicable regulations

General competence

The student

· can safeguard children’s and families’ rights in encounters with the welfare services, based on knowledge of the legal rules' significance to child care and welfare work

· can present, document and give grounds for their choice of case processing steps to safeguard the child and family’s due process protection

The teaching methods comprise lectures and student-active sessions for working on assignments.

No coursework requirements/compulsory activities.

In this course, the student will learn about nursing for patients with chronic diseases, loss of function after injury or disease, intellectual disabilities and other complex diseases. The students will encounter patients in their own homes or in residential care homes. They will gain experience of communicating and interacting with patients and next-of-kin. Challenges related to key patient phenomena, functional impairment, mastery, dignity and user participation will be central aspects of the course. Different perspectives on nursing in a care and rehabilitation context are analysed with the home as the arena, at the intersection between paternalism and autonomy, as well as different cultural values. Interprofessional and intersectoral cooperation and service development and innovation are also included in the course.

Passed course:

or equivalent.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can discuss the nurse’s role in health promoting work and (re)habilitation enterprises for different age groups
• can explain the terms everyday rehabilitation and (re)habilitation at home
• can explain the nursing of children with lasting health challenges and their families
• can discuss health counselling at the individual, group, and social level

Skills

The student is capable of

• adapting and integrating theoretical and practical knowledge of the nurse's rehabilitating and health promoting function to promote the best possible functional level, well-being and quality of life for the individual, in cooperation with other health professions
• identifying persons with a high risk of functional impairment early enough to implement measures
• planning and carrying out nursing measures to ensure the safe transfer of patients between different units and levels of the municipal health service planning and carrying out nursing for patients in the last phase of life and following up next-of-kin and those left behind

Competence

The student is capable of

• critically reflecting (professional, ethical, and legal) on how information, communication and welfare technology can strengthen the municipality’s services
• exploring what a lack of activity and unmet psychosocial needs can lead to over time, and discussing how new measures can strengthen the traditional services provided
• discussing his/her own professional role in an interprofessional context and initiating and contributing to interprofessional and intersectoral cooperation
• communicating and sharing experiences related to central subject matter such as theories, problems, and solutions, both in writing and orally
• reflecting on ethical perspectives when nursing is carried out in private homes
• engaging in new thinking and innovation processes through project work and taking the initiative to quality improvement and implementation of new work methods
• discussing cultural sensitivity and reflecting on the significance of cultural understanding in nursing practice, quality, and patient safety in the patients' homes
• using technology and digital solutions to support patients’ and next-of-kin's resources, mastering possibilities and participation

Practical training has requirements for attendance 90 %. The student fills in a self-presentation for the start of the practice and self-assessment for the mid- and final assessment. Other compulsory activities are:

• simulation palliation in home-based services - 2 days
• innovation and service development, participation in workshops related to innovation and innovation processes - 2 days
• group assignment (3-5 students) - based on learning outcomes in the course, the group formulates an issue related to nursing in private homes or in care homes. Creates a project description for the mid-term evaluation. Scope 1000 words (+/- 10 %). Based on the project description, the group creates a poster that is presented at a seminar before the final assessment.

Not relevant.