SKUT4361 Specialisation in Norwegian and Norwegian Education 1 Course description

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.

Undervisningen i fagfordypningen i musikk og musikkdidaktikk vil i hovedsak foregå i form av forelesninger og/eller seminarer og veiledning. Emnet krever stor grad av selvstendig arbeid med å sette seg inn i pensum.  

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 describe the patients’ subjective experiences of disease and suffering and the importance of hope amidst serious illness
• can describe an account of nursing care for medical or surgical treatment
• is familiar with various documentation systems in nursing
• can describe the phenomena pain, treatment of pain and pain relief
• can describe measures to preserve life and health in the event of major accidents and in crisis and disaster situations

Skills

The student

• can systematically map and assess the patient's resources, problems and needs as well as implement measures, and evaluate and document effects (the nursing process)
• can describe for and perform person-centered nursing related to the current patient situation
• can use current clinical mapping and communication tools and be able to justify measures in the practice of nursing
• can document in clinical documentation systems using standardised terminology
• can carry out and assessing relevant nursing procedures
• can apply relevant medical technology in the practical performance of nursing
• can recognise stress and crisis situations in the event of loss and disease and adapting communication based on this
• can communicate with patients and next-of-kin adapted to the level of development/cognitive function and the condition
• can masters HRL and general first aid according to the ABCDE principle
• can implement measures in the event of sub-acute and acute incidents
• can identify ethical dilemmas in practice and reflect on different choices of action

General competence

The student

• can integrate knowledge from pathophysiology and pharmacology in the performance of nursing
• can reflect on responsible drug administration at an individual and systematic level
• can demonstrate responsibility, engagement, independence and can follow professional ethical guidelines when encountering patients, next-of-kin and colleagues
• can reflect on his/her own professional practice and progression
• can reflect on how culture and a cultural understanding can be significant in assessments, planning, performance and evaluation of nursing

Practical training: in the specialist health service (medicine/surgery) (8 weeks), includes SF unit and seminars.

Undervisningen på emnet vil i hovedsak være i form av forelesninger og/eller seminarer og veiledning. Emnet krever stor grad av selvstendig arbeid med å sette seg inn i pensum.

En individuell skriftlig semesteroppgave, i form av en fagartikkel, etter selvvalgt tema innen emnets område, på 4500 ord +/-10 %. Målform på fagartikkel er nynorsk.

Ny/utsatt eksamen

Ny/utsatt eksamen arrangeres som ved ordinær eksamen. Ved ikke bestått eksamen kan studenten selv velge å omarbeide fagartikkelen fra ordinær eksamen eller skrive en ny fagartikkel.

Gjennom arbeidskravene skal studentene lære seg å presentere og bruke teori og analysemetoder fra pensum.

Arbeidskrav 1: Muntlig presentasjon av en pensumtekst

Arbeidskrav 2: Muntlig presentasjon av en analyseskisse

Arbeidskravene løses individuelt eller i grupper. En presentasjon bør vare i 10-20, minutter. Begge arbeidskravene må være gjennomført og godkjent innen en fastsatt frist for at studenten skal kunne framstille seg for eksamen. Dersom et eller begge arbeidskravene ikke gjennomføres eller ikke blir godkjent, kan studenten levere en skriftlig versjon innen en avtalt frist.

Utover arbeidskravene er det ingen obligatorisk aktivitet.

All answers are assessed by two examiners.

An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

Pass-fail.