SYBAS2010 The Nurse as Clinician and Developer of the Profession 1 Course description

Krav til masteroppgaven

Krav til faglig avgrensning: Masteroppgaven skal være et selvstendig og analytisk arbeid med relevans for studiets fagområder. Studentene skal velge et tema som skal belyses gjennom systematisk bruk av kvalitative og/eller kvantitative metoder. Problemstillingen kan være av enten teoretisk eller empirisk karakter.

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Monografi

Individuelle oppgaver i monografiform forventes å ha et omfang på 65 sider +/- 10 prosent (eksklusiv innholdsfortegnelse, forord, sammendrag, referanser og vedlegg) definert ved 12 punkts Times New Roman og 1,5 i linjeavstand. Det tilbys totalt 12 timer veiledning, individuelt eller i gruppe.

Inntil to studenter kan gå sammen om å skrive en felles masteroppgave. Prosjektet må godkjennes av studieleder eller den studieleder har delegert oppgaven til. Det skal ved innlevering av masteroppgaven vedlegges et skriv der det går fram hvilke deler av oppgaven den enkelte student har hovedansvar for. Monografioppgaver skrevet av to studenter forventes å ha et omfang på 100 sider +/- 10 prosent. Antall veiledningstimer ved samskriving er 17.

Artikkelmanus

Individuelle oppgaver i artikkelform skal bestå av ett leveringsklart artikkelmanus beregnet på et fagfellevurdert tidsskrift (nivå 1 eller 2).

Oppgaver i artikkelform skrevet av to studenter skal bestå av to artikkelmanus. Når to artikkelmanus innleveres som masteroppgave, må de tematisk høre sammen.

Sammen med artikkelmanus skal det leveres en kappe på 15 sider eksklusiv innholdsfortegnelse, forord, sammendrag, referanser og vedlegg. Her utdypes blant annet metode og teoretiske perspektiver, samt temaer som ikke er tilstrekkelig dekket i artiklene. Der oppgaven består av flere artikkelmanus, trekkes linjene mellom artiklene i kappen. Det foreligger en skriftlig veiledning for utarbeiding av kappe. Innlevering av masteroppgaven i form av artikkelmanus har ikke som forutsetning at manus er akseptert for publisering. Artikkelen må følge tidsskriftets retningslinjer for publisering.

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 ABC 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:

• Minimum attendance of 80% in the study group
• 100% attendance with participation in seminars/assignments
• Assignment 1 Individual and/or in groups. The assignment can be written, oral or different forms of digital assignments. The student workload corresponds to between seven and ten hours. Details about the assignment will be given at the start of the course.
• Assignment 2 Individual and/or in groups. The assignment can be written, oral or different forms of digital assignments. The student workload corresponds to between seven and ten hours. Details about the assignment will be given at the start of the course.

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%.