SKOMP3900 Bachelor's Thesis Course description

A bachelor’s thesis written on a relevant nursing topic in which theory of science and research methods are key aspects. The exam form is intended to give the students an opportunity to incorporate their experience from clinical training.

Credits based on the national curriculum are:

• Main topic 1 - 7 credits
• Main topic 2 - 4 credits
• Main topic 3 - 1 credit
• Main topic 4 - 3 credits

Passed course SKOMP1000 and SKOMPPRA4.

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

• has broad knowledge of the nurse’s role and responsibilities in a chosen area of specialisation
• has broad knowledge of nursing research and other relevant research and professional development in a chosen area of specialisation

Skills

The student is capable of

• defining clinical issues of relevance to professional development in nursing
• carrying out systematic literature searches
• clarifying concepts, analysing and assessing different sources of information, and using these sources to formulate relevant argumentation
• carrying out an independent, limited literature study under supervision and in accordance with applicable standards of research ethics

• presenting specialist literature in an independent, logical and systematic manner

Competence

The student

• is capable of critically and analytically assessing the chosen topic in light of academic and research-based knowledge
• is familiar with professional ethical issues and can contribute to planning professional development in clinical practices

Lectures, seminars, supervision and self-study.

The following coursework must have been approved in order for a student to be permitted to take the exam:

• Project description for the bachelor’s thesis
• Completed supervision (three compulsory hours of the four hours offered)

If the deadlines are not met, students may be obliged to wait until the next academic year to submit their bachelor’s thesis.

Admission to the programme.

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

Knowledge

The student has knowledge of

• can explain key concepts in the field of drug calculations
• can describe the role of drug calculations as part of drug administration and the laws and regulations that regulate it

Skills: T

he student masters drug calculations in that he/she is capable of

• using international standards and unitary systems in drug calculations
• calculating dosages, concentrations and amounts
• calculating injection and infusion rates (dr/min and ml/hr)
• calculating timing of dose distribution over a specified time interval, within a specified period
• calculating ordinary doses in ml or drops per time unit (0.125 mg/ml or 0.15ml/kg/min)
• calculating prescribed doses in relation to body weight (in kg or body surface in m2)
• calculating the dilution of drugs in liquid form or the dilution of drugs added to solutions for injection/infusion
• assessing and controlling their own and other people¿s calculations

Teaching, supervision and various student-active work forms.

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• Passed qualifying arithmetic problems (100 % correct) in the form of multiple choice questions within a set time before the exam.

If the coursework is not approved after the third attempt, the student will be withdrawn from the exam. The same number of attempts will be given for coursework requirements at later exams.

If a student takes more than one academic year to take the exam after the required coursework is approved, the student may be required to repeat previously approved compulsory coursework before being allowed to take the exam in the course.

Supervised individual written exam, 3 hours.

The exam is normally held four times in the course of the academic year.