SKOMPPRA10 Clinical studies, Homebased Services/Nursing Home Course description

The course starts with practice preparation weeks consisting of lectures and simulation.

Admission to the programme.

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

Knowledge

The student

• can give an account of the health-promoting, preventive, rehabilitating and alleviating function of nurses, including knowledge about palliative care
• can explain ageing processes and the special needs of the elderly
• can explain clinical assessment processes in nursing for the purpose of addressing the patient’s basic needs and improving his/her own resources in the course of the illness
• can explain the concept of patient-centred nursing
• can give an account of the management and organisation of the health service
• is familiar with tools and methods for running innovation processes, implementation and continuous improvement work
• can elaborate on challenges relating to information security in nursing practice

Skills

The student can

• provide nursing care that attends to the patient’s basic needs and resources, with a focus on patients with permanent or recurring medical conditions
• organise, manage and coordinate nursing care for a group of patients
• use relevant medical/technical equipment og sykepleieprosedyrer
• apply infection control measures to prevent the spread of unwanted microbes
• apply mapping, assessment, documentation and communication tools in nursing practice
• reflect on and handle ethical issues, and adjust his/her practices in the performance of duties
• provide drug administration and consider relationships between multi-diagnoses, polypharmacy and the patient’s condition
• use knowledge of legislation with particular focus on user participation and competence to give consent, internal control, the right to immediate assessment and treatment
• inform, teach and provide guidance to patients and next of kin about problems that arise in connection with illness, suffering and death
• use technology and digital solutions to support patients’ and next-of-kin’s resources, mastering possibilities and participation
• use knowledge about cultural competence and cultural literacy in the assessment, planning, provision and evaluation of nursing care
• adapt communication to the target groups’ special needs
• can apply knowledge-based practice

General competence

The student

• can engage in cooperation across disciplines, professions, sectors, enterprises and levels, and initiate such cooperation
• can exchange points of view and experience with others in the field and in this way contribute to developing good practice
• can plan and carry out communication and interaction with patients and next of kin based on the principles of respect, co-determination and integrity
• can plan and carry out targeted cooperation processes with patients, next of kin and other practitioners, and can prevent and resolve conflicts
• can reflect on his/her own professional practice and power structures when working with elderly people

Practical training consists of both practical training, activities along the way and supervised practical training that takes place during the practical training period. The practical training period (8 weeks) in nursing home supervised by a practical training supervisor and contact teacher. Other practical training and activities (1 week) can be, simulation and skills training, lectures and seminars with a contact teacher where relevant topics based on the learning outcomes are highlighted.

The purpose of this course is to make the students understand concepts, challenges and possibilities of digital health related to people in need of support in everyday life, or patients with chronic illness, in homecare or rehabilitation.

Digital health services comprise a complex set of technology solutions such as wearables, apps and decision support systems to assist health experts accomplish their tasks and support patients’ needs. Digital health services can be built for example for smart-homes, mobile smartphones, ambient intelligence and social networks.

Digital solutions can generate an enormous amount of data powered by platforms, algorithms, and AI technologies, providing a potent ecosystem for new digital service co-creation. AI-enabled digital health can assist healthcare experts in making individually tailored clinical decisions, enable predictive care provision, as well as facilitate efficient personalised support and improved quality of life for patients at home.

Emphasis of this course is placed on the patient's needs and how digital health services can be developed between all stakeholders (e.g. healthcare experts, individuals / patients and company representatives) in a real-life context.

Students will learn how digital healthcare has possibilities to reduce costs and create innovative and sustainable services. Ethical and regulatory aspects will be discussed.

Students must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health and Technology - Specialisation in Assistive Technology in Health. The course can be taken as an elective course by students admitted to other master’s specialisations. The course is also offered as an individual course if there are vacant places. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required for admission to individual courses.

Pass-fail.

Contact lecturer approves the exam after recommendation from practical training supervisor. The final decision on whether to award a pass or fail grade is made by the university.

Some of the content overlaps with the courses SYBA/SPRA1, 2 and 6.