SYBA2010 The Nurse as Clinician and a Developer of the Profession 1 Course description

Passed first year of the programme 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 has knowledge of

• philosophy of science and quantitative research methods
• evidence-based practice
• system and relation perspectives in nursing
• decision-making processes using standardised classification systems: nursing documentation, ICT and eHealth
• development psychology, crisis theory and coping theory, personality psychology, learning, belonging and identity, sociopsychological processes (the individual and community) and how illness affects people's behaviour

• pathological processes, prognoses and treatment forms in the following mental health disorders/challenges:

  • eating disorders
  • substance abuse problems
  • suicide-related problems
  • intellectual disabilities
  • behavioural and emotional disorders in children and young people
• education and learning: guidance, teaching, health information and changes in health behaviour, and nurses' educational role
• demography and epidemiology: national and global health
• clinical examination methods and general first aid in accordance with the ABCDE principle

Skills:

The student

• is skilled in using clinical examination methods and assessments
• is capable of finding, assessing and referring to relevant research articles in order to elucidate nursing issues, both orally and in writing
• is capable of communicating and applying educational knowledge when providing guidance to patients and next of kin
• is capable of applying health information and knowledge of changes in health behaviour to practical issues
• is capable of reflecting on professional ethics, fair distribution, cooperation and human rights
• is capable of reflecting on the connection between poverty and health both nationally and globally and of describing national challenges in public health work

Competence:

The student is capable of

• sharing opinions about ethical challenges, with particular emphasis on safeguarding patients' autonomy, integrity and dignity
• planning and carrying out tasks related to nurses' educational role
• documenting nursing in a legally and professionally sound manner

Lectures, group work, written assignments, supervision, seminars and self-study.

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

• Assignment 1 Individual assignment. Scope: 1,500 words (+/- 20 %). Ongoing supervision in the study group. Feedback from fellow students and the lecturer.
• Assignment 2 Group assignment. As a rule, each study group is divided into three sub-groups. Scope: 1,500 words (+/- 20 %). Ongoing supervision in the study group.
• Minimum attendance of 80 % in the study group
• 100% attendance at a seminar. The subject note from assignment 2 is presented and discussed at a seminar day with compulsory attendance. Feedback on the presentation from fellow students and the lecturer.

Individual written home exam over 3 days. 2,000 words (+/-20%).

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Grade scale A-F.

All exam papers are assessed by two examiners. A minimum of twenty per cent of the exam papers will be assessed by an external examiner. The external examiner's assessment shall benefit all the students.

SYBA2010 and SYBAS2010 overlap 100%.