STKD6610 Technology and Society II Course description

Digital competence is a key factor in ensuring the employability of candidates in all professions vital to our society. This course will provide a fundamental understanding of our digital world. It gives an overview of how technology affects our lives and the way we work, as well as our social structures, work patterns and individual preferences contributing to shaping technology. Social media, digital governance, and eHealth are all examples of how technology has profoundly changed our everyday lives in the last few decades. An understanding of the benefits and limitations of technology is vital in any profession, regardless of field or speciality. In this course, students will acquire the basic knowledge required to harness the potential of technology and recognise its limitations and potentially harmful consequences on work and society. They will learn to identify the opportunities to use technology to foster inclusion and participation in an increasingly diverse and multicultural society. They will practice communicating the concepts they acquire in the course, both orally and in written form.

The topics covered are:

• Technology design
• Digital citizenship and universal Access
• Ethics
• Digital communication
• Digital content
• Information retrieval and assessment
• Software development principles
• Work processes in digital organisations
• Legal issues related to digitalization

In this course, the students are expected to acquire advanced knowledge of intensive care nursing in relation to acutely and/or critically ill patients in a vulnerable, critical and life-threatening phase. The students should acquire in-depth knowledge of intensive care patients' psychosocial and existential needs and methods for reducing stress and suffering.

Moreover, students are expected to develop in-depth knowledge of relevant research and quality-related work (quality improvement and quality control work) in the field of intensive care nursing, and thereby understand the importance of research and quality-related work in clinical intensive and critical care nursing. This is intended to enable the students to document, develop the quality of and quality-assure intensive care nursing.

The students are expected to develop an awareness of hoe organisational, financial and legal factors influence nursing and the specialist health service and be able to see this in relation to their responsibility to practise intensive care nursing, be a leader in their field and work in a team. This course also covers knowledge of the working environment in a specialist unit and how stress factors in a working environment can be prevented and reduced.

Practical training takes place at neonatal intensive care units, paediatric intensive care units for older children, paediatric surgery/intermediate care units, postoperative units and/or paediatric medical/intermediate care units. After completing the course, the students are expected to have action competence in the field of paediatric nursing, which means being capable of taking responsibility and demonstrating the ability to make independent assessments in paediatric nursing practice, both in elective and in more acute and complex situation. The students are expected to demonstrate clear progress, take responsibility and, to an increasing extent, demonstrate the ability to make independent assessments in paediatric nursing practice.

Students must have passed BARNPRA20/MBARNPRA20 Clinical Studies in Paediatric Nursing, Level 2 in order to start this course.

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 advanced knowledge about children's physical, mental and social development
• has advanced knowledge about children's fundamental needs and how complications and developmental damage can be prevented
• has advanced knowledge of paediatric nursing that enables him/her to fulfil the needs of acutely and/or critically ill children and their caregivers, siblings and other family members
• has in-depth knowledge about advanced medical treatment of acutely and/or critically ill children
• has in-depth knowledge about maintaining and restoring vital functions if they are threatened
• has in-depth knowledge about children's experiences, reactions and needs in connection with acute, critical or chronic illness, in a multicultural perspective
• has in-depth knowledge about the experiences, reactions and needs of parents and siblings when a child is acutely, critically or chronically ill, in a multicultural perspective
• has knowledge of action alternatives in cases of suspicion of neglect or abuse of children

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Skills:

The student

• is capable of analysing paediatric nursing problems on the basis of the discipline’s history, traditions, distinctive nature and place in society
• is capable of analysing and taking a critical approach to theories and methods in paediatric nursing
• is capable of observing, assessing and identifying a child’s general and special needs, resources and problems
• is capable of preventing complications, infections, traumatic experiences and developmental damage caused by examinations, treatment and hospital stays
• is capable of practising paediatric nursing with respect for children’s autonomy, integrity and dignity
• is capable of communicating and interacting in relation to a child’s age and developmental stage, the experiences of the child and his/her caregivers/siblings and the situation
• is capable of using knowledge about how children express symptoms, pain and anxiety to map, assess, prevent, treat and relieve children's pain and discomfort
• is capable of independent work on practical and theoretical problem-solving relating to the functions and areas of responsibility of a paediatric nurse

• is capable of planning and implementing measures in order of priority on the basis of the needs and resources of children and their caregivers
• is capable of assessing acute situations and implementing measures to maintain/restore vital functions
• is capable of acting competently in acute and problematic situations
• is capable of reducing stress, pain and discomfort in connection with children's acute and/or critical illness and medical treatment
• is capable of administering and evaluating pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain relief
• is capable of looking after the healthy aspects of the child and promoting coping, growth and possibilities for development
• is capable of attending to the needs of children and their caregivers when treatment is unsuccessful
• is capable of evaluating and quality assuring his/her own work
• is capable of using advanced medical equipment while focusing on the child's safety
• is capable of cooperating with caregivers and making use of their competence in paediatric nursing, depending on their wishes and resources and the child’s condition
• is capable of implementing measures to promote a sense of security
• is capable of applying pedagogical and subject didactics principles when informing, teaching and providing guidance to children and caregivers from different cultures, as well as to colleagues and other members of the healthcare team
• is capable of ensuring continuity in the treatment of children through written and oral documentation

• is capable of identifying signs of neglect and child abuse and of initiating necessary measures
• is capable of analysing and taking a critical approach to different sources of information and using them to structure and formulate argumentation in the field

Competence:

The student

• has action competence in the field of paediatric nursing

• is capable of analysing relevant ethical issues in paediatric nursing based on discipline knowledge, research, experience and patient knowledge
• is capable of critical reflection when making choices and of practising paediatric nursing in accordance with ethical principles and healthcare legislation

• is capable of taking a critical approach to the possibilities and limitations of technology in paediatric nursing
• is capable of communicating about issues, analyses and conclusions in paediatric nursing, both with specialists and with the general public
• is capable of participating actively in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary cooperation on patient treatment in accordance with his/her own competence and applicable ethical principles and healthcare legislation
• is capable of cooperating with members of his/her own profession and across professions in the treatment of children
• is capable of contributing to new ideas and innovation processes in professional practice

The following coursework requirements must be met before a student can receive an assessment for the course:

• The student’s specification of learning outcomes for the course
• The student must submit at least one written assessment per month
• Teaching/guidance of children and their caregivers
• Teaching/guidance of fellow students and/or other health personnel

The following coursework requirements must be met before a student can receive an assessment for the course:

• The intensive care nurse's function and responsibility for preventing and treating delirium

  • Individual assignment.
  • Scope: 3,000 words (+/- 20%).
  • The assignment must be written in accordance with the section Assessment of written work in the Assessment chapter of the programme description.
  • The syllabus and selected syllabus by the students must be used in the assignment. The students must find at least two relevant research articles and make use of them in the assignment.
  • The students receive written feedback from the lecturer.

• The intensive care nurse's function and responsibility for addressing intensive care patients' nutritional needs

  • Carried out in groups of up to three students.
  • Scope: 3,000 words (+/- 20%).
  • The assignment must be written in accordance with the section Assessment of written work in the Assessment chapter of the programme description.
  • The syllabus and selected syllabus by the students must be used in the assignment. The students must find at least two relevant research articles and make use of them in the assignment.
  • The students receive oral feedback from fellow students and the lecturer.

• Attendance in compulsory activities

  • Simulation
  • Group work

The final assessment will be graded on a grading scale from A to E (A is the highest grade and E the lowest) and F for fail.

Two internal examiners will be used. External examiner is used regularly.

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